Day by Day, Step by Step

Be not therefore anxious for the morrow: for the morrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof. - Mat 6:34

One of the most emphatic commands of Christ is the command not to worry about tomorrow.   More to the point, "Live one day at a time".  

I don't know about you but I've always had a problem keeping that one as my mind loves to travel to the future to explore what horrors might be lurking.   Yes and sometimes it loves to go back through the past to relive all my failures and bad days just to take up the spaces between.

But Jesus said, "Don't be anxious" and if anyone had a reason to be anxious it was he.  After all he knew how his earthly life would end, on a cross, beaten half to death.   He knew that since the beginning of his ministry.  How would you fare knowing how your end would come?  Wouldn't you be anxious?  

I think most of us would.  But Jesus said, "Don't be anxious about tomorrow".    How?

Well Jesus knew his end but he also knew the beginning after the end, that is, that after that horrible death through which he would take away the sins of the world,  he would then rise again and ascend to his father.  Moreover he would return in the person of the Holy Spirit to take up resident in our souls and from there continue to minister to a sick and dying world.

Therefore he could say that because he knew the "Purpose" of tomorrow is "God's Plan".   He could say, "Don't worry about what you have no right to worry about because God is in control of your tomorrow."

Think back to the times you have worried about tomorrow and then think about how much of what you worried about actually happened?   You might remember that very little of what you were worried about happened and in many cases nothing happened at all.  Or perhaps it wasn't as "bad" as you envisioned it.

That's because we can't  see the future.  No matter what our mind comes up with it has no way of knowing the end from the beginning, only God can do that.  He knows the entire process from beginning to end and has complete control throughout the process.

Jesus gave us the example of how to live that "One day at a Time" in the life he lived here on earth.   He told us:

" I can of myself do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my judgment is righteous; because I seek not mine own will, but the will of him that sent me."  John 5:30

Jesus told us that by himself, that is in his earthly nature as man he could do nothing of his own accord.  Over and over again he told us that "The father in me - HE does the work", and "By myself I can do nothing without my Father".

Jesus example to us was of a man living as He as God created man to live.   By a total dependence everyday on God as the source of his activity.  So as "I live by the Father, the Father lives in me, HE does the work, ..so now I send you, where I will live in you, doing my work".

That is to live everyday in a total dependent relationship on God who lives within us.   Our day doesn't belong to us but to him who decides our next step in the context of that 24 hours.  In every day, step by step, we live in yielded dependence on our creator to live his life in and through us.   As we do that we gain strong confidence in the fact that "He will direct our paths" for that day.   As day to day goes by and we are assured of his continued faithfulness we will be less apt to dwell on the unknowable future, resting in the knowledge that the God who is in our today will also be in our tomorrow.

Eternal Security? You Bet!

Eternal life cannot be lost....

Salvation is LIFE. "For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to 
God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be 
saved by his life" (Romans 5:10).

1. We were (that's past tense) reconciled to God by the death of Christ - 
while we were still enemies (that's while we could have cared less!), how 
much more being reconciled (received the total forgiveness for all sins, 
past, present and future), shall we now be saved by His life ("I have come 
that you might have life" John 10:10.

2. All sin was forgiven at the cross of Christ, "Forgave us all our sins" 
Col. 2:13. God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself NOT 
counting mens sins against them (2Cor. 5:19).

3. God did that to "clear the decks" for a Divine action on His part of 
restoring to man what man needs - Life, not just any life, but the very 
life of God Himself. The same life which was in man in the beginning 
before Adam fell. "In Him (Jesus) was life (Zoe), which was (in the 
beginning) the light of men" John 1:4.

4. When you become a new creation (2Cor 5:17), God makes you a totally 
new person in Him (Eph. 4:24) without spot or blemish, and seals you with 
the Holy Spirit (the Spirit of Life) (Eph. 1:13-14). You cannot go back 
and be a "old creation". God says that old person (spiritual being) was 
crucified with Christ (Gal. 2:20; Rom. 6:6), he is dead, never to live 
again!

5. You cannot therefore lose salvation (life) because the only thing that 
could cause you to lose life would be sin. It can't because all your sins 
HAVE been forgiven. IT IS FINISHED! Sin and death are a part of the OLD 
creation, they have no place in the NEW.

6. You are now free from the power of sin, and free to walk in the 
newness of Christ resurrection life (Christ living HIS life in you). 
Secure in the knowledge that "Faithful is HE who calls that will also DO 
IT" 1Th. 5:23-24. God completes the work He began! (Php.1:6).

7. God has a plan. A redemptive and restorative plan for the redemption 
of Man! To restore man through Christ to the Glory from which he fell, 
and to the Honor of ruling His creation with Christ (the Last Adam).

7. Rest in this glorious knowledge. Taught by God Ministries stands 
ready to help you understand the Truth that will set you Free!.

The Life that Saves

Christianity is not just a religion....it is much more.

The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I 
am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more 
abundantly. (john 10 10).

It is a life......

He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath 
not life. (1john 5 12).

The life is a PERSON.....

In him was life; and the life was the light of men. (john 1 4).

This life which indwelled man in the beginning (which WAS the light of man)...

Those who have LIFE have HIM, and those who do not life have not HIM.

But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit 
of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is 
none of his. And if Christ be in you, the body is dead because of sin; but 
the Spirit is life because of righteousness. (rom 8 9 10).

Those who have LIFE are those who RECEIVED Him by faith.

But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of 
God, even to them that believe on his name: Which were born, not of blood, 
nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God. (john 1 
12 13).

Christianity is more than just a religion.....it is a PERSON, the LIVING 
AND ACTIVE LORD JESUS CHRIST.

Back on Track

I began Taught by God Ministries back in 1993 and operated it until 2000. Back in 2005 or so I began this blog in an attempt to repost many of the messages I published back then. Now after careful prayer and consideration I will be continuing this practice on a daily basis.

Along with the aforementioned writings I will also be publishing new writings in order to continue to share the gift of life which is in Christ Jesus alone.

I hope you will be joining me.