"....that he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh for the lusts of men, but for the will of God." (1Peter 4:2)
Everybody wants their own way. This is the natural way, the way of man from The Fall til this moment. Finney used to say that the number one hindrance to revival is selfishness. Selfishness is the reason for the vast majority of divorces; this is the reason for injustices in the earth; this is the reason for war; this is the reason churches split; this is the reason...........................
"Jesus, lover of my soul, let me to thy bosom fly," more and more I pray. I really don't think this is an escapist prayer. It's a prayer in the face of the deterioration of the human race. Winston Churchill's statement still "haunts" me, "Man has improved himself every way except morally." This is man living the opposite of our text. This is man living, " the rest of his time in the flesh for the lusts of men," their own will rather than, "the will of God."
In the face of, " evil men will go from bad to worse," you and I have our Savior, Jesus, our Savior into Whose Bosom you and I can "fly." Think of it today: You and I are in the Bosom of Jesus, we in Him and He in us. There is no greater joy, no greater peace, no greater security. Jesus said that in the last days we will see, "....people fainting with fear and with foreboding of what is coming on the world. For the powers of the heavens will be shaken." In Jesus' Bosom, however, fear becomes peace, unforgiveness becomes forgiveness, hate becomes love, selfishness becomes selflessness. Jesus replaces, as a Harvard University psychiatrist once said, "fear, bitterness, and despair with love, joy and unspeakable comfort." As Tolstoy said after surrendering his life to Jesus, "What was good and bad changed places." Such a life style is only possible when we, "....no longer...live...in the flesh for the lusts of men, but for the will of God."
"The lusts of men," bring no good. "The will of God," brings nothing but good. The choice is really quite simple. I know humanists do not like "simple." They like "gray;" they like complicated, they love many religions, many opinions, because then in such uncertainty they have excuse for continuation in, "the lusts of men." For us, though, "the will of God," is our refuge. The "Bosom" of "Jesus, Lover of my soul," our home.
Father, in Jesus' Name, "Let me to Thy Bosom fly." Amen.
Everybody wants their own way. This is the natural way, the way of man from The Fall til this moment. Finney used to say that the number one hindrance to revival is selfishness. Selfishness is the reason for the vast majority of divorces; this is the reason for injustices in the earth; this is the reason for war; this is the reason churches split; this is the reason...........................
"Jesus, lover of my soul, let me to thy bosom fly," more and more I pray. I really don't think this is an escapist prayer. It's a prayer in the face of the deterioration of the human race. Winston Churchill's statement still "haunts" me, "Man has improved himself every way except morally." This is man living the opposite of our text. This is man living, " the rest of his time in the flesh for the lusts of men," their own will rather than, "the will of God."
In the face of, " evil men will go from bad to worse," you and I have our Savior, Jesus, our Savior into Whose Bosom you and I can "fly." Think of it today: You and I are in the Bosom of Jesus, we in Him and He in us. There is no greater joy, no greater peace, no greater security. Jesus said that in the last days we will see, "....people fainting with fear and with foreboding of what is coming on the world. For the powers of the heavens will be shaken." In Jesus' Bosom, however, fear becomes peace, unforgiveness becomes forgiveness, hate becomes love, selfishness becomes selflessness. Jesus replaces, as a Harvard University psychiatrist once said, "fear, bitterness, and despair with love, joy and unspeakable comfort." As Tolstoy said after surrendering his life to Jesus, "What was good and bad changed places." Such a life style is only possible when we, "....no longer...live...in the flesh for the lusts of men, but for the will of God."
"The lusts of men," bring no good. "The will of God," brings nothing but good. The choice is really quite simple. I know humanists do not like "simple." They like "gray;" they like complicated, they love many religions, many opinions, because then in such uncertainty they have excuse for continuation in, "the lusts of men." For us, though, "the will of God," is our refuge. The "Bosom" of "Jesus, Lover of my soul," our home.
Father, in Jesus' Name, "Let me to Thy Bosom fly." Amen.
When Peter, an 18 year old Norwegian, "heard the call to evangelize China, on that day he not only emptied his wallet into the collection plate, but included a small note with the words, 'and my life.'"
"Looking unto Jesus"
Hebrews 12:2
"Looking unto Jesus"
Hebrews 12:2
