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If God has called you to be really like Jesus He will draw you into a life of crucifixion and humility,
and put upon you such demands of obedience, that you will not be able to follow other people, or
measure yourself by other Christians, and in many ways He will seem to let other people do things
which He will not let you do. Other Christians and ministers who seem very religious and useful, may
push themselves, pull wires, and work schemes to carry out their plans, but you cannot do it, and if
you attempt it, you will meet with such failure and rebuke from the Lord as to make you sorely penitent.
Others may boast of themselves, of their work, of their successes, of their writings, but the Holy Spirit
will not allow you to do any such thing, and if you begin it, He will lead you into some deep mortification
that will make you despise yourself and all your good works. Others may be allowed to succeed in making
money, or may have a legacy left to them, but it is likely God will keep you poor, because He wants you to
have something far better than gold, namely, a helpless dependence upon Him, that He may have the
privilege of supplying your needs day by day out of an unseen treasury. The Lord may let others be honored
and put forward, and keep you hidden in obscurity, because He wants to produce some choice fragrant fruit
for His coming glory, which can only be produced in the shade. He may let others be great, but keep you small.
He may let others do a work for Him and get the credit for it, but He will make you work and toil on without
knowing how much you are doing; and then to make your work still more precious He may let others get credit
for the work which you have done, and thus make YOUR REWARD TEN TIMES GREATER WHEN JESUS
COMES. The Holy Spirit will put a strict watch over you, with a jealous love, and will rebuke you for little words
and feelings or for wasting your time, which other Christians never feel distressed over. So make up your mind
that God is an Infinitely Sovereign Being, and has a right to do as He pleases with His own. He may not explain
to you a thousand things which puzzle your reason in His dealings with you, but if you absolutely sell yourself to
be His love slave, He will wrap you up in Jealous Love, and bestow upon you many blessings which come only
to those who are in the inner circle. Settle it forever, then that you are to DEAL DIRECTLY WITH THE
HOLY SPIRIT, and that He is to have the privilege of tying your tongue, or chaining your hand, or closing your
eyes, in ways that He does not seem to use with others. Now, when you are so possessed with the living God
that you are, in your secret heart, pleased and delighted over this PECULIAR, PERSONAL, PRIVATE,
JEALOUS GUARDIANSHIP AND MANAGEMENT OF THE HOLY SPIRIT OVER YOUR LIFE, then you will
have found the vestibule of Heaven.
When you are forgotten, or neglected, or purposely set at naught, and you don't sting
and hurt with the insult or the oversight, but your heart is happy,
being counted worthy to suffer for Christ.
THAT IS DYING TO SELF
When your good is evil spoken of, when your wishes are crossed, your advice
disregarded, your opinions ridiculed, and you refuse to let anger rise
in your heart, or even defend yourself, but take in all in patient, loving silence.
THAT IS DYING TO SELF
When you lovingly and patiently bear any disorder, any irregularity, any impunctuality,
or any annoyance; when you stand face-to- face with waste, folly, extravagance,
spiritual insensibility-and endure it as Jesus endured.
THAT IS DYING TO SELF
When you are content with any food, any offering, any climate, any society,
any raiment, any interruption by the will of God.
THAT IS DYING TO SELF
When you never care to refer to yourself in conversation, or to record your own good works,
or itch after commendations, when you can truly love to be unknown.
THAT IS DYING TO SELF
When you can see your brother prosper and have his needs met and can honestly
rejoice with him in spirit and feel no envy, nor question God,
while your own needs are far greater and in desperate circumstances.
THAT IS DYING TO SELF
When you can receive correction and reproof from one of less stature than yourself and can humbly
submit inwardly as well as outwardly, finding no rebellion or resentment rising up within your heart.
THAT IS DYING TO SELF
Are you dead yet? In these last days, the Spirit would bring us to the cross.
cast. We have stepped over the line. The decision has been made. We won't look back, let up,
slow down, or back away. Our pasts are redeemed. Our present makes sense and our futures
are secure. We are finished and done with low living, slight-walking, small planning, lame division,
mundane talking, colorless dreams, cheap giving, and dwarfed goals. We no longer need
pre-eminence, position, promotion, plaudits, or popularity. We don't have to be first! We don't have
to be right! We don't have to be recognized, praised, regarded or rewarded! We live by faith, lean on
his presence, walk with patience, lift by prayer and labor by power. Our pace is set, our gait is fast....
Our goal is heaven. Our road is narrow, our way is rough, our companions few, our guide reliable,
and our mission clear! We cannot be bought, compromised, detoured, lured away, turned back, deluded
or delayed. We will not flinch in the face of sacrafice, hesitate in the presence of the adversary, negotiate
at the table of the enemy, ponder at the pool of popularity, or meander in the maze of mediocrity. We won't
give up, shut up or let up until we've stayed up, prayed up, paid up and preached up for the cause of Christ.
We are diciples of Christ. We must go 'til He comes! Give 'til we drop! "Preach" 'til all know, and work 'til He
stops us! When He comes for His own, He won't have any trouble recognizing us. Our banner will be clear.
written by an African pastor shortly
before
he was martyred.
WHEN I SAY, "I AM
A CHRISTIAN"
When
I say, "I am a Christian," I'm not shouting, "I've been saved!"
I'm whispering, "I get lost! That's why I chose this way"
When
I say, "I am a Christian," I don't speak with human pride, I'm confessing that I
stumble-needing God to be my Guide.
When I say,
"I am a Christian," I'm not trying to be strong, I'm professing that I'm weak
and pray for strength to carry on.
When I say,
"I am a Christian," I'm not bragging of success, I'm admitting that I've failed
and cannot ever pay the debt.
(The debt of
Christ's death on the Cross).
When I say, "I am a Christian," I don't think I know it all. I submit to
my confusion asking humbly to be taught.
When
I say, "I am a Christian," I'm not claiming to be perfect. My flaws are
far too visible, but God believes I'm worth it.
When I say,
"I am a Christian," I still feel the sting of pain. I have my share of
heartache which is why I seek His Name.
When I say, "I am a Christian," I do not wish to judge. I have no
authority--I only know I'm loved.
Copyright 1988 Carol Wimmer
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Behold the Lamb of God,
Who takes away the sin of the world.
John 1:29
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