What Drives a Driver
© by Christine Huck
Where
in Proverbs 24:16 it says, “For a just man falleth seven times, and
riseth up again: but the wicked shall fall into mischief,” I was going
to put it to the test. Like a cat with nine lives, I approached church
to take my place in the great congregation, but did not have the
capacity (character, will, strength, power) to stay. I knew I was in
position for blessing, but each time, and for many reasons, I fell. This
last time, the fall was so great I didn’t know if I could recover. Yet,
like the Prodigal Son, who remembers his home, family and place, I set
my heart to return. Although, for me, returning was not going to be as
easy, not this time. God was going to have His way.
He said to me, “Remember the things I did for you in the past. The
Devil cannot take these away. Begin to build on these principals and
revelations of truth. If you do, you will never fall again.” So I did. I
started remembering. I remembered the dream I had back in the early
‘80s where I died, my spirit left my body and I began to fly in the
stars telling Jesus, “I’m coming home, Jesus. I’m coming home.” Since, I
never questioned my salvation. Never! The issues I struggled with were
not about salvation, they were instead about being sanctified. To be
sanctified is to be made holy. It is to give or be given an official
acceptance or approval. Do I have that? Not fully by men, but I do in my
relationship with God.
One day, I was feeling aches and pains in my body and was thinking the worse. I thought, maybe I opened the door to infirmity, again. It felt to me like an affliction, something put on me for cause or reason. I thought, I better pray about it. As soon as I did that, as soon as I thought that, the Lord spoke in my ear, “It Is Well With My Soul.” I became encouraged through the lyrics of this song written by Philip Bliss (1838-1876). For different reasons, he wrote it during great personal trial after suffering great personal loss, finally coming to the conclusion, “It is well with my soul.” Surprised, I thought, Oh! I need to rethink this. After that I changed my mind and started focusing on healing and health. Like a rudder fixed, my ship is going in the direction of the promises of God. I will not settle for less, even in the face of accusation. I am fixed.
Which leads me to these conclusions: God has a purpose and a plan for His children (Jeremiah 29:11). In the face of failure and defeat, all these things work together for good to them who are called according to His purpose (Romans 8:28). He will not be mocked by me, nor my naysayers (Galatians 6:7). He has not only taught me principals to live by (Psalm 32:8), but the blueprint in which we are being built (1 Peter 2:5), becoming His glorious temple. We are the Temple of God, a dwelling place for the Most High (Ephesians 2:21). To make us His home and walk in His glory, we must first be changed into the image of His Son, Jesus Christ (2 Corinthians 3:18). Nothing he did, Jesus, was apart from the will of his Father in heaven (John 14:10). Jesus taught us, God made a way for us, and by the indwelling Spirit (John 14:26), we too can be one with God (John 17:21).
We read in the fourteenth chapter in the Gospel of John, speaking to His disciples before he was taken away by the guards, he said, “Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me. In my Father’s house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.” He then later says, “But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you. Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.”
Once contrary to the words of Jesus in regards to the condition of my heart; now at peace and ready to give back to my Father in Heaven, the very gifts of His mercy and love, which were manifested in the dark difficult days of my life. Always present, always loving, always speaking truth. Do I dare do the same? This is my confession: “When I was a child, I spake as a child. I understood as a child. I thought as a child: but when I became a man [fully developed], I put away childish things. For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.” Like my once Pastor in the Lord use to say, “Do I get an AMEN?”
Follow me as I follow the Lord (1 Corinthians 11:1). “That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him: The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints, And what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power, Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places, Far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come: And hath put all things under his feet, and gave him to be the head over all things to the church, Which is his body, the fullness of him that filleth all in all.”
One day, I was feeling aches and pains in my body and was thinking the worse. I thought, maybe I opened the door to infirmity, again. It felt to me like an affliction, something put on me for cause or reason. I thought, I better pray about it. As soon as I did that, as soon as I thought that, the Lord spoke in my ear, “It Is Well With My Soul.” I became encouraged through the lyrics of this song written by Philip Bliss (1838-1876). For different reasons, he wrote it during great personal trial after suffering great personal loss, finally coming to the conclusion, “It is well with my soul.” Surprised, I thought, Oh! I need to rethink this. After that I changed my mind and started focusing on healing and health. Like a rudder fixed, my ship is going in the direction of the promises of God. I will not settle for less, even in the face of accusation. I am fixed.
Which leads me to these conclusions: God has a purpose and a plan for His children (Jeremiah 29:11). In the face of failure and defeat, all these things work together for good to them who are called according to His purpose (Romans 8:28). He will not be mocked by me, nor my naysayers (Galatians 6:7). He has not only taught me principals to live by (Psalm 32:8), but the blueprint in which we are being built (1 Peter 2:5), becoming His glorious temple. We are the Temple of God, a dwelling place for the Most High (Ephesians 2:21). To make us His home and walk in His glory, we must first be changed into the image of His Son, Jesus Christ (2 Corinthians 3:18). Nothing he did, Jesus, was apart from the will of his Father in heaven (John 14:10). Jesus taught us, God made a way for us, and by the indwelling Spirit (John 14:26), we too can be one with God (John 17:21).
We read in the fourteenth chapter in the Gospel of John, speaking to His disciples before he was taken away by the guards, he said, “Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me. In my Father’s house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.” He then later says, “But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you. Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.”
Once contrary to the words of Jesus in regards to the condition of my heart; now at peace and ready to give back to my Father in Heaven, the very gifts of His mercy and love, which were manifested in the dark difficult days of my life. Always present, always loving, always speaking truth. Do I dare do the same? This is my confession: “When I was a child, I spake as a child. I understood as a child. I thought as a child: but when I became a man [fully developed], I put away childish things. For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.” Like my once Pastor in the Lord use to say, “Do I get an AMEN?”
Follow me as I follow the Lord (1 Corinthians 11:1). “That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him: The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints, And what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power, Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places, Far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come: And hath put all things under his feet, and gave him to be the head over all things to the church, Which is his body, the fullness of him that filleth all in all.”
AMEN
Sister Christine
This is wonderful stuff Christine. I love the way you describe how we may recieve in our darkest hours. This too has happened to me. It was in Jail when my future was unknown and likely not in my favor that I found God. I first heard !st Corinthians 13. at a bible study group in that jail. It made so very much sense to me for the first time then. It has never not made perfect sense ever scince. When I am not serving God then I am only serving myself. I have had much more worldly gifts and talents than some but not money or gift or talent have brought inner peace to me. Not without putting God first. I am only an infant and a selfish sinner much of the time. He is a forgiving and loving God though. Brother Kenneth.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Jesus, for Kenneth. Such a good friend and lover of God.
ReplyDeleteWell, hang on Kenneth. God is not done with you yet. There is so much more. Check out my new post, which is the Meet-Up introduction and invitation. You can do the same. You can have a home group and study the word and plan outreaches, like feeding the poor. The thing you were talking about. It's not perfected or finalized, but I'm putting together bible studies in order to stretch our understanding of what God is doing in us. With a little understanding, we can go out and reach people.
I'm very excited for this new direction. And that you mentioned it on the same day the Lord gave me the vision, is confirmation. God is leading and we are His disciples.
Check out the new post.