Relationship and Fellowship.
Our relationship to God is secure. We are His sons and daughters and He is our
Father. Nothing can change that. Our relationship can never be destroyed but
relationship alone will not satisfy us. We must have a proper fellowship with
Him to be truly happy. To be joyous in God does not depend on our conduct but
on His faithfulness. We must be brought back into that intimate fellowship with
the Lord. . Your fellowship with Him
cannot be broken unless you believe that your conduct separates you from Him.
If you think it depends on your good conduct then you will never experience the
fullness of joy.
Hebrews says, “Let us therefore come
boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to
help in time of need”.
The
scriptures reveal to us that there is absolutely nothing we need to do except
accept what God has done for us. He has provided everything for us and we do
not need to add anything to what He has done.
According
as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should
be holy and without blame before him in love: Having predestinated us unto the
adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure
of his will, To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us
accepted in the beloved. In whom we have redemption through his blood, the
forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace; Eph 1:4-7
If
you believe the scriptures then the above verses from Ephesians gives you your
destiny. Notice that it says we have forgiveness according to the riches of His
grace. It does not depend on your faithfulness but on His. His mercy endures
forever.
We
all need to be reminded that God’s purpose is not that men would work for Him,
but that men would allow Him to fill them, and then HE will work through
them. If you do a careful study of the
Bible, you’ll find out that every move of God was never initiated by man. Man never worked it into existence. Men try to initiate the work of God but that
never works. God is well able to accomplish His work. And He always, in every case, initiated the
work. Men would seek Him. Men would get into His presence, but He was
always the one who would say, “Go”.
Abraham did not initiate any work for God. Abraham was a man who lived in God’s
presence, and one day God said, “Abraham, come and follow me”. And Abraham went not
knowing where he was going.
Moses
saw a burning bush, and God said, “Moses, go deliver my people”. I mean, you can go through the whole Bible
and you will find out that in every case of a major move, God initiated the
process, and not man. We can get
together and seek and hunger after God. Then when He says to do something we do
it. Always remember that the work of the Lord is His responsibility, and not
ours. I’m only responsible to do what
God tells me to do. I’m not responsible
for the work if I don’t know what to do.
And that’s where we get into trouble because we are not willing to
patiently wait until the Lord speaks.
Jesus
was the perfect example of the New Testament priest ,
because He said, “I do only that which I see my Father do, and I speak only
that which I hear my Father speak”. So
if God does not speak, we do not move.
When God speaks, when the cloud moves, we move. When the cloud don’t
move, and God don’t speak, we just continually seek God, we stay on our faces,
we cry, we intercede, and we wait until God initiates the next move.