The Way the Spirit Comes

As you do not know the way the spirit comes to the bones in the womb of a woman with child, so you do not know the work of God who makes everything. - Ecclesiastes 11:5

The wind blows where it wishes, and you hear its sound, but you do not know where it comes from or where it goes. So it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit." - John 3:8

4 A generation goes, and a generation comes, but the earth remains forever. 

5 The sun rises, and the sun goes down, and hastens to the place where it rises. 

6 The wind blows to the south and goes around to the north; around and around goes the wind, and on its circuits the wind returns.  - Ecclesiastes 1:4-6

13 For you formed my inward parts; you knitted me together in my mother's womb. 

14 I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works; my soul knows it very well. 

15 My frame was not hidden from you, when I was being made in secret, intricately woven in the depths of the earth. 

16 Your eyes saw my unformed substance; in your book were written, every one of them, the days that were formed for me, when as yet there was none of them.  - Psalm 139:13-16

All these are empowered by one and the same Spirit, who apportions to each one individually as he wills. - 1 Corinthians 12:11

God has shared some of His marvelous mysteries through the Gospel.

Yet many of them are still hidden. 

A few that stick in my mind;

1. Where the Spirit abides that gives life.

2. Where the wind comes from and returns to. 

3. The secret place souls are kept.

Too many wonderful thoughts come to mind about the Creator, His omnipotent power, His unsearchable wisdom and the depth of His mercies.

Do you intimately know Him?

Are you humbled by His majesty?

Will you surrender to the grace freely given by the sacrifice of Christ on the cross?

There is no other way to be reconciled to God, to have His forgiveness, to be eternally in heaven and to be truly free!

4 But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us,

5 even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ-by grace you have been saved-

6 and raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus,

7 so that in the coming ages he might show the immeasurable riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.

8 For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God,

9 not a result of works, so that no one may boast. - Ephesians 2:4-9

14 and the grace of our Lord overflowed for me with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus.

15 The saying is trustworthy and deserving of full acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am the foremost.

16 But I received mercy for this reason, that in me, as the foremost, Jesus Christ might display his perfect patience as an example to those who were to believe in him for eternal life.

17 To the King of the ages, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen. - 1 Timothy 1:14-17

I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. - Galatians 2:20

1 Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.

2 Through him we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in hope of the glory of God. - Romans 5:1-2

21 But now the righteousness of God has been manifested apart from the law, although the Law and the Prophets bear witness to it-

22 the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ for all who believe. For there is no distinction:

23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,

24 and are justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus,

25 whom God put forward as a propitiation by his blood, to be received by faith. This was to show God's righteousness, because in his divine forbearance he had passed over former sins. - Romans 3:21-25

For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God. - 2 Corinthians 5:21

Every Knee Shall Bow

Romans 14:8-12

8 For if we live, we live to the Lord, and if we die, we die to the Lord. So then, whether we live or whether we die, we are the Lord's. 

9 For to this end Christ died and lived again, that he might be Lord both of the dead and of the living. 

10 Why do you pass judgment on your brother? Or you, why do you despise your brother? For we will all stand before the judgment seat of God; 

11 for it is written, "As I live, says the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God." 

12 So then each of us will give an account of himself to God.

Phil.2:6-11

6 who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, 

7 but made himself nothing, taking the form of a servant,being born in the likeness of men. 

8 And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross. 

9 Therefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is above every name, 

10 so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, 

11 and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

You will see God!
You will bow before Him!
There will be no choice, as you now have, to worship Christ or deny Christ!
Every knee will bow and every tongue confess Christ is Lord!
There is a time appointed for every man, woman and child to die and face God!
I know of no one who has lived forever!
Are you prepared for eternity?

Heb.9:27 And just as it is appointed for man to die once, and after that comes judgment

Christ died for you and me! There is no other way to be reconciled to God except through the blood of Christ.

Heb.9:22-26

22 Indeed, under the law almost everything is purified with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness of sins. 

23 Thus it was necessary for the copies of the heavenly things to be purified with these rites, but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these. 

24 For Christ has entered, not into holy places made with hands, which are copies of the true things, but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God on our behalf. 

25 Nor was it to offer himself repeatedly, as the high priest enters the holy places every year with blood not his own, 

26 for then he would have had to suffer repeatedly since the foundation of the world. But as it is, he has appeared once for all at the end of the ages to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself.

He put away sin by the sacrifice of Himself on the cross! Praise God, what a gift!
Don't enter eternity without the assurance of Christ crucified. He paid your debt, except it through faith and be redeemed!

Lord God, help the blind eye to see and the deaf ear to hear the glory that only You can give! Amen

Do You See God?

John 1:34 And I have seen and have borne witness that this is the Son of God."
I have not physically seen Jesus but I know He is here. I see evidence of God's Son in His creation, His Word and His people! His Word is alive and brings people to repentance! Our salvation comes through no one else! If you are waiting on a physical encounter with God, you will receive it through His Word, for His Word is alive and will change your heart forever!! His word is light in a world filled with darkness.
John 1 :1-14 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made. In him was life, and the life was the light of men. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it. There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. He came as a witness, to bear witness about the light, that all might believe through him. He was not the light, but came to bear witness about the light. The true light, which enlightens everyone, was coming into the world. He was in the world, and the world was made through him, yet the world did not know him. He came to his own, and his own people did not receive him. But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God, who were born, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God. And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.
Suppose you were a small child with a brain tumor that caused you to have many seizures a day. Suppose that same child's family loved Christ and followed Him by faith. Suppose you had to make a choice about brain surgery that could take away some of your childs' mental or physical capacity! Could you totally lean on Christ? This family did! They poured out their prayer to a Holy merciful God to take care of their son, in a way that would glorify Jesus name. They followed in faith, into an unknown place of pain and suffering, leaning on God's promise that He would be there!! And God was there for them and will be there until they meet Him in heaven! And you know what is even more amazing, God will use them to help others as they walk a similar path. This precious family was chosen by God for His purpose.
Heb.13:5 Keep your life free from love of money, and be content with what you have, for he has said, "I will never leave you nor forsake you."
2 Cor.1:3-4 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.
Eph.1:9-10 making known to us the mystery of his will, according to his purpose, which he set forth in Christ as a plan for the fullness of time, to unite all things in him, things in heaven and things on earth.Romans 8:28 And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.
I can't help but think of all the people who are in turmoil at this very moment because they do not have peace in the Lord. It makes me think of this bible verse that I strive to live, but being human, I am often weak and fail. Matt.6:27 And which of you by being anxious can add a single hour to his span of life?
Why waste precious time worrying about things you can not control? Trust in Christ for no matter what the day brings He will be there! Lord, You have told us You will never leave or forsake us. Give us faith from Your Word to live and trust in You. We don't have to worry because You are Lord and King over all things. Amen