{"id":7067,"date":"2012-06-28T06:34:42","date_gmt":"2012-06-28T14:34:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/wordpress\/?p=7067"},"modified":"2012-06-28T06:43:55","modified_gmt":"2012-06-28T14:43:55","slug":"held-by-the-grip-of-god-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/?p=7067","title":{"rendered":"Held by the Grip of God"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>I press on, that I may lay hold of that for which Christ Jesus has also laid hold of me \u2014Philippians 3:12<\/h1>\n<p><!-- .entry-meta --><!-- .entry-header --><\/p>\n<section>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"575\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/R3SjCuSkaNs\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\nNever choose to be a worker for God, but once God has placed His call on you, woe be to you if you \u201cturn aside to the right hand or to the left\u201d (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Deuteronomy+5:32\">Deuteronomy 5:32<\/a>). We are not here to work for God because we have chosen to do so, but because God has \u201claid hold of\u201d us. And once He has done so, we never have this thought, \u201cWell, I\u2019m really not suited for this.\u201d What you are to preach is also determined by God, not by your own natural leanings or desires. Keep your soul steadfastly related to God, and remember that you are called not simply to convey your testimony but also to preach the gospel. Every Christian must testify to the truth of God, but when it comes to the call to preach, there must be the agonizing grip of God\u2019s hand on you\u2014 your life is in the grip of God for that very purpose. How many of us are held like that?<\/section>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Never water down the Word of God, but preach it in its undiluted sternness. There must be unflinching faithfulness to the Word of God, but when you come to personal dealings with others, remember who you are\u2014 you are not some special being created in heaven, but a sinner saved by grace.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBrethren, I do not count myself to have apprehended; but <em>one thing I do<\/em>. . . I press toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus\u201d (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Philippians+3:13-14\">Philippians 3:13-14<\/a>).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I press on, that I may lay hold of that for which Christ Jesus has also laid hold of me \u2014Philippians 3:12 Never choose to be a worker for God, but once God has placed His call on you, woe be to you if you \u201cturn aside to the right hand or to the left\u201d [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7067"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7067"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7067\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7069,"href":"https:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7067\/revisions\/7069"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7067"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7067"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7067"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}