God
is telling us something...He cares! He really cares about everything
that concerns us. The Lord gave me this early one morning after I had
been so sick. I got up out of bed three times as the Lord was
impressing me to write. I am only sharing part. "Don't let your
life become a routine of dead rituals. You will drown in a sea of
dead deeds with no life and no resurrection. The living must live in
the ‘now experience’ of Jesus Christ with a daily submission to
His will for their life. Arise out of sleep and stand on the Banks of
Resurrection where there is life, freedom, and hope as fresh and new
as the living waters that flow in the stream of your salvation. The
dead are dead but the living are alive in Him. No more rituals. No
more going through the motions. Rejoice in your new Freedom. Sing and
be Glad!" Read it again and again as we must understand. Our
salvation is new every morning. Jesus is calling us to awake from our
FORM of godliness, from our cold and unfruitful life, from our
downtrodden life, and be whole and complete in Him. HE IS LIFE!
Colossians
2:6, “As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk
ye in him: 7Rooted and built up in him, and stablished in the faith,
as ye have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving. 8Beware
lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the
tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after
Christ. 9For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily.
10And ye are complete in him, which is the head of all principality
and power:" This is the only way to be complete. All the
searching and wandering will NEVER end in the desired results until
one receives Christ and follows HIM. Following Jesus is never dull or
boring. He is very much alive, refreshing and revitalizing (means to
breath new life into).
Don't
get caught up in a list of traditional "must do's" to be a Christian. Remember, you can drown in the routine of dead
rituals. True Repentance will make you alive in Christ Jesus. When
you experience this radical change in your life, you will rejoice in
your Freedom from sin and the bondage it had you in. You will want to
tell someone, so tell them! You will want to read and study the Word,
so take time for it. You will want to pray for others, not because it
is your duty but because you have great compassion for them. You will
want to worship so put your worship music on and spend time in the
presence of the Lord. During this time, pour out your heart to Him.
You don't have to be in church to worship. Worship is a matter of the
heart. Never allow your love for God to grow cold. Remember, live in
the "now experience" of Jesus Christ. Keep Your worship on!
It is a great way to pray and praise the ONE you love, Jesus Christ!