KNOWING The Will of The LORD...

Time with CHRIST JESUS.

In Thy+ Light shall we see LIGHT.

 This is The WAY+ ; walk ye in it.

 

These are all Words of Life from Scripture, Words we know so well.

 So, why is it that we walk through our time here on earth in a confused muddle, not knowing whether we should go to the left hand or to the right ? 

Why is it, then… 

that The LORD’S Will is a mystery to us especially when we have a crucial decision facing us ?

 

If any of you lack Wisdom,

let him ask from the Giving GOD,

giving to all men freely,

and not reproaching

( chiding, upbraiding);

and it will be given to him.

James 1:5 literal Greek

We have the HOLY SPIRIT at our re-birth; it is a promise given to us in Acts 2:38 to repent and be baptized to receive the GIFT of the HOLY SPIRIT.  Marvelous Gift from GOD !

With all this help promised to us from The Word of GOD and from the HOLY SPIRIT dwelling within us… 

why are we confused,

stumbling, and up-set, 

not knowing whether to go to the left hand

or to the right ? 

 

We have all been in this state, and it is DISTRESSING.

 

We say …

” Oh, if only The Scriptures would tell me what to do ! If I could only open my Bible and see whether I should take this job…  move to that city … marry that one … embark on this out-reach. 

Then I would know what to do !” 

 

We say …

“Oh WHY doesn’t The LORD answer me when I NEED to know what to do ? “

 

But HE+ says:

 

“Oh, WHY

have you LIMITED your time with ME+ ?

 

Why have you been SO busy…

and then, too, too tired …

to spend QUALITY time with ME+ ?

 

Have I+ asked you to do

any great thing in your life ?

No.

 I+ have only asked one thing of you:

Come and sit with ME+

a-while

every day.

 

No studying,

not even reading at this time,

not fellow-shipping,

not singing,

not public worship.

 

Just come and SIT WITH ME+.

Alone. Every day.

 

But no, you will not do that

for even 30 minutes of earthly time.

 

You begrudge coming to SIT WITH ME+

beside My+ Still Waters.

 

You refuse to STILL yourself.

Everyday you are too busy

with “good” projects and necessary duties

to find time to sit with ME+. 

But, I+ am your Life-Source! 

I+ am your Wisdom!  

How then can you expect to hear My+ Direction

when the changes of Life occur

or when trouble raises its head ?

 

I+ will not join you in your busy-ness.

 

I+ cannot refresh your soul there.

 

You cannot hear My+ Voice there.

 

I+ will not reveal My+ Will

in the midst of other voices

competing for your attention.

 

If you want My+ Direction

you must come to ME+

in My+ Stillness. “

Everyday.

Before the crises of life happen.

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LET US PRAY:

 

LORD JESUS, I have neglected YOU+, the Most Important ONE+ in my life. Life is meaningless without YOU+, yet I have gone on my way expecting YOU+ to accompany me… instead of me accompanying YOU+.

 

I repent of my mis-guided busy-ness. I place every one of my activities on the altar; burn them with the fire of Thy+ Holiness, O LORD.

 

Settle me down. Place upon me, now, O LORD, Thy+ Will, Thy+ Way and I will walk in it. Let me not go to the left hand nor to the right, to the Glory of GOD my FATHER.

 

Create in me a clean heart and renew a right spirit within me, O LORD.

 

I am still now, LORD,

… and listening.

 

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Practical WISDOM+ ... Passover MEDITATIONS for the Monastic-At-Heart.... Ephesians 1:8

Meditations  for Pascha

(The Passover Season, 2016)

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Meditations for the Monastic-At-Heart

Now is My+ soul troubled;

and what shall I+ say ...

FATHER,

save ME+

from this hour ?

but for this cause

came I+ unto this hour.

FATHER,

Glorify Thy Name.

Then came there a Voice from Heaven, saying,

I have both glorified It,

and will glorify It again.

John12:27-28

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Meditation Verse 

Ephesians 1:8

Wherein HE hath abounded toward us

in all wisdom and prudence;**

Analysis:  HE, again, is referring to The FATHER WHO has given us the fullness, the riches, of HIS Grace ... through HIS SON+ JESUS CHRIST.

** This is  part of one LONG sentence, extending from verse 4 to verse 10. The subject, the one doing all these things for us THROUGH HIS BELOVED SON+  ...  is The FATHER !

Let us look closely at that word prudence.

Vine's calls prudence "practical wisdom." It is a thoughful use of that wisdom and understanding granted unto us. It involves a discretion in applying what we know.

Prudence, in Webster's, is the ability to discipline and govern oneself with the use of reason. 

Thus, this verse is telling us that we have HELP in developing prudence in our daily lives  We have HELP to make decisions that are Right in His+ eyes.  We have HELP by means of this prudence so that we do not stumble into a trap.

So read:

 [The FATHER WHO has given us the fullness, the riches, of HIS Grace  through HIS SON+ JESUS CHRIST...] Which HE abounded unto us in all wisdom and practical understanding.

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Meditation

Our Heavenly FATHER made a way for us to walk in the fullness of Grace, no matter what our level of education might be.

This fullness of Grace comes through HIS SON+ JESUS CHRIST.  In JESUS our LORD, we have already received all wisdom and the knowledge of how to apply this Divine Wisdom in our daily lives. This  prudence is readily available for the asking.

Marvelous !  Marvelous provision for our life here on earth ! A marvelous promise to conduct our lives around the pitfalls of life. 

Through JESUS our LORD, we can now avoid the regrets in life that most human beings make... provided, of course,  that we follow CHRIST JESUS with our whole hearts.

If we ignore Our LORD, if we ignore His+ Words, if we ignore the words His+ hand-picked disciples wrote under the inspiration of The HOLY SPIRIT, we will assuredly pierce ourselves through with many arrows of regret.

We will make decisions based on our flesh and our emotions instead of His+ Divine Wisdom and we will reap sorrow for decisions that cannot be changed. 

The consequences will be ours to live with... a broken marriage that never should have been in the first place, an illegitimate child who is in our lap for the rest of our lives, a constant reminder of our sin.

Perhaps there was a suicide which could have been prevented, or a soul with whom we neglected to share the Gospel message... and then he suddenly died.

These regrets would have been avoided if we had walked in Divine Wisdom and applied Wisdom's discipline and governing of our emotions and fleshly man.

These regrets would have been avoided if we would have submitted our Self to His+ Words. 

These regrets would have been avoided if we would have allowed His+ Spirit to rule us instead of our emotions.

This verse in Ephesians 1:8 tells us that GOD has granted us the POWER to walk in Divine, practical Wisdom guiding our life ... through JESUS CHRIST when we follow Him+ seriously.

In other words, Divine Wisdom is totally available to us in all matters. As a matter of FACT, this Divine Wisdom is not only given to us freely, it abounds towards us !

It comes to us in GREAT ABUNDANCE for the asking !  

How do we receive it ?

WE QUIET OURSELVES

BEFORE CHRIST. 

We humble ourselves when we read our daily Scripture passages and ask: LORD, am I doing this?  LORD JESUS, how do I apply this in my walk with THEE+ ?

If we are SERIOUS about it, The LORD JESUS will show us how to empty our Self of our own values and ways and replace them with His+ values and ways, as stated in Scriptures.

Is Divine Wisdom still elusive?

Then, we must seek His+ Face more deeply.

We ONLY will experience Divine Wisdom, though, if we are good stewards of it. 

Sadly, Divine Wisdom and understanding do us NO GOOD if we refuse to let it govern us... in all things.

Do we WANT

His+ Divine Wisdom

to govern us ?  

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Let us pray:

O Gracious and Life-Giving LORD, I thank THEE for providing for me a way to walk without regrets in my life.

I know that Way+ is through JESUS CHRIST our LORD. 

I thank THEE for granting me Divine Wisdom and the ability to apply it in my life.

I have no excuse for my regrets I have reaped following my own flesh and my emotions, trying to make my happiness my own way.

THOU, O Righteous FATHER, have no fault in the matter. My unhappiness is my own fault, for THOU hast promised to heal me of every wound.

It is all mine for not following Thy Beloved SON+ JESUS CHRIST and letting Him+ govern me, instead of my flesh and emotions ruling my life.  

I confess that I have not been a good steward of the abundance of Wisdom and discernment granted to me in CHRIST JESUS.

I lament some of my choices, my self-made prison of regrets. I repent of taking advantage of Thy "mercy and grace" in order to walk my own way, to do my own will.

O Righteous Redeemer+, I ask for forgiveness and cleansing.

Take not Thy HOLY SPIRIT from me.

I forsake my ways and will wait upon THEE+, now. I will learn to be a good steward of Thy Wisdom.

Do with me as THOU+ choosest, and I will be blest.

In the Name of Thy Beloved SON+ JESUS CHRIST I offer these my imperfect prayers.  Amen.

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Worthy is the LAMB+.

Worthy is The LAMB+

that was slain.

Worthy is the LAMB+,

slain

from the foundation

of the earth.

Revelation 13:8

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PRAISE and THANKSGIVING

be to The FATHER,

and to HIS Beloved SON+

JESUS CHRIST,

and to

the Blessed HOLY SPIRIT.

ONE GOD:

FATHER,

SON+,

and HOLY SPIRIT,

both now and forever,

world without end.

Amen.

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Worthy is the LAMB+.