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Integrity....Godly
character....The Anointing of The Precious Holy Spirit
How often
lately, I have spoken about these three very important
ingredients for any true Christian's life, including my own!
These cannot be purchased, no matter how much money we have, and
would be willing to pay. We are living in a day when it seems
that we tend to depend on what WE know, or what gifts WE have to
reach this hurting world with the Gospel of Jesus Christ. How
gracious is our heavenly Father to bless us with His gifts and
the ability to learn, but these must be fully surrendered back
to Him, for us to be people of integrity, Godly character, and
have His precious anointing! It is through hard times, and even
people that we love rubbing us the wrong way, that we become
tenderized, but also toughened up enough to attain these
wonderful attributes of our heavenly Father. Whether it is a
family member, friend or foe, we must learn to accept, that God
often uses them to teach us, humble us and help us grow. As this
verse reminds us, IRON SHARPENS IRON! Proverbs 27:17
I am asking God to use anyone He chooses to teach me, and
to take me wherever I must go to learn that, just as respect is
earned, these wonderful attributes of His character are
cultivated. We can never replace anointed lives of integrity,
and Godly character, with ultra high tech productions by highly
gifted and skilled performers, and believe that they will see
Jesus!! He is all we need and He alone can change an individual
life. He shares His glory with no one, yet it certainly appears
to the world around us, that we often boast of our education,
gifts, talents and high tech productions, which do draw large
crowds, as though it is something great we have done. If ever we
reach a place of feeling we pulled it off, we have lost all
integrity, Godly character, and we will grieve the Holy Spirit
and lose the anointing!
Let us always remember, it is not by might, nor by power, but my
Spirit, saith the Lord of hosts. Zechariah 4:6. May we embrace
the difficult people and situations in our lives, and instead of
saying " that person just rubs me the wrong way ", may we ask
the Lord to use them as sand paper in our lives to make us more
like Jesus. I believe with all my heart that we develop these
beautiful attributes in our walk of faith, by listening, not
saying " yes I know.....yes I know ", because no one knows it
all, except the Father. He will use strange
happenings and even, strange people { strange to us }, to teach
us and make us vessels of honor for Him!
I have had to repent so many times for complaining about things
that have come my way, and people too, for that matter, when all
along God was using them to help me see my need for repentance.
In closing, I say again, I want to be like Jesus in every way! I
realize that none of us will be totally like Jesus, until we see
Him face to face, but we will come closer every day, if we place
great importance on these three
beautiful attributes.....integrity......Godly character......and
His precious anointing!
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