“For to everyone who has will more be given, and he will have an abundance. But from the one who has not, even what he has will be taken away.”
What has been warned of will become a reality. God needs one pure voice of faithful truth.
He will diminish what we have if we are not in step.
God gives us His gifts and they are not revoked but they are in seed form and we have responsibility to grow them. If we do not steward them well the fruit will wither on the vine and will get taken. Rooted out pruned off.
God is a God of increase and we must increase our Christlikeness to fruit well.
We lack divine authenticity if we are lacking in spiritual wellness and in need of healing. Root out offence, wounding and pain.
If we are not healed we wither. Our discernment and reflection of what God is saying can get skewed and detectably off centre.
We have to be capable of forgetting what is behind us and reach forwards.
Better to be an amateur in what is new than an expert in the old.
We can’t safely drive forwards looking in the rear view mirror without it being hazardous.
To do what God leads in the spirit we have to see and fix ourselves on the Spirit
From that place we can be led by the Spirit.
“Jesus answered him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God.””
We don’t follow our own emotions, logic, mind, opinions, flesh as seen and acted on from the natural but instead fix our eyes on what is unseen and be led by its truth and conviction.
We all know things of the spirit because we are made in the image of God who is spirit but we don’t always recognise it, encounter or access it.
Our times of recognition and encounter deepen our revelation of God.
“as we look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen. For the things that are seen are transient, but the things that are unseen are eternal.”
Truth from scripture becomes an inner reality as God reveals Himself through His living Word. Like the transition from 2D to 3D, from monochrome to colour
The tangible God surrounds us and we can relate to His strength and safety and proximity. Having the vision of Him in the Spirit unseen realm behind closed lids compared to the stimulus of nothing or distraction in the world realm.
“The name of the Lord is a strong tower; the righteous man runs into it and is safe.”
It is our responsibility to fix our eyes on the unseen realm.
It is our responsibility to keep on seeking and knocking and asking.
In our response and obedience He shows us more as we wait patiently on Him and in His presence.
The illustration shows the fruit on the grapevine withering and becoming more useless or flourishing to emanate light that pushes back the darkness.
Four Scriptures that come to mind:
“For to everyone who has will more be given, and he will have an abundance. But from the one who has not, even what he has will be taken away.” Matthew 25:29 ESV
“Jesus answered him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God.” John 3:3 ESV
“as we look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen. For the things that are seen are transient, but the things that are unseen are eternal.” 2 Corinthians 4:18 ESV
“The name of the Lord is a strong tower; the righteous man runs into it and is safe.” Proverbs 18:10 ESV
The song In The Room. Matt Maher
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