In John 3:33 it says: "The man who has accepted it has certified that God is truthful. For the one whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for God give the Spirit WITHOUT limit!!!"
Some people are simply attracted to Jesus. Some people chose to become disciples of Christ. With the first choice, you are simple being entertained by Him, enjoying just Him, like when you watch an awesome movie for the first time. Just like when you watch a movie you love over and over again, soon enough you are going to get bored with it and stop watching it. In the same way, if you put a limit on Christ, then you are going to watch the same thing, or experience the same thing, over and over again until you get bored and fall away from HIM. No wonder so many people fall away from God, or backslide!! This is not some kind of "pointing the finger" attitude that I have, but it is a DECISION to make your relationship with God more deep and more intimate EVERY TIME you meet with Him!! I just quoted a scripture where John the Baptist says all me need to know about this issue. "for God give the Spirit WITHOUT LIMIT..." So if we believe the Bible, believe that it is God-breathed, then we have a RESPONSIBILITY to act on this scripture!
Another example: If I died my hair pink, and then went to church or anywhere really, people would freak out! For at least a week there would be tons of people talking and asking me about it and all excited, but then after about two weeks, people would get accustomed to it. Some people feel the same way about God! They reach a certain "level" with God, and for a while they are happy and content, but then they get accustomed to this and it doesn't affect them at all. This is what some Christians call "season" with God. There is a season in which God is talking to you and you feel close with Him, but then we feel that that is all He will give us, so then we fall into a "dry spell" with the Lord, He just isn't speaking anymore. NO! This is totally opposite of what the Bible tells us!! We can be going through situations with Him that He chooses to strengthen us in a certain area, but be NO means are we any farther away from God than we CHOOSE to be!!
When you chose to be a disciple, you are no longer living, getting entertained, and getting joy from tangible things. Now you are being engrossed, and make a DECISION for the things that are of the Kingdom, that are intangible.
Matt 6:5 says, " And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing by standing by the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by men. I tell you the truth, they have seen their reward in full. But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen."
Okay, so if this is the words of God, then again, it is a commandment and a DECISION!! I just challenge you right now, whoever you are, wherever you are reading this, that you right this second get down on your knees and worship the Lord who died for YOU!! It might be inconvenient but guess what? It was probably was more inconvenient for Jesus to die on the cross for you, than for you to get on your knees in gratitude to HIM!!
If you want to be closer to God, daily growing with intimacy with Him, and loving Him more each day, these are KEY elements to having a real relationship with Him! And that is what it is all about.
AMEN! :)
p.s. Don't think for one second that just because I am in Bolivia, that I am closer to God. NO WAY!! If you are hungry, thirty, yearning for the Spirit, and you choose to give your time and your everything to Him, then it is no different than me being here in Bolivia!
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