|
Wednesday, 19 November 2008 |
Matthew 7:21 - 23 (TMSG) 21“Knowing the correct
password—saying ‘Master, Master,’ for instance—isn’t going to get you anywhere
with me. What is required is serious obedience—doing what my Father
wills. 22I can see it now—at
the Final Judgment thousands strutting up to me and saying, ‘Master, we preached
the Message, we bashed the demons, our God-sponsored projects had everyone
talking.’ 23And do you know what
I am going to say? ‘You missed the boat. All you did was use me to make
yourselves important. You don’t impress me one bit. You’re out of
here.’
Matthew 7:21 - 23 (ESV) 21“Not everyone who
says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does
the will of my Father who is in heaven. 22On that day many
will say to me, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and cast out
demons in your name, and do many mighty works in your name?’ 23And then will I
declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from me, you workers of
lawlessness.’
This scripture has always bothered me. I guess it should. Out of all
the great things we do if we do not do the will of our Father it is for
not! All will not matter filtering everything through the lens of
eternity.
The will of God is vital.
John 15:1 - 2 (ESV) 1“I am the true vine,
and my Father is the vinedresser. 2Every branch of mine
that does not bear fruit he takes away, and every branch that does bear fruit he
prunes, that it may bear more fruit.
John 15:8 (ESV) 8By this my Father is
glorified, that you bear much fruit and so prove to be my disciples.
Fruit. See it. Feel it. What we produce is very important. For who we are on the inside reproduces on the outside.
Galatians 5:22 - 24 (ESV) 22But the fruit of the
Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness,
faithfulness, 23gentleness,
self-control; against such things there is no law. 24And those who belong
to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and
desires.
The fruit is for a reason........
Proverbs 11:30 (KJV) 30The fruit of the
righteous is a tree of life; and
he that winneth souls is wise.
God began to show me that the fruit is to destroy the works of the
flesh AND to win souls. If I walk in the Spirit I will not fullfill the
lust of the flesh but also I will do the will of the Father. My fruit
will have me win souls.
I want to do the will of my Father not my will! These scriptures began
to reveal more of His will and plan. We are here to produce fruit. That
fruit is Godly fruit that will have us care, love and have compassion
on a lost world.
|
