Do we so appreciate the marvelous salvation of Jesus
Christ that we are our utmost for His highest?
“His salvation is a glad thing, but it is also a
heroic, holy thing. It tests us for all we are worth. God’s grace turns out men
and women with a strong family likeness to Jesus Christ, not milk-sops. The
Christian life is gloriously difficult, but the difficulty of it does not make
us faint and cave in, it rouses us up to overcome” – Chambers July 7
My Response:
Am I an overcomer or am I a “milk-sop” - someone who
retreats rather than charges? To live my “utmost for His highest” means that I
need to live a fully hope-full life in Christ. Living in the Truth, not in my
feelings.
“Living hope means to live in the depths with God, to seek
out His will, His heart, and His love. It means to live in the hope-full reality
of God’s Truth, not in hope-less misleading circumstances.
What
is the Truth? You can do all things through Christ who strengthens you; you are
loved; you are provided for; you are rescued. The Truth is you are protected,
redeemed, forgiven, restored, chosen, and you have been given beauty for ashes.
To
live hope means to daily take a stand to remember not only who God is, but who
you are in Christ.
To
live hope means to speak the Word of God, the Word of life, His breath of life
into situations that the world would consider hopeless. The bones are dry and
dead, but the breath of God restores.
To
live hope is to live in truth, to live in Christ because He is the truth that
covers and revives us.
To
live hope is to live daily in the promises of God, not in circumstances or
worldly standards and judgments.
To
live hope is to be attached and nourished and sustained by the very hand of
God, to be cradled in His embrace, free to take flight like the eagles, to
stand on the heights like the deer, and to dance like the angels.” – from The
Human Hope Shift – Zilske
Father-God,
when I rise up on the wings of Your strength and love, I will not faint or grow
weary – that is the Truth.
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