HIM IN us - is a CHOICE we have to make - 21 May 2019 (The Fountain of Living Waters) by Celia Joy Martins
Messiah Yahshua says in John 15:4
"DWELL in Me,
and I will DWELL IN you.
[LIVE IN Me, and I WILL LIVE IN you].
Just as NO BRANCH
can BEAR FRUIT of ITSELF
without ABIDING IN, and
(BEING VITALLY UNITED to) the VINE,
NEITHER CAN YOU BEAR FRUIT
UNLESS you ABIDE (accept Him) IN Me.
:5 I AM the VINE,
YOU are the BRANCHES.
WHOEVER LIVES IN Me
and I IN him
BEARS MUCH ABUNDANT FRUIT.
However,
APART FROM Me [CUT OFF
from VITAL UNION WITH Me]
you CAN DO NOTHING."
YAHSHUA'S WORDS are a "PICTURE":
These words give a "PICTURE" of LIVES being LIVED - VITALLY CONNECTED to the heavenly Father, the ALMIGHTY CREATOR ... WALKING our EARTHLY PATHS with Him 24/7.
IT IS NOT SUPER SPIRITUAL - it is RELATIONSHIP [with the KING]:
The enemy of our souls had many people confused, feeling INFERIOR, and EVEN GUILTY THINKING that it is a SUPER SPIRITUAL THING when OTHERS WALK with the KING ... SOMETHING they CAN'T REACH or GET HOLD OF, but to "WALK" with our MESSIAH (IN US) is NOT a SUPER SPIRITUAL THING, it is ALL ABOUT an INTIMATE RELATIONSHIP with Him.
IT'S A CHOICE we have to MAKE:
A LIFE-LONG JOURNEY:
It is a JOURNEY - a LIFE-LONG JOURNEY - a JOURNEY of a constant and continuing 'DYING to SELF' - CLEANING UP our LIVES through REPENTANCE - receiving His FORGIVENESS - a JOURNEY of OBEDIENCE - LISTENING and OBEYING.
IT IS A DEEP and PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP - a COVENANT:
This CHOICE is for EVERYONE ... it is an OPEN INVITATION ... it is a CHOICE that would CHANGE your LIFE FOREVER.
It BEGINS with KEEPING YAHWEH'S COMMANDS and COMMANDMENTS:
By KEEPING ABBA'S COMMANDS and COMMANDMENTS, HIS SABBATH, HIS FEASTS is to LOVE Him ... is a DISPLAY of our LOVE for Him, for if we really LOVE Him, we WILL be OBEDIENT to HIS WORD ... DOING and LIVING what HIS WORD SAYS.
John 14:21"The PERSON WHO HAS MY COMMANDS and KEEPS them is the ONE WHO REALLY LOVES Me ..."
The FATHER will LOVE such a PERSON and YAHSHUA will LOVE him/her TOO:
".... and WHOEVER REALLY LOVES Me will be LOVED by My FATHER, and I too will LOVE him ..."
BY starting to KEEP HIS COMMANDMENTS - is the BEGINNING of a COVENANT OF LOVE with YAH:
KEEPING ALL of HIS COMMANDMENTS in His WORD is the BEGINNING of the PATH of a COVENANT RELATIONSHIP with the Father.
HE WILL MAKE HIMSELF REAL to EACH ONE of US:
In John 14:21c, Yahshua goes on teaching us, that IF we will KEEP His commandments HE PROMISE to make HIMSELF KNOWN to us - making Himself so VERY VERY REAL to us ...
John 14:21c ".... and I WILL SHOW, REVEAL, MANIFEST Myself to him. I will LET MYSELF be CLEARLY SEEN by him and MAKE MYSELF REAL to him"
For the KING of the UNIVERSE to WANT such a RELATIONSHIP - a PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP with EACH ONE OF us personally ... is to me ... absolutely MINDBLOWING!.
PLEASE WELCOME HIM IN (Rev. 3:20)
TODAY He is standing at the DOOR of YOUR HEART and He is KNOCKING ... are you going to WELCOME Him IN ... are you going to LEAVE ALL and EVERYTHING standing in the WAY of such a relationship with Him - LETTING it GO ... TURNING AWAY from it ... asking forgiveness of it all, and FOLLOW Him with ALL YOUR HEART AND MIND and SOUL?
Today, multitudes of people are professing that they are believers - thinking that they are in right-standing with Yah, but they LIVE like the world, feast like the world, dress like the world, EVEN HAVING A FORM of RELIGION, but their hearts are far from their Maker. (2 Tim. 3:5)
O YAHSHUA, You say in Your Word "THOSE whom I DEARLY LOVE, I TELL THEIR FAULTS and CONVICT and CONVINCE and REPROVE and CHASTEN, DISCIPLINE and INSTRUCT them" [Rev. 3:19a] O Abba, so many times we just would NOT LET You CONVICT and REPROVE and CHASTEN us ... walking in REBELLION towards You, do NOT WANT to be DISCIPLINED and INSTRUCTED ... You say to us "... So be ENTHUSIASTIC and in EARNEST AND BURNING WITH ZEAL and REPENT, CHANGING YOUR MIND AND ATTITUDE." [Rev. 3:19b] O YAHSHUA, we MISS OUT on LIFE EVERLASTING for not being able to RESPOND to YOUR VOICE ... our HEARTS FAR FROM YOU. You tell us that we SHOULD CHANGE our MINDS and our ATTITUDES so You can ENTER in ... telling and teaching us that we NEED to REPENT and ask forgiveness and TURN AWAY from our SINS to ENABLE You to COME IN - to BE IN us and us in You. "Behold, I stand at the DOOR (of your hearts) and KNOCK; if ANYONE HEARS My VOICE and OPENS the DOOR, I WILL COME IN to him and will DINE with him, and he with Me." (Rev. 3:20). Help us Father to CLEAN UP OUR LIVES so that we CAN WELCOME YOUR SON in, and DINE with Him - sitting at His spiritual table EATING and DRINKING from His LIVING WATERS and the BREAD of LIFE. In YAHSHUA MESSIAH'S NAME. Amen.