Renewal

“In that day the Branch of the LORD shall be beautiful and glorious; and the fruit of the earth shall be excellent and appealing for those of Israel who have escaped.” Isaiah 4:2

It’s time for renewal. The Holy Spirit searches for people who think and who are ready to serve Him with all their strength. People ready to give up their dreams to realize His. Who will go for Us, says the Lord?

Come

“Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.” Matthew 11.28

It’s not enough to know that He gives rest to the heavy laden, or to know that he is Living and Powerful to do anything. More is needed…

It’s necessary to put in practice such knowledge, act on this belief and seek Him with all your strength, all your mind and all your heart.

This is what COME TO HIM means.

The outward Man

“Therefore we do not lose heart. Even though our outward man is perishing, yet the inward man is being renewed day by day.” 2 Corinthians 4.16

The perishing of the outward man cannot suffocate the inward one. When faith is rational, it seeks resources in the Word of God to overcome the weaknesses of the outward man. Sincere confession, repentance, rejection of the past, firmness in the Divine promises, well, there is a long list of the resources of faith that destroy the weaknesses of the outward man.

However, if faith is emotional, it will try to FEEL something in order to recover. In this case, it will continue to be down.

To those who yearn

“For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now I will arise, says the LORD; I will set him in the safety for which he yearns. Psalm 12:5

The oppression of the poor and the sighing of the needy have always called God’s attention. However He can only come to their rescue when they call upon Him. Salvation is for those who consider themselves lost. To these, the Lord promises deliverance NOW.

This I know

“When I cry out to You, then my enemies will turn back; this I know, because God is for me.” Psalm 56:9

What makes the difference in the Christian life is that some KNOW, while others FEEL. David KNEW that the day he cried out to God, his enemies would turn back. Paul KNEW in WHOM he believed…

Unfortunately, the majority prefers to live based on what they FEEL or don’t feel.

Who’s right?

“Let us search out and examine our ways, and turn back to the LORD.” Lamentations 3:40

When we see ourselves in situations where the heart wants to DICTATE what we should do, we need to resist and rebuke it. Appeal to our reason; go with our reason, for intelligent faith proceeds from reason, which is the channel to access the Throne of God.

Troubled Soul

"See, O LORD, that I am in distress; my soul is troubled; my heart is overturned within me, for I have been very rebellious." Lamentations 1:20

There’s no way around it! Whatever a man sows, he shall reap. So how do you change the current painful situation sown in the past? By sacrificing. The only way is to unconditionally surrender your life to the Holy Spirit and walk away from sin once and for all.