Troy a servant of God and the Lord Jesus Christ.
WHAT DO YOU WANT?
"Seekest thou great things for thyself?" Jeremiah 45:5
Are you seeking great things for yourself? Not seeking to be a great one, but
seeking great things from God for yourself. God wants you in a closer
relationship to Himself than receiving His gifts, He wants you to get to know
Him. A great thing is accidental, it comes and goes. God never gives us anything
accidental. There is nothing easier than getting into a right relationship with
God except when it is not God Whom you want but only what He gives.
If you have only come the length of asking God for things, you have never come
to the first strand of abandonment, you have become a Christian from a
standpoint of your own. "I did ask God for the Holy Spirit, but He did not give
me the rest and the peace I expected." Instantly God puts His finger on the
reason - you are not seeking the Lord at all, you are seeking something for
yourself. Jesus says - "Ask, and it shall be given you." Ask God for what you
want, and you cannot ask if you are not asking for a right thing. When you draw
near to God, you cease from asking for things. "Your Father knoweth what things
ye have need of, before ye ask Him." Then why ask? That you may get to know Him.
Are you seeking great things for yourself? "O Lord, baptize me with the Holy
Ghost." If God does not, it is because you are not abandoned enough to Him,
there is something you will not do. Are you prepared to ask yourself what it is
you want from God and why you want it? God always ignores the present perfection
for the ultimate perfection. He is not concerned about making you blessed and
happy just now; He is working out His ultimate perfection all the time - "that
they may be one even as We are."
Amen
Troy
WHAT DO YOU WANT?
"Seekest thou great things for thyself?" Jeremiah 45:5
Are you seeking great things for yourself? Not seeking to be a great one, but
seeking great things from God for yourself. God wants you in a closer
relationship to Himself than receiving His gifts, He wants you to get to know
Him. A great thing is accidental, it comes and goes. God never gives us anything
accidental. There is nothing easier than getting into a right relationship with
God except when it is not God Whom you want but only what He gives.
If you have only come the length of asking God for things, you have never come
to the first strand of abandonment, you have become a Christian from a
standpoint of your own. "I did ask God for the Holy Spirit, but He did not give
me the rest and the peace I expected." Instantly God puts His finger on the
reason - you are not seeking the Lord at all, you are seeking something for
yourself. Jesus says - "Ask, and it shall be given you." Ask God for what you
want, and you cannot ask if you are not asking for a right thing. When you draw
near to God, you cease from asking for things. "Your Father knoweth what things
ye have need of, before ye ask Him." Then why ask? That you may get to know Him.
Are you seeking great things for yourself? "O Lord, baptize me with the Holy
Ghost." If God does not, it is because you are not abandoned enough to Him,
there is something you will not do. Are you prepared to ask yourself what it is
you want from God and why you want it? God always ignores the present perfection
for the ultimate perfection. He is not concerned about making you blessed and
happy just now; He is working out His ultimate perfection all the time - "that
they may be one even as We are."
Amen
Troy
