In Part 5 we talked over what it means to have Jesus be “The
Way, The Truth, and The Life” in our lives.
We saw that Jesus is also “Our Shield, Our Glory, and the Lifter of our
heads.” All beautiful titles given to Jesus, but words mean little unless we
learn where to apply them in our lives.
Yesterday we discussed why each of these titles are helpful in our
learning Who Jesus is and How to trust Him to heal us from the bitterness of
our lives.
Today, we will cover one of the most important ways to
receive the needed fortification for our relationship with Jesus, abiding with
Him. When we abide in Jesus, we are in a constant state of receivership from
Jesus. The importance of this is that our Focus remains on Him, not the pains
of our past, or current frustrations.
In other words, we aren't leaving our “emotional” doors open and
vulnerable to others. When we are
receiving from Jesus the nutrients we need in life, all other sources of nutrition
seem to pale in comparison.
Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit [a]of itself
unless it abides in the vine, so neither can you unless you abide in Me. 5) I
am the vine, you are the branches; he who abides in Me and I in him, he bears
much fruit, for apart from Me you can do nothing. John 15:4-5 NASB
Abide-We are being encouraged by Jesus to stay/live with
Him. The most obvious question that
comes to mind here is, how do we, humans, abide with Jesus? Jesus desires to be the vital part of our
daily lives. Abiding with Jesus can take
on many forms, I wish to cover only a few in order to help you understand how
to apply such a powerful scripture to our lives.
Abiding, what can
that look like?
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Prayer:
The more evident application of abiding would be that of
prayer. Most of us are familiar with
prayer in some form or the other. I will
not offer an opinion on prayer other than to ask you this, when you pray…..do
you let your heart show? Do you come to
Jesus with the barriers of your life down?
There is one person in life that you can take such an approach with and
it is Jesus. He IS that best friend you
have needed. He IS the One who has known you since before you were formed in
your mother’s womb. Jeremiah 1:5 He IS
the One that offers Peace that passes all understanding. Philippians 4:7 He IS the love of your life, in whom you can
place all your darkest secrets and pains.
He IS the ONE person you can truly surrender to in life. James 4:7
There is no need to place a false pretense between you and
Jesus. He knows you, sees it all, and
loves you RIGHT WHERE YOU ARE AT. He has
seen you bitter ridden and still loved you. Please, if you are not already
doing it, see prayer as time with the one who already gave ALL to be with you.
You weren't meant to try to deal with life all by yourself. You were designed to be in a relationship
with Jesus, and denying it will only prolong the pain in your life. Please, let Him in.
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Involvement:
Many will tell you, “Jesus is just too busy with the
troubles of the world to fuss with the small messes of your life.” I will allow others their opinions, as I am
allowed mine. I do not personally share
in this opinion. I believe if ANYONE
needs to bother with my life, it is Jesus.
If ANYONE deserves to know the daily interests, stresses, joys, and
hopes that I have for my day, it is my Jesus.
In turn, I involve Him in all aspects of my life. Feeling that I could release “control” over
my life enough to ask for the involvement has taken time. But, now when I am
asking for His help to guide my day, I see it as a state of empowerment, not
impotence. The more you involve Jesus in
your life, the greater the detail you present Him, the more He can help you
with. As you learn more what trusting
Jesus looks like, this will become easier.
Tomorrow
we are will start learning the idea of quieting our spirits, as being a way to
abide with Jesus. I pray you are finding
these articles a blessing in your life.
God’s peace and comfort be with you.
Pastor Daniella
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