by Malcolm Smith
We are alive NOW, not waiting for that 'great thing' in the future:
"I was in grave danger of missing the wonder of today while I waited for tomorrow. I looked around at my friends. They were restless in their jobs, waiting for the job or vacation that would be the will of God."
What a joy it is to enjoy Him in the moment. It was such a relief this morning to know (not necessarily feel but just know in the depths of me) that as I tried to decide between peanut butter crackers or a chewy bar for breakfast that He was with me and was a companion in deciding.
"God in us is willing His will. His desired are expressed in us and He puts His mind in our so that we can say that we have the mind of Christ (1 Cor 2:18). There are no secondary roads or permissive wills- Christ is the will of God. We are no longer obsessed with a place, but with Christ who is our life, the "yes" of God's will within us. ... THe wisdom of God was not an inevitable plan - it was a person living in me wherever I happened to find myself. It was no longer a matter of what i was doing, but Who I was expressing in what I was doing"
"The focus of God's wisdom is not a cold blueprint, but the person of the Lord Jesus Christ...God does not give us a list of rules or directions, but gives us Himself in the person of Jesus, and that Jesus in us by the Holy Spirit...God's perfect method for achieving His perfect plan is to put His will within us. It is not an elusive blueprint outside of us, but His Son within to be realized."
"He is not bound by one road to achieve His purpose"
"[the will of God] was not something outside of him to be discovered, but a "yes" to be found within his own desires...The Acts show us men who are in a vital unity with the Spirit, makinmg free decisions. In tha tunity the Spirit does not give us continual green lights, only red ones."
****"We miss the wonder of the moment by always looking ahead to the unusual and extraordinary 'will of God.' THe magnificent will fo God is to be found within every ordinary moment. THere is no such thing as the mundane or secular. when we were born again we entered the religious life, and wherever we might find ourselves, Christ is our life."
"WALK OUT NOW INTO LIFE AND LET CHRIST BE YOUR LIFE. HE IN YOU IS THE WILL OF GOD; AND YOU LIVING OUT OF HIM IS THE JOY OF THE LORD."
I pray that this frees you up to enjoy life in Christ!!
