You stay in the presence of your Lord until your heart is filled with His love as the Holy Spirit drips it in to your own heart. I can guarantee you that when you rise from your knees, you will be led into some helpful activity to obey God.
The ministry is your process of sharing God with people at the point of their need. That grows out of the concept that we were just talking about your good works glorify God.
Have you ever gone through a day thinking to yourself, “What good thing can I do for people?” You’d be surprised how many opportunities you will find, if you have that kind of a frame of reference for your thinking, as you go on through a day.
The Lord is evident in many things that you do. It’ll get out. So you just go on living for the Lord Jesus Christ and when there is a chance to speak up for him and God gives you an open door, then walk in it.
As I try to speak of Jesus, there are some who reject Him, but there are others who’ll receive Him. In any case, I’m free to do so without risking my life. But there are people whose testimony places them at great risk. Have a heart for them.
Our Lord Jesus went into the slave market of sin, bought us, and took us out and set us free. So Paul could then write, “Stand fast therefore in the liberty where Christ hath made us free.” Ah yes, when He said it’s finished, God’s law was satisfied, God’s holiness was vindicated, and God’s redemptive purpose was fulfilled.
Just think: God Almighty came down the stairways of the stars and lived that perfect life, and then went deliberately to an ignominious death of extreme, exquisite suffering on the cross.
I think it would be an admirable assignment for all of us to take on – to get serious about living out and obeying the truth, T-R-U-T-H, as found in what God says in His Word. The ultimate truth is found in the voice of the Savior.
The kingdom of God. What does it mean? It means that when God is in His rightful place, He will be king of your life. The second syllable of the word “kingdom” reminds us of the word dominion. He rules.