Nothing in all creation is hidden from God's sight

This morning as the wind blows and the air is cool for a Maui morning, I really am sensing that perhaps we don't get real with ourselves and God. Meaning myself too, Friends, I'm looking deep with-in myself as well.

It becomes easy to look at others and think they are missing it. I don't want to be to hard on us, me or you, but I am sensing a push from God and honestly it is a tad bit uncomfortable. I've walked long enough to know, that when He is pushing, there is a reason and I don't want to miss it.

I've been praying for the Church as a whole since January 1st. Not just my group of fellowship Believers that I attend Sunday morning services with, or our community study group, or even my close friends that are my Sisters In Christ, but ALL Bible Teaching-Believing-LIVING Congregations as well as ALL our Brothers and Sisters In Christ. We serve a BIG GOD, and our BIG GOD knows exactly who these lovely people are, inside and out. That is The Church. You and I are part of The Church from the moment we accepted Christ into our hearts.

Who are you and I emulating? Who does the world perceive you and I to be? Who or WHAT are we really? Ouch? Ouch! Oh my, ouch, Lord.

Are we a robot just being what is fed into us like a computer chip but absolutely NO EMOTION? Are we like a scarecrow that just blows here and there with no purpose? Are we like the Tin Man with no heart? Or are we, you and I being JESUS.

2 Corinthians 2:16-17 "To the one we are the smell of death; to the other, the fragrance of life. And who is equal to such a task? Unlike so many, we do not peddle the word of God for profit. On the contrary, in Christ we speak before God with sincerity, like men sent from God."

Ephesians 6:5-7 "Slaves, obey your earthly masters with respect and fear, and with sincerity of heart, just as you would obey Christ. Obey them not only to win their favor when their eye is on you, but like slaves of Christ, doing the will of God from your heart. Serve wholeheartedly, as if you were serving the Lord, not men,"

Philippians 3:9-11 "and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ—the righteousness that comes from God and is by faith. I want to know Christ and the power of his resurrection and the fellowship of sharing in his sufferings, becoming like him in his death, and so, somehow, to attain to the resurrection from the dead."

After I wrote part of this and put it on the back burner, an hour or so later God placed on my own heart to read from Hebrews and Chapter 3 just brought this to fruition for me. I pray that it does you as well, and encourages you. Please grab your own bibles and read ALL of Chapter 3, but I am enclosing verses 12 & 13: "See to it, brothers, that none of you has a sinful, unbelieving heart that turns away from the living God. But encourage one another daily, as long as it is called Today, so that none of you may be hardened by sin's deceitfulness." As well as Hebrews 4:12-13 "For the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart. Nothing in all creation is hidden from God's sight. Everything is uncovered and laid bare before the eyes of him to whom we must give account."


Father, today as we look deep inside of ourselves and allow You in as well, reveal to us Lord areas that we need to desperately turn over to You. We are so quick to tell others that we are Christians by our clothing, our jewelry even the bumper stickers on our vehicles when our SELVES are telling the world, perhaps something entirely different. Lord, I'm positive that I want to be what these items profess, Your Child. I'm positive that others do as well. Lord, cause us to go the extra mile, to be kind, to be sensitive, to be like You. Lord, I want to emulate You. I love ya Lord, I'm so thankful for You, and I Praise Your Name. Amen.

Lovingly,
Yolanda w/Higher Grounds