Topic:
Embracing Inevitable and Progressive Change
Greetings:
Repentance
is the first step to embracing the change to access the grace for the current
time or kairos of God. What we do know
is that we are being changed glory to glory and if we are changing and maturing
then change is a mandatory process and as change comes we must embrace it
knowing the change is moving us closer to the fullness of Christ.
1
John 3:2: Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what
we SHALL BE: but we KNOW that, when He
shall appear WE SHALL BE LIKE HIM; for
we shall see Him as He is.
Remember
the creation is waiting for the manifestation of the sons of God to be set free
into the liberty of the sons. The
Kingdom of God is consistently advancing and it is imperative that if you want
to continue in this flow of grace you must change and move with His grace. The advancing of the Kingdom is the
spreading of the rule of God. The
Kingdom of God is not about taking over physical geographical areas as we know
the advancing of kingdoms in the earth.
The kingdoms of men seek to subdue physical territory. The Kingdom of God first seeks to rule over
the hearts of men and by the hearts of men the rulership of God is spread
person to person. By consequence as more
sons embrace their identity and rule as their Father desires the entire earth
we come under the rule of God and the kingdoms of men will be shaken and made
null and void because they fall short to fulfilling the true hearts and desires
of mankind.
Salvation
is a progressive reality! The Scriptures
say that we should work out our salvation with fear and trembling. By working out our salvation, Christ appears
so the words we speak are made manifest before mankind to confirm who we are
and who we belong to. Salvation is not
just a one-step process. Think about
this: After confessing your salvation
and being baptized how will someone know or even you know that you are saved if
your character and behavior does not change?
This is why God tells the believer not to dabble or serve sin because it
separates you from God but it also conforms you to the way of the world and you
cannot help someone from that position because then you would be living a double-standard. The Scriptures say a double-minded individual
is unstable in all their ways. But we as
sons have a single-mind, the mind of Christ.
So we are called to press to towards the mark of the prize. Our pressing requires us to constantly change
as grace moves and matures us and if we press to that mark we will achieve our
prize which is Christ-likeness and the Scripture 1 John 3:2 tells us that we
will shall be like Him!.. Embrace the
journey, embrace the change to press to the perfect will of God!
Grace
and Peace,
Calvin
Calhoun
