When we receive God's salvation through Jesus Christ, our reality is then forever changed. "Jesus said to him: 'I am the way, and the truth, and the life...'" (John 14:6). Then and forever, we as believers enter a new realm of authority. "'I am the Alpha and the Omega,' says the Lord God, 'who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty'" (Rev.1:8). Although the way God's presence and power are experienced differs during distinct seasons in various settings, our priorities and processes of life are eternally impacted: "I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end" (Rev. 22:13). And for those fully responding to become truly positioned to move with God as He moves, life becomes more and more exclusively about the Lord: "to live is Christ and to die is gain" (Php. 1:21).
Everything in the universe began with God and it continues only through Christ. Last time I emphasized that 'we' are not the indispensable component for understanding what exists, how it is to be understood, or for what should take place. The Creator and Sustainer of all is where life originates and the only place absolute truth can ever be found. This means that if we truly are a believer in Christ, He is forever our "truth" (John 14:6). To truthfully represent Him, we must always begin with God in the Spirit, living with Him according to His design (John 4:23-24). This is the plan of the Lord for coming into His eternal purpose, to take hold of His call upon us, and to see all we are and do merge into His destiny for the Church (Philippians 3:11; Ephesians 3:11-12).
Everything in the universe began with God. The Scripture makes it clear: "Giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified us to share in the inheritance of the saints in Light. For He rescued us from the domain of darkness, and transferred us to the kingdom of His beloved Son, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins. He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation. For by Him all things were created, both in the heavens and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities--all things have been created through Him and for Him.
On January 2nd, I began releasing a word that ended with a quotation from Hebrews 12:26-29, which recalls and applies the revelation of Haggai chapter 2 about 'shaking.' More recently, I developed a model for understanding what becoming 'shake-proof' should look like in our lives. Remember the Word of the Lord: "if thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength is small" (Proverbs 24:10).
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