I hope after yesterday's blog, as you read today's Psalm 148 in our Spoken Word Bible Reading Plan, that you would continue, and deepen, your praise and worship of the One, True, Most High, Living, Almighty God of the Bible! All the while remembering that WE have a much better Covenant than Israel had (Hebrews 8:6), because it is based on better promises to those who are new creatures (2 Corinthians 5:17-21), filled with Holy Spirit, and living IN His Word, with His Word LIVING in us (John 15:7 AMPC)!
Today I want to share from Oswald Chambers' "My Utmost For His Highest":
Undisturbed Relationship
At that day ye shall ask in My name….The
Father Himself loveth you. — John 16:26,27
“At that day ye shall ask in My name,”
i.e., in My nature. Not — “You shall use My name as a magic word,” but — “You
will be so intimate with Me that you will be one with Me.” “That day” is not a
day hereafter, but a day meant for here and now. “The Father Himself loveth
you” — the union is so complete and absolute. Our Lord does not mean that life
will be free from external perplexities, but that just as He knew the Father’s
heart and mind, so by the baptism of the Holy Ghost He can lift us into the
heavenly places where He can reveal the counsels of God to us.
“Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in
My name…” “That day” is a day of undisturbed relationship between God and
the saint. Just as Jesus stood unsullied in the presence of His Father, so by
the mighty efficacy of the baptism of the Holy Ghost, we can be lifted into
that relationship — “that they may be one, even as We are One.”
“…He will give it you.” Jesus says
that God will recognize our prayers. What a challenge! By the Resurrection and
Ascension power of Jesus, by the sent-down Holy Ghost, we can be lifted into
such a relationship with the Father that we are at one with the perfect
sovereign will of God by our free choice even as Jesus was. In that wonderful
position, placed there by Jesus Christ, we can pray to God in His name, in His
nature, which is gifted to us by the Holy Ghost, and Jesus says — “Whatsoever
ye shall ask the Father in My name, He will give it you.”
AMEN! I hope that you REALLY see that Christianity is in no way a 'religion"! Not TRUE CHRISTIANITY! It is a brand new, God ordained RELATIONSHIP with the ONE Who gave HIS life so that we can LIVE! When we walk in communion with Him, by His Spirit Who lives IN us, then we will be able to confidently speak as JESUS spoke when He ministered on the earth! What happens then? The blind will see! The lame will walk! The dead shall be raised! The TRUTH shall be proclaimed and the One, True God shall be glorified! HALLELUJAH! What a priceless privilege to be alive and in God's hands for such a time as this! AMEN! Here is Hillsong with "Children of the Light":Shalom in Him!
