{"id":2876,"date":"2010-09-21T02:58:29","date_gmt":"2010-09-21T10:58:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/wordpress\/?p=2876"},"modified":"2010-09-21T07:56:53","modified_gmt":"2010-09-21T15:56:53","slug":"the-missionary%e2%80%99s-predestined-purpose-9-21-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/?p=2876","title":{"rendered":"The Missionary\u2019s Predestined Purpose 9-21-2010"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Missionary\u2019s Predestined Purpose<\/h2>\n

(And We Are All Missionaries)<\/h4>\n
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September 21, 2010<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
Now the Lord says, who formed Me from the womb to be His Servant . . . \u2014Isaiah 49:5<\/a><\/div>\n
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The first thing that happens after we recognize our election by God in Christ Jesus is the destruction of our preconceived ideas, our narrow-minded thinking, and all of our other allegiances\u2014 we are turned solely into servants of God\u2019s own purpose. The entire human race was created to glorify God and to enjoy Him forever. Sin has diverted the human race onto another course, but it has not altered God\u2019s purpose to the slightest degree. And when we are born again we are brought into the realization of God\u2019s great purpose for the human race, namely, that He created us for Himself. This realization of our election by God is the most joyful on earth, and we must learn to rely on this tremendous creative purpose of God. The first thing God will do is force the interests of the whole world through the channel of our hearts. The love of God, and even His very nature, is introduced into us. And we see the nature of Almighty God purely focused in<\/p>\n

John 3:16<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 \u201cFor God so loved the world<\/em>. . . .\u201d<\/p>\n

We must continually keep our soul open to the fact of God\u2019s creative purpose, and never confuse or cloud it with our own intentions. If we do, God will have to force our intentions aside no matter how much it may hurt. \"\"<\/a>A missionary is created for the purpose of being God\u2019s servant, one in whom God is glorified. Once we realize that it is through the salvation of Jesus Christ that we are made perfectly fit for the purpose of God, we will understand why Jesus Christ is so strict and relentless in His demands. He demands absolute righteousness from His servants, because He has put into them the very nature of God.<\/p>\n

Beware lest you forget God\u2019s purpose for your life<\/p>\n

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September 21, 2010<\/p>\n

Journal Entry for Today-JDV<\/p>\n

Once again I read Oswald Chambers and find I am lacking the strength and discipline to measure up; all the time. Oswald says that God demands the absolute righteousness of God from me because He has put the nature of God into me. So if I do not live like the absolute righteousness of God is in me all the time\u2026.what is wrong? Am I a believer; a weak believer, or simply a man without the strength or courage to demonstrate God living in me?<\/p>\n

And God says\u2026\u201dYou are weak, but I am strong. You cannot meet My demands for the righteousness of Jesus. However, Jesus can and does meet My demands for absolute righteousness, and you are covered with His righteousness as you allow Him to live through you. Do not focus on your own shortcomings or your inability to demonstrate Jesus all the time, instead focus on Jesus and you will never see your shortcomings, and neither will I.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\nGood morning, Lord. I heard many years ago a brother complaining that reading Oswald too much will make you crazy. … Either a Pharisee if you think you are succeeding in meeting the “demands” of God or on a serious guilt trip all the time if you acknowledge that you aren’t and cant measure up. I think the brother missed it by only considering those two alternatives in and either or manner. The best advice I got on balancing “Be ye perfect” with the real “body of death” that I walk around in came from David Peck who suggested that we consider what have been called the 10 Commandments as “10 Suggestions” I love that advice and it has helped me greatly … but it did get me kicked out … oh well, Paul, Peter, Jesus and other good company makes me not worry. \u00a0Too much.<\/p>\n

What you are saying is a truth for grown-ups. Children need structure. But children in the Spirit can grow thru those phases pretty quickly, much quicker than you would think … into the freedom of responding in love instead of obligation to follow the structure with its check boxes etc.
\n<\/em>Last week it got clear to me that disciplines are good, but they are not the thing to monitor. As that will make a Pharisee. \u00a0 \u00a0Rather monitor my joy and peace especially in trying circumstances. If those and a few other gages on my spiritual dashboard are good…. then the disciplines aren’t broke – so dont worry about it. If the peace meter idiot lite is blasting, I might want to take a look and change something….
\n It’s a good way to live, its how I lived and you can too.
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