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#186: Faith is a Choice Feb 12, 2021

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Think about an inexperienced sailor as he goes through his first storm. The storm terrifies him because he doesn’t know if the ship will survive. The waves are way bigger than he imagined. He’s never felt the wind blow this strong. Will he make it? Will he survive? But as the days pass and storms come and go, the sailor gains confidence that no matter how bad the storm, the strength of the ship is greater than the worst of the waves. The sailor learns that he can trust the ship. This trust of course is a decision.

Here’s a moment of truth - We must learn that faith is a choice, not a feeling.

In John 20, the disciples are telling Thomas they had seen the resurrected Jesus. Here’s Thomas’ response…

“The other disciples therefore were saying to him, "We have seen the Lord!" But he said to them, "Unless I shall see in His hands the imprint of the nails, and put my finger into the place of the nails, and put my hand into His side, I will not believe."

Note that Thomas said, "I WILL NOT believe."

Thomas cannot bring himself to believe the truth of the resurrection. Later, as Jesus appears in the room, Thomas expresses his faith. Jesus says, “Because you have seen me, you have believed; blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.”

Like the sailor who makes a decision to trust the craftsmanship, the durability, and the sea-worthiness of his ship, you and I have to make a decision to trust God. Our feelings will often speak to us and tell us we cannot depend on God. You and I cannot listen to our feelings when it comes to the truth of God. We must stand on His Word. We must choose to trust him.

•What I feel doesn’t change what God’s Word.

•What I sense doesn’t change what God’s Word.

•What I see or don’t see doesn’t change what God’s Word.

Sometimes it’s difficult to figure this out. We tend to associate faith with how we feel at any given moment. It’s easy to feel like you’ve got a lot of faith when all is well, you’ve got money in the bank, your wife loves you, the doctor says you don’t have cancer, your children are doing well, your career is moving ahead, you’re happy at your church and all is right with the world. But what will we have when we run out of money, our marriage isn’t doing well, we end up with cancer, our children have problems, we lose our job, and life in general stinks. If all you’ve got is a “God of the good times,” then our faith is shallow.

Hebrews 11:6 says, “And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him.”

So often life doesn’t make sense. It’s here that our feelings get in the way. If we could just understand, if we could just make sense of what God is doing…then maybe we could choose to trust him.

Author Philip Yancey has a great definition of faith. “Faith is believing in advance what will only make sense in reverse.” That’s one of my favorite definition of faith because it seems to be universally true. Right now-today!-lots of things don’t make any sense. Probably all of us have a list of things we would change if only we could. But faith, true God-honoring faith, looks at the perplexities of life and says, “I can’t see any reason for this, but I believe that one day I will look back and say ‘The Lord knew all along exactly what he was doing.’”

Hebrews 10:35-36 – “So do not throw away your confidence; it will be richly rewarded. You need to persevere so that when you have done the will of God, you will receive what he has promised.”

Today’s Challenge: So what about you? Will you choose to trust God? Or will you trust your feelings? I’m sure that right now you are going through something that is challenging your faith. We all are. Let’s decide today to put our full and complete trust in our God, who does not fail.

#185: Forgetting the Past Feb 11, 2021

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In this episode, Loren Hicks talks about the importance of forgetting the past and moving forward in Christ.
“…Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.” (Philippians 3:13-14)

#184: What is Sin? Feb 10, 2021

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I once heard Pastor Chuck Swindoll tell this story. Let's say we were to get twenty of the best long jump athletes in the world and take them to Huntington Beach pier in California and line them up. And let's say they were instructed, "We went you to jump as far as you can out into the water." Some could jump twenty-five feet. Some would come near the record and jump twenty-seven feet. Perhaps one could set a new record and jump twenty-nine or thirty feet. But nobody could jump to Catalina Island. It is humanly impossible. Every person would miss the mark because Catalina Island is twenty-six miles away.

In Romans 3:23, there is the universal statement that God gives to all men when He says, "All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God." We all have sinned and have missed the mark and are in need of the saving grace of God.

We live in a day when people reject any kind of judgement from someone else. They ask, “Who are you to tell me that what I am doing is wrong?”

But the God who sees all things and knows all things, pronounces a judgement over us all. He says, “We have all sinned and we fall short of God’s standard.”

Rarely today will you hear anyone talk about sin. Instead of the word sin we say we “made a mistake, have a struggle, or are dealing with a problem.” We hesitate to label it sin. But sin is what God calls it.

If I were to ask you to give me a list of sins, no doubt you could do it. You might include things like pride, selfishness, unforgiveness, idolatry, disobedience, greed, lust, pornography, theft, murder, and more.

Sin can be partly defined by saying that it is “Doing that which opposes God’s will or failing to do what God wills.” This however is only a partial definition because ultimately sin comes from wrong belief.

All sin is the result of us failing to believe God’s Word and believing something else instead.

Here’s some wonderful news…Jesus came to save sinners. 1 Timothy 1:15 - “Here is a trustworthy saying that deserves full acceptance: Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners—of whom I am the worst.”

In the Bible, the Hebrew word for sin means “to miss the mark.” It is to miss the target of God’s standards for our lives. Whether we realize it or not, sin is our rebellion against God.

In the Garden of Eden, Satan tempted Adam and Eve with the idea that if they ate the fruit, they would be like God. Their decision was a rebellion against God and his command.

Since that time, sin has been passed down through all the generations of mankind and we, Adam’s descendants, have inherited sin from him. Romans 5:12 tells us that through Adam sin entered the world, and so death was passed on to all men because “the wages of sin is death” (Romans 6:23).

We are not sinners because we sin. We sin because we are sinners. David revealed we are sinful from birth. We are born with a sinful nature. In Psalm 51:5 he wrote, “Surely I was sinful at birth, sinful from the time my mother conceived me.”

The problem with sin is that it separates us from God. God is holy and righteous and our sin has created a disconnection. Jesus, by his sacrificial death on the cross, took our place, paid our penalty for sin, and reconciles us to our Heavenly Father.

In addition to sin separating us from God, sin is dangerous for many other reasons. Sin produces personal defeat. We cannot live in willful sin and have spiritual victory at the same time.

Sin hurts those around us. We rationalize thinking our sin is personal and private, but sin has it’s ripple effects and damages our personal relationships.

Today’s Challenge: If you have been living in willful sin receive this word from 1 John 1:9. The Bible says, “If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.

#183: Being Fully Persuaded Feb 09, 2021

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On January 23rd of this year, the talk show host, Larry King passed away at the age of 87. In his career, King hosted over 50,000 interviews. For the twentieth anniversary of Larry King Live, Barbara Walters interviewed the man who became famous interviewing others. She asked him direct and revealing questions. Two of the most telling responses came when she probed about fear and faith. Walters asked King, “What is your greatest fear?”

He immediately replied, “Death.” This interview occurred in 2005 when he was at the very top of his career and had much to lose, but none of that mattered compared to the fear of death.

Her follow-up question was, “Do you believe in God?” King stated, “Not sure. I’m an agnostic.”

What an incredibly sad thought, this man went in to eternity without assurance about God. I am sure that one moment after he passed from this life, Larry King became confident in the existence of God.

Today there are so many like Larry. They are unsure. They refuse to acknowledge the existence of God and the evidence we see all around us. They reject the invitation to put their faith in God and receive his gift of eternal life.

“I’ll just take my chances,” they say. The biggest gamble in the world is not found in a Las Vegas casino. The biggest wager a person make is with their soul, to go into eternity without the assurance of their soul’s salvation.

I’m so grateful that you and I can know we are saved. We can have assurance in the grace and mercy of God. We do not have to lay our head on the pillow at night without knowing we are right with God.

1 John 5:11-13 - “And this is the testimony, that God gave us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life. I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God that you may know that you have eternal life.”

Recently, I noticed a word the Apostle Paul used in the New Testament. The word is “persuaded.” When it came to his confidence in God, Paul was persuaded in the character of God. He was persuaded God would keep his Word.

2 Timothy 1:12 - “…I know whom I have believed and am persuaded that He is able to keep what I have committed to Him until that Day.”

Persuaded - completely convinced, a certainty, a strong faith.

Romans 8:38 - “For I am persuaded that nothing shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.”

Let’s decided today that this will be our testimony. You and I will be people who are fully persuaded in our belief in God’s promise to save, to forgive, to offer mercy, and to give us eternal life. We don’t have to worry, be afraid, or unsure about our salvation.

Often, when I preach the funeral of a person who was believer in Jesus, I will share with the audience that the best inheritance a person could leave behind is the assurance of where this person is spending eternity. Whatever you do, don’t leave this life and cause your family to wonder if you are in Heaven with God. Live your life as someone with a strong faith in God. Let your family know you are fully persuaded in God’s gift of salvation. There is nothing better that you could leave behind.

Tragically, it appears that Larry King left this earth without any assurance of God or his salvation. This doesn't have to be your story.

Today’s Challenge: The Bible teaches us in the Book of Romans 10:9 - “If you declare with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. This is God’s promise. If you have not confessed Christ, if you have not placed your faith in him. Do it today. Don’t wait. Don’t put it off. Do it today while you have the chance.

#182: Why did Jesus Die on the Cross? Feb 08, 2021

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In this episode, Loren Hicks talks about how Jesus became our substitute by dying on the cross.
1 Peter 2:22-24 – He committed no sin, and no deceit was found in his mouth. When they hurled their insults at him, he did not retaliate; when he suffered, he made no threats. Instead, he entrusted himself to him who judges justly. He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, so that we might die to sins and live for righteousness; by his wounds you have been healed.”

1 John 2:2 – “He is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world.”
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#181: Resist the Devil Feb 07, 2021

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A teacher in a Bible school gave his students an hour-long exam. They were to spend half their time writing about the Holy Spirit and the other half about the devil.

One student wrote steadily for the whole hour on the first subject, the Holy Spirit, and then wrote at the bottom of his manuscript, “I had no time for the devil.”

That wasn’t the way to get a good grade on an exam, but his comment does point us to the only way we can resist and overcome Satan. If we fill ourselves with God’s Word, pray, and submit to the Holy Spirit, we will not “give place to the devil” (Eph. 4:27).

The past couple of days I have been meditating on a verse from James chapter 4.

James 4:7 - “Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

Notice James’ clear instructions…We submit ourselves to God. We resist the devil. The promise is that the devil will flee from us.

1 Peter 5:8-9 - Gives us more instructions… “Be alert and of sober mind. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour. Resist him, standing firm in the faith, because you know that the family of believers throughout the world is undergoing the same kind of sufferings.”

So, how do we do this? First, James says we must submit ourselves to God. To submit means that we willingly put ourselves under God’s authority. We surrender to His Lordship. Spiritual freedom and victory are not possible if we are resisting God’s authority.

Second, we resist. This means to stand against devil’s deceptions and his efforts to intimidate. The Greek word for resist means to “stand against.” Peter said we are to “stand firm in the faith.”

We resist Satan by refusing to give in to temptation. We see Jesus doing this in Luke chapter four when Satan came to tempt him. Three times Jesus quotes the Word of God as he resists the devil and stands against him.

We resist Satan when we refuse to listen to his lies. In contrast, we fill our hearts and minds with the truth of God’s Word.

We resist Satan when we choose to live in obedience to God’s Word. We reject the idea of our culture that we would be happier if we lived according to our own rules.

We resist Satan when we remain faithful to God in the face of criticism, attack, persecution, and discouragement.

Ephesians 6:13 - “Therefore put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to stand.”

What I love about this verse in Ephesians 6 is that it reveals God has given us everything we need to stand our ground and to resist the devil. As believers, we cannot say we are powerless. We cannot say we are incapable of resisting the devil. As long as we put on the armor of God we have the ability to take our stand against the enemy.

In Luke 4, where we have the story of Jesus resisting Satan’s temptations, verse 13 says, “When the devil had finished all this tempting, he left him until an opportune time.”

As Jesus resisted the enemy, he fled. This is the promise for you and I. Now, this doesn’t mean there won’t be future attacks, but when they come, once again we will submit ourselves to God and resist the enemy.

I hope you will recognize how truly blessed you are today to have spiritual power and spiritual victory in your life. This blessings have been provided to us by Jesus. It’s up to us to walk in this freedom.

Today’s Challenge: If there is an area of your life in which you are being attacked. Put James 4:7 into practice in your life. Submit your life…every area…to God. Resist the enemy. Stand against him. The promise of God is true. The enemy will flee.

#180: Living With the Fear of the Lord Feb 06, 2021

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There are hundreds of fears and phobias that have identified, but someone once said all fear comes down to three types: healthy fear, harmful fear, and holy fear.

Healthy fear is the fear of doing something that may be dangerous or life threatening. A young child learns to avoid playing too close to the road or not to jump out of a tree. It’s a healthy caution that protects us by putting up safeguards in our lives.

Harmful fear is that is unnecessary and often illogical. It’s a fear that paralyzes us and keeps us from moving forward. Concerning this kind of fear, the Apostle Paul said in 2 Timothy 1:7 - “"God has not given you the spirit of fear and timidity, but of power, of love, and of a sound mind”

Holy fear is a deep reverence and awe of God. When the fear of the Lord is greater than my fear of failure, inadequacy, rejection, or inferiority,God is able to mold and make me into the man He desires me to be.

Sometimes the smallest, simplest verses in the Bible are the most powerful and impactful. This week I was reading in Proverbs and came across this verse:

Proverbs 9:10 – “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom.”

“Fear of the Lord” appears 69 times in scripture. Until we understand who God is and develop a reverential fear of Him, we cannot have true wisdom. True wisdom comes only from understanding who God is and that He is holy, just, and righteous.

What does it mean to live in the fear of the Lord?

Each of us will give an account of our lives to God, and He is fully aware of everything we think, desire, speak, and do. The fear of the Lord is an awareness of these truths. It can be defined as a continual awareness that you are in the presence of a holy, just, and almighty God, and that every motive, thought, word, and action is open before Him and will be judged by Him.

The fear of the Lord is giving God the glory, honor, reverence, gratitude, praise, and preeminence he deserves. God holds this preeminent position in our hearts and lives. We regard his desires over and above our own.

Oswald Chambers once wrote that...”The remarkable thing about fearing God is that when you fear God, you fear nothing else, whereas if you do not fear God, you fear everything else.”

It’s interesting that Proverbs says “the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom.” Wisdom, as God defines it, is living according to God’s Word. Wisdom is found in obedience. If we obey God, if we surrender our lives to his will, is we submit to his authority in our lives, we have wisdom. It’s amazing how things work out when we do it God’s way!

When we have the proper awe, reverence, and respect for God in our lives we willingly say yes to living God’s way. When we recognize who God is, when we see him for who he is, we will fear him. We will revere him. We will be serious about what He says in his word.

Paul Tripp – “When there is no awe of God in our lives, we quickly become in awe of ourselves.” If you are not living for God, the only alternative is to live for yourself.

Believers are not to be scared of God. We have no reason to be scared of Him. We have His promise that nothing can separate us from His love (Romans 8:38-39). Fearing God means having such a reverence for Him that it has a great impact on the way we live our lives. The fear of God is respecting Him, obeying Him, submitting to His discipline, and worshiping Him in awe.

Today’s Challenge: So how can you and I live in the fear of the Lord? It all begins with you making a conscious decision to let God have his way in your life. You decide that God really is worthy of awe and reverence. It’s a decision to give God your life and allegiance.

#179: Avoiding Deception Feb 05, 2021

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Con artists are abundant in this world, but not just in the financial realm. They also exist in the spiritual realm. The Bible informs us that Satan is the master deceiver. John 8:44 – Concerning the devil….”there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, for he is a liar and the father of lies.”

We also see from the Bible that Satan uses people to deceive others. 2 Corinthians 11:13-15 – “For such men are false apostles, deceitful workmen, masquerading as apostles of Christ. And no wonder, for Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light. It is not surprising, then, if his servants masquerade as servants of righteousness.”

The Bible teaches us that we are especially vulnerable to deception during our trials. At first thought, that might seem strange to you. Most of us do not believe we are in danger of being deceived. We are not that weak; we’re not that naive. But listen to James 1:12-17…

“Blessed is the one who perseveres under trial because, having stood the test, that person will receive the crown of life that the Lord has promised to those who love him.

When tempted, no one should say, “God is tempting me.” For God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does he tempt anyone; but each person is tempted when they are dragged away by their own evil desire and enticed. Then, after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death. Don’t be deceived, my dear brothers and sisters. Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows.”

I’ve seen the “storms of life” destroy people. Paul described it this way in 1 Timothy – he said some people have “shipwrecked their faith.”

•I’ve seen people give up on their faith and walk away from God

•I’ve seen people quit on their spouse and leave the marriage

•I’ve seen people quit fighting their temptations and just give in – ultimately they are destroyed

•I’ve seen people resign from the ministry because the trial was just too difficult.

•I’ve seen people become bitter. They refused to forgive and move on.

Why do these things happen? These individuals simply became deceived. In the midst of the trial, they believed things that weren’t true.

James says, “Don’t be deceived.” This can also be translated, “Stop being deceived.” I mentioned a moment ago that as we are especially vulnerable to deception during our trials. It’s in these periods of our lives when things are dark, when we don’t understand, when the future is unclear, when our world seems to be caving in on us, that the devil comes by to speak to us. And often times, if we are not careful, if we are not regularly in God’s Word, we believe his lies.

•It’s always going to be this way.

•No one cares about me, not even God.

•If God is good and loving, why is he letting me suffer?

•If God is so powerful, why doesn’t he stop this and change my situation?

•Everyone else has it so good, I’m the only one struggling

To avoid deception in your trial, you must be alert.

James says, “the one who perseveres under trial because, having stood the test, that person will receive the crown of life that the Lord has promised to those who love him.”

To avoid deception in your trial, you must acknowledge the goodness of God. James wants us to recognize that while we don’t always understand what we go through, we are called to persevere with a belief that God loves us.

Today’s Challenge: Whatever you are facing today, intentionally put your focus on the goodness of God. Be alert! Recognize the lies of the enemy. Keep the truth of God’s Word in your focus.

#178: Listening for the Voice of God Feb 04, 2021

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I heard a story about President Franklin Delanor Roosevelt that when he was president he got tired of saying the usual things all the time at those White House receptions. He noted that no one seemed to listen to anything he said and they responded with the usual platitudes. So one evening he decided to find out if anybody was paying any attention to what he was saying. As each person came up to him and shook his hand he would smile and say, “I murdered my grandmother this morning.” Person after person greeted him and would respond with, “How lovely." or "That’s nice.” FDR realized that no one was listening to him. Finally a foreign diplomat shook his hand. FDR said, “I murdered my grandmother this morning.” The foreign diplomat looked a little shocked but leaned in to the president and said softly, “I’m sure she had it coming to her.
Well, when it comes to listening, sometimes we don’t do it very well. We are much better at speaking than we are at listening. This is often true in our relationship with God.
One of the greatest benefits of our salvation has to be hearing God speak to us personally. There can be no intimate relationship with our heavenly Father without it. But, as easy as it is for us to speak to Him, the average Christian has a hard time hearing His voice. This is not the way the Lord intended it to be.
The Lord constantly speaks to us and gives us His direction. It’s never the Lord who is not speaking, but it’s us who are not hearing. Jesus made some radical statements about hearing His voice in John 10:3-5. He was speaking about Himself as the Shepherd of the sheep and the only way to enter the sheepfold.
“The gatekeeper opens the gate for him, and the sheep listen to his voice. He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. When he has brought out all his own, he goes on ahead of them, and his sheep follow him because they know his voice. 5 But they will never follow a stranger; in fact, they will run away from him because they do not recognize a stranger’s voice.”
Notice that He said in verse 3, His sheep hear His voice. He didn’t say His sheep CAN hear His voice or SHOULD hear His voice. He made the emphatic statement that His sheep DO hear His voice. Most Christians would question the accuracy of that statement since their experiences don’t line up. But it’s not what Jesus said that is wrong; all true believers can and do hear the voice of God; they just don’t recognize what they are hearing as being God’s voice.
It sounds a little strange to people who don’t know Christ when they hear someone say, “God spoke to me.” They think you are a schizophrenic.
We have a Bible full of examples of God speaking to men. Today he speaks to us in through his written word, through the spoken word, through the prophetic word, and by inspiring our hearts in prayer.
Here are some tests to use to see if God is really speaking:
1. Is it God-centered or self-centered?
2. Is it in sync with Scripture? God will never contradict Himself.
3. Is it consistent with what godly counselors are saying?
4. Do you have personal peace about it? This is important, but don’t make it your starting point. Too many people conclude that having “peace” is the same thing as hearing the Lord speak.
Does God speak? Yes he does. He’s speaking all the time. The real question is this: Am I listening? What a blessing it is for you and I to be able to hear the voice of our Heavenly Father.
Today’s Challenge: Tune in to God’s voice by silencing all the other voices. Perhaps we need to silence the voice of others, or the news, or social media. Perhaps we are hearing so many voices, we cannot distinguish the voice of God. Ask God to let his voice be clear in your heart.

#177: God's Sanctifying Process Feb 03, 2021

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As you know, we just came through a presidential election. Every four years as we vote for the the office of the president of the United States, the candidates ask these questions: Are you better off than you were four years ago? Are we safer than we were four years ago? Is our country more prosperous than it was four years ago?
Having watched some of the debates in this past election cycle, I heard no mention of the spiritual lives of Americans. Very little was said about the morality of Americans.
I believe God is asking a different set of questions. I believe God is concerned about our spiritual growth. He’s concerned about if we are more like Jesus than we were four years ago.
If you are a believer, if you have been born again and you are a Christ-follower, God has a very focused work he wants to do in your life. The theological term is the word “sanctification.” God wants to sanctity us.
1 Thessalonians 5:23-24 - “May God himself, the God of peace, sanctify you through and through. May your whole spirit, soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. The one who calls you is faithful and he will do it.”
A prayer that God will answer - This prayer for their sanctification is a prayer that God will always answer.
So what is sanctification? One man said, “It is everything God does in your life and mine to make sure we turn out right.”
Sanctification is an act of separation from that which is sin and evil, and a complete dedication of our lives to God.
Paul said it this way in Philippians 1:6, “Being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Jesus Christ.” He began a good work the moment you came to Christ, he continues it day by day, and he will it to completion until the day we see Jesus Christ face to face.
Notice that Paul prayed in 1 Thesalonians 5 that God would sanctify us “through and through.” .” It has the idea of being wholly sanctified so that in the end you will be made complete. It’s God’s plan that we will be made complete in the end. We’re not that way now. Most of us feel fragmented and torn in a thousand directions. We’re incomplete and under construction in this life. But God intends that when we finally get to heaven the hammers and saws will be put away and we will stand before the Lord with every part perfectly in place and every aspect of our life made perfect.
350 years ago, John Calvin wrote about sanctification. He said that God intends “the entire renovation of the man.”
If you are like me, you know that God is still at work in your life. There are still areas in which we need to grow. There are other areas we need to surrender to God. In so many ways I am not like Christ yet, but that’s the goal. God is using everything in my life, the good and the bad, to conform me to the image of Jesus, and he is in your life too.
So, today, let’s surrender all that we are and all we have to the work of God. Let’s not hold back. Let’s give him our bodies, our souls, our minds, our plans, our strength, our attitude, our speech, and all that we are. Let’s allow Him to shape and mold our lives so that we will be like Jesus.
I love the end of 1 Thessalonians 5:24…it says, “The one who calls you is faithful and he will do it.”
Today’s Challenge: Today when you pray simply to place yourself in God’s hands. Cooperate with the Master Designer as he shapes you into the image of Jesus. Say, “Lord, here am I. Make me what you want me to be.”

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