Written
by His Grace,
Kevin
K. O’Connor
Main thought:
to examine the joy of growing in God’s Grace!
Growing in Grace
Every time I see a
new horizon I realize how great God is and how small I am. Every time I
understand a new truth I realize how very little I know and how very wise God
is. There are those who feel that they can become as God through the
revelations to their minds, or in the multitudes of their experiences. But God
is so much higher than anything we can comprehend or experience. The more we
experience Him, the more we want to experience Him. The more I grow in my
spirit in worshipping Him, the more I desire to worship Him. Getting near to
Him is like getting near to Mount Denali in all of its magnificent greatness.
The closer you get, the smaller we see ourselves and the greater it appears.
How my heart so aches to be near to Christ so that I may continually worship
Him and be near Him. And yet, the closer I get, the more I feel the smallness
of myself and my efforts to extol Him Who is so Great.
How the dreams for
this life seem to fade in the distance as the fire of our hearts grow for Him.
The Verse of Psalm 37:4 [Job 22:26; Ps 94:19; Is 58:14] Delight yourself in the LORD; And He will [Ps
21:2; 145:19; Matt 7:7, 8] give you the desires of your heart. (Whole Chapter:
Psalm 37 In context: Psalm 37:3-5) becomes the aching of our heart to
draw nearer and nearer to Him, as He becomes our delight. Thus I feel the
greatest fulfillment of this life is the moment we’re set free from it so that
we may be closer to Him. How I enjoy being home and holding my wife and my pets
and being near those that I labor for. May the Lord hasten the day that I
breathe my last breath here below. How I weary of the laziness of man to draw
near to Him from whom we all have our existence. How I grow sick of the
religious pride of man of our so-called righteousness as we grow in our
knowledge and our experiences as we walk with Him. There are those who with
each revelation and experience realize how much they don’t know and then there
are those who so emphasize the knowledge or revelations given to them that they
cease in their growth with God. I like
our beloved Brother John’s statement in John
3:29-31 29 "He who has the bride
is (1) the bridegroom; but the friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears
him rejoices greatly because of the bridegroom's voice. So this (2) joy of mine
has been made full. 30 "He must
increase, but I must decrease. 31
"(3) He who comes from above is above all, (4) he who is of the
earth is from the earth and speaks of the earth. (5) He who comes from heaven
is above all.
Praise the Lord
for that revelation to one so gifted of God to speak His heart. May the Lord
ever keep our hearts in proper perspective so that we will never grow
unbalanced in our relationship with Him. Have you ever marveled at some circus
performers who could balance and incredible amount of people or objects? It
seems that the greater the amounts we have to balance, the greater the challenge
to balance them all. So it seems to be that way with our walk with Him. The
longer we walk with Him and seek Him, the greater is the challenge to keep all
things centered on Him. God is not so concerned with the speed of our growth
with Him but He is with the quality of our walk with Him. What a shameful thing
to have a lovely home that is so beautiful to look at and is filled with all
sorts of beautiful items just to have some defect in the foundation or a
sustaining wall that would cause that beautiful home to come to a sudden and
terrible end.
How God’s heart
must ache for people to grow in relationship with Him instead of just their
works for Him. Our Lord grows weary of the multitude of our activities and
words when our hearts are far from Him; Proverbs
17:1 [Prov 15:17] Better is a dry morsel and
quietness with it Than a house full of feasting with
strife. (Whole Chapter: Proverbs 17 In context: Proverbs 17:1-2) God
bless the poor man who knows how to give thanks. God bless the hurting souls
who know from where their next breath exists. God bless those who are poor in
the things that this life affords but rich in the grace of God. God bless the
souls who may not have a lot of His Word in their minds but do have a lot of
love in their hearts for Him. God help this nation that has become so
lackadaisical
Main
Entry: lack·a·dai·si·cal
Pronunciation:
"la-k&-'dA-zi-k&l
Etymology:
irregular from lackaday + -ical
Date:
1768
:
lacking life, spirit, or zest
with the multitude of
His Blessings, that we’ve come to expect them despite our lukewarm and
complacent love walk with Him. Many of America may be along for the ride of the
blessings of those who have poured out their life’s blood for us, but there is
coming a day of reckoning where those who have learned to give thanks with
their hearts and lives will be rewarded and those who were just a long for the
ride will be dismissed. My heart’s desire is to reach the end of my journey
here below and have the Lord of heaven and earth say; Matthew
25:23 "His master said to him, 'Well done, good
and [Matt 24:45, 47; 25:21] faithful slave. You were faithful with a few
things, I will put you in charge of many things; enter into the joy of your
master.' (Whole Chapter: Matthew 25 In context: Matthew 25:22-24)
Our beloved Brother John hit it on the
head with knowing how to grow in the Grace of God when he said in John 3:30 "He must increase, but I must
decrease. Only those who have learned to yield their pride before Christ
know the joy of being lifted up by Him. Those who have spent a life time of
trying to build themselves (their health, wealth, knowledge, prestige) up
without any concern of their relationship with Christ will find it all
emptiness as they breathe their last breath.
Heavenly Father, every teach us how to
hunger that You may feed us, how to thirst that You
may quench us, and how to be broken so that You may make us whole. In Jesus
Glorious Name, Amen.
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