PASSIONATE PURSUIT...A WORD ON TEMPERANCE

We must fear our Savior with a reverent fear. The Word of God instructs us to seek our own salvation with both fear and trembling. We must know him and submit ourselves unto God with complete trust in His will. 

James 4:7-10

Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded.
Be afflicted, and mourn and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness. 
Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up. 

The Lord Jesus Christ knows how you process things. Before he formed you in the womb, He knew you, and He created the process that moves you by His spirit. He knows what hurts you. He knows what frustrates you. He knows what angers you. He knows what makes you rejoice. He knows what makes you want to cry. He knows all things concerning you. You were created for His good pleasure. 

Therefore, it is needful to share that we must submit ourselves unto God. This is a daily routine, Minute by minute, hour-by-hour. We must stay submitted and keep carrying that cross. That is the fear of the Lord. We know our roles as disciples. When we allow His spirit to reign, we are able to maintain self-control. It is so much easier when we give ourselves completely to God and allow him to be our burden bearer. He is our stress relief, and He would move mountains for us if we need him to and if we allowed him to. When we commit our ways to him, we do what he has equipped us to do and what we cannot do, we stand still and see the salvation of the Lord.

We are living in the end times. There have been more demonic forces released to wreak havoc and chaos for the appointed time allotted. Knowing these things, the Lord says to abstain from all appearance of evil and to be careful not to have our good be evil spoken of. The adversary knows his time is not long, and he is doing what he can to weary the saints of God and have them fall away from the truth. We must endure hardness as good soldiers, and be good stewards of the Gospel that the ministry be not blamed (2 Cor 6:3) 

Knowing these things, what the Lord has called us to do, and what our adversaries are attempting to do; We must stay mission-minded. Do not allow the adversary to get you outside the will of Christ. They want to see us come short of the glory of God. They want us to die in our sin. We must overcome by consistently staying submitted unto God. Hide yourself in him. Keep the cares of the world and this life nailed to the cross. 

Your inheritance in Christ Jesus is worth fighting for, but we still must do it with temperance. What gets you angry? What makes you want to fight? Think about it. There is a foundation of faith that you’ve been established upon. Jesus is the chief cornerstone. Nevertheless, there are pillars placed upon that foundation that holds the very core of your being together. When those pillars are challenged, you must know who you are in Christ and stay the course. 

II Timothy 1:12
​For the which cause I also suffer these things: nevertheless I am not ashamed: for I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against that day. 
To humble yourself and submit yourself to God to do His will makes you vulnerable. I’m first partaker. As a Pastor, you dedicate your life to serving and hoping people get healed or delivered; whatever they need. As ministers, we put our whole heart in the call, but in these last and evil days people are just roofless and wicked. You could give your last, and it’s never enough. Give the very shirt off your back, and they say you’re holding back. You could give them all you know by the truth, and they will call you a lie. Those instances would make any righteous women or men of God want to fight. However, submitting ourselves unto God means fearing him. We know that He will handle them that trouble us. We have an advocate with the Father who will move adversaries out of our way. Trust in him to do so.
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