Month: November 2006

Grant me most sweet and loving Jesus

to rest in You above every other creature

above all health and beauty

above all glory and honor

above all power and dignity

above all fame and praise

above all sweetness snd consolation

above all hope and promise

above all merit and desire

above all gifts and favors You give and shower upon me

above all happiness and joy that the mind can understand and feel

and finally above all angels and archangels

above all the hosts of heaven

above all things visible and invisible

and above all that is not You my God.

We are all aware of our circumstances. Much of what we do day in and day out is determined by our circumstances. That is because we are physical and live in a physical world.

We, as Christians, are called to live by faith. Faith is the seeing of things we expect and the knowing of what we cannot comprehend. (That is my own translation — but I think you will agree it is the substance of Hebrews 11:1) Faith and circumstances seem disconnected most of the time. Most of the teaching we receive on faith is trying by hook or by crook to re-arrange our circumstances. Now it is true that the Word does teach us that does occur. However, I fear most of us get lost in “trying to get something from God” with our faith, instead of resting in what it really is for.

Faith is our “sight” into the realm of the unseen. Today I had the joy of presenting the Word to a group of women in a nearby church. They were having a Ladies Day and in addition to breakfast and the Word and Worship, they included a time of shopping as they had brought their crafts. It was a wonderful time to get some Christmas shopping done. Anyway, the lesson in the Word that the Lord had for us is that faith is the ability to see the finished project when all you have in front of you is the raw material. Regardless of the work of our hands, we all “see” a different arrangement of what we plan. Whether it be housecleaning or car repair, or whatever. We have inside an ability to “know” what we want to occur when we apply our creativity to the raw materials. This simple ability in the natural realm, gives us insight into our “faith ability” in the spirit realm. We do have, in Christ Jesus, the ability to “see” what He has spoken and then wonder of all wonders, He has empowered us with the ability to accomplish what is “seen” regardless of the circumstances in our lives.

He is truly awesome!!!