Jesus in the Gospel of John 10: 14, 10 says “I am the Good Sheppard” “I know my sheep and my sheep knows me. The thief comes only to steal, kill and destroy but I ( Jesus) have come so they may have life and have it to the full."Who is your Sheppard? What and who's voice are you listening too and by what authority do they speak? Who is promising to give you life to the full? There are lots of voices, which one are you listening too?
The first time I heard my Sheppard’s voice and then after heard the scripture from John 10: 14 read in mass, the tears streamed down my face. For many years I knew God existed but I did not realise that HE spoke and spoke so clearly. Thus I write this, inorder for you to take the first step, to know Jesus Christ and listen to his voice. He will teach you to recognize his voice. He is alive today as he was 2000 years ago. Take that first step, start with 10 minutes a day in silence, read the gospel of John, the psalms and listen for God to speak to your heart. Seek Him with all your heart, while he is yet to be found. Pay attention and wait.
Seek truth and ask the Holy Spirit for the gift of discernment. In conversation with my colleagues, there are lots of quotes used to debate an issue, and their answers may sound plausible, but when you truely delve into the depths of what is being said, there is no foundation for it to stand. They are excuses that we rationalize in our minds to escape with sin, because honestly we lack the strength of character to truly LOVE. True love is tested by the deprivation of oneself for the good of the other. In Genesis the serpent said to eve. "Did God really say that you must not eat from this tree in the garden?" You will not surely die. For god knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil." It is the rationalization of a half truth to gratify oneself is what started this. The sorry state of it all to make ourselves feel better we invite a few friends to fall along with us, because if they agree then surely it must be the right thing, just as Eve invited Adam to eat of the fruit. It is called disobedience to the simple law God set in place to give us LIFE in ABUNDANCE.
We are constantly trying to claim for ourselves what belongs to God. Stop and Trust God with your life and impossible circumstances. Let go of the rationalizing and our reliance in human strength and be still and know that Jesus Christ is God, listen for His still small voice, leading you on the path that few travel, but will launch you into everlasting life.
This is so very beautiful, Anna...and TRUE! May God be praised as He draws us, calls us and keeps us in relationship with Him through His Son Jesus Christ. As I was reading the Old Testament this week, the Laws & sacrifices required for Holiness in Deuteronomy, I was struck by how sinful I truly am. Without the blood of Jesus, shed on Calvary's cross, I would never be able to enter into God's presence. Yes, Jesus is the way, the truth and the life!
ReplyDeleteWhen I was in the hospital, the Holy Spirit made this piece of scripture so real to me..
Hebrews 9:11-15" When Christ came as high priest of the good things that are already here, he went through the greater and more perfect tabernacle that is not man-made, that is to say, not a part of this creation. He did not enter by means of the blood of goats and calves; but he entered the Most Holy Place once for all by his own blood, having obtained eternal redemption. The blood of goats and bulls and the ashes of a heifer sprinkled on those who are ceremonially unclean sanctify them so that they are outwardly clean. How much more, then, will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself unblemished to God, cleanse our consciences from acts that lead to death, so that we may serve the living God!
For this reason Christ is the mediator of a new covenant, that those who are called may receive the promised eternal inheritance—now that he has died as a ransom to set them free from the sins committed under the first covenant."