July 19, 2011
“Ye call Me Master and Lord: and ye say well; for so I am.” John 13:13
Our Lord never insists on having authority; He never says – Thou shalt. He leaves us perfectly free – so free that we can spit in His face, as men did; so free that we can put Him to death, as men did; and He will never say a word. But when His life has been created in me by His Redemption I instantly recognize His right to absolute authority over me. It is a moral domination – “Thou art worthy . . .” It is only the unworthy in me that refuses to bow down to the worthy. If when I meet a man who is more holy than myself, I do not recognize his worthiness and obey what comes through him, it is a revelation of the unworthy in me. God educates us by means of people who are a little better than we are, not intellectually but “holily,” until we get under the domination of the Lord Himself, and then the whole attitude of the life is one of obedience to Him.
If Our Lord insisted upon obedience He would become a taskmaster, and He would cease to have any authority. He never insists on obedience, but when we do see Him we obey Him instantly, He is easily Lord, and we live in adoration of Him from morning till night. The revelation of my growth in grace is the way in which I look upon obedience. We have to rescue the word “obedience” from the mire. Obedience is only possible between equals; it is the relationship between father and son, not between master and servant. “I and My Father are one.” “Though He were a Son, yet learned He obedience by the things which He suffered.” The Son’s obedience was as Redeemer, because He was Son, not in order to be Son.
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July 19, 2011
Journal Entry for Today-JDV
Lord, this is where it gets tough for me. There is no evidence that You even heard me praying over the last few weeks; though it seems more like years. And not a clear word from You about what, where, why or when. I suspect I could stay the course more strongly if I know I was right where You wanted me to be. But I am uncertain. I feel like I have been left to receive what I deserve and that frightens me. How can I be certain that I am in your will when all around me seems so tenuous and uncertain?
And God says…”My Son was and is my promise that I will never leave you or leave you alone to your own devices. In fact, I ask you to leave your devices behind. Your uncertainty and anxiety are indicators that you are to search for new revealing truths from Me. IF you are anxious, IF you are uncertain, IF you are fearful, you know with certainty that these feelings cannot and did not come from Me. But I allowed them to touch you so that you could once again come to the end of yourself and a new awareness of your relationship with Me. Remember, faith is the substance of things hoped for, of things that are not seen. I remain faithful even when you cannot. I am always on your side, always providing, protecting and provisioning… 2Cor 2:14 Now thanks be to God who always causes us to triumph in Christ, and through us shows the savor of His knowledge in every place.”
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