It is essential that you give people the opportunity to act on the truth of God. The responsibility must be left with the individual— you cannot act for him. It must be his own deliberate act, but the evangelical message should always lead him to action. Refusing to act leaves a person paralyzed, exactly where he was previously. But once he acts, he is never the same. It is the apparent folly of the truth that stands in the way of hundreds who have been convicted by the Spirit of God. Once I press myself into action, I immediately begin to live. Anything less is merely existing. The moments I truly live are the moments when I act with my entire will.

When a truth of God is brought home to your soul, never allow it to pass without acting on it internally in your will, not necessarily externally in your physical life. Record it with ink and with blood— work it into your life. The weakest saint who transacts business with Jesus Christ is liberated the second he acts and God’s almighty power is available on his behalf. We come up to the truth of God, confess we are wrong, but go back again. Then we approach it again and turn back, until we finally learn we have no business going back.

When we are confronted with such a word of truth from our redeeming Lord, we must move directly to transact business with Him. “Come to Me…” (Matthew 11:28). His word come means “to act.” Yet the last thing we want to do is come. But everyone who does come knows that, at that very moment, the supernatural power of the life of God invades him. The dominating power of the world, the flesh, and the devil is now paralyzed; not by your act, but because your act has joined you to God and tapped you in to His redemptive power.

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November 4 2015

Journal Entry for Today-JDV

Good morning God and thank You for the Holy Spirit that has been leading David and me into the revelation about surrender, connection, curiosity and obedience. Today You showed us that this is not only an event in our lives it is also a daily and issue related process. That is to say, as believers, we start the day seeking surrender, connection and curiosity for our lives for this day; just like the daily manna You provided the Israelites in the desert. You are leading us to an awareness that we are to also seek surrender, connection and curiosity around key issues, opportunities, circumstances and trials. That when the dashboard of our lives shows our need to predict, control, worry, or even understand a situation, we are to seek, with Your help, to be surrendered and connected. We understand that we are not to limit you by expecting a certain outcome or response from You. It is sufficient for us to let You be the God of our lives, and know that all things work for the good of those that love the Lord.

And God says…”Seek and you shall find. Knock and the door will be opened. Just like the difficulty created by the people of Nazareth, when you limit the power of God by limiting your faith to certain desired outcomes that you can grasp, you in effect are limiting My power in your life. Trust in Me with all your heart, and do not rely on your own understanding, awareness, or religion, and I will make your paths straight. When you seek Me first (through surrender and connection), I can meet all your other needs. And when you do not feel as if you can surrender and let go of your own ideas of how I should respond to you my grace is sufficient for you. Through practiced daily and circumstance focused surrender, connection and curiosity you will discover that you are living a life delighted in the Lord; even when circumstances are unchanged and difficult. And when you delight yourself in the Lord I can give you the desires of your heart.”