Monday, November 3, 2008

Be Jesus

I was listening last night with a friend a video clip called "Trees"
One of the things he said that really spoke loud to me was that in the book of Genesis, it's speaks of the Garden of Eden and in the middle of the garden was the "Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil". (Genesis 2:9) Then, in the end of the bible in the book of Revelation, it speaks of another tree called the "Tree of Life"
(Revelation 22:2)
Do you believe we live in a world between these two trees that is drenched in God? Do you look at the world and say "Where is God?" or do you look at the world and say "Where isn't God?" Do you realize the significance of your purpose between these two trees and that a tree you plant today may be the very trees of Paradise?
He also said "His fingerprints are all over the world. Or maybe it's His world and they're our fingerprints.
So, I ask you, where are you leaving some of your fingerprints on the world?
Are you really being Jesus to this world? Do you make sacrifices for others?
Do you trust God with the circumstances that come up in your life or do you calculate what you will do? Are they your ideas or are you absolutely loyal to Jesus Christ? Are you bearing fruit that heals?
Surrender is that we abandon our will to His. This is choosing to let God put the cloak around our neck and following Him. It's in every thought good & bad, each decision & each choice, all given up to Him in partnership. All this requires us to slow down by turning off the noise in our lives. Then we will be able to listen, then to hear the Lord speak to us.
Jesus layed down His life for His friends. (John 15:13) What is the Lord speaking to you NOW? How does He want you to live NOW? May you truly realize that you are in a partnership with God and that living NOW is just not about hoping and waiting for heaven,but doing His will on earth is still happening today as in the day of Adam. He put us here to tend and keep it. (Genesis 2:15)
Here's some questions to consider:
1.How do you feel about the world? Is it getting better or worse?
2. If we believe God's way of life is the best way to live, why is it so hard for us to do it?
3. Do you believe that the Bible's story of creation is not just something that happened, but actually ssomething that's still happening? Are we faced witht he same choices as Adam & Eve?
4. Are the choices you're making now shaping the kind of person you'll be forever?
5. Where are some places in the world where you see God? Are you leaving some of your own fingerprints on the world? What are they?

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