Living in the View of the Eternal God part 2

Living In the View of the Eternal God

Part 2

Psa. 90:12: “So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.”

So if you knew that you would die in a week how different would you live today? If there would be a major shift (or any change with regards to people or God) then I would encourage you to do it today, (you are not ready for heaven) even if you were to live another fifty years! Make your years count, loose living and aimlessness truly arise from prayerlessness. Today as I was in prayer the Lord Jesus impressed upon me the importance of daily Bible reading and prayer. Daniel was a man who possessed an excellent spirit and was this way because he bent his knees three times a day and prayed in a time of oppression and apostasy! See friend, Daniel was not praying this way when all was well, but the Temple had been destroyed, the people of God were compromised and defiled among the nations, and only a few held true to the God of Israel.

1 Timothy 4:13-16

13.Till I come, give attendance to reading, to exhortation, to doctrine.

14. Neglect not the gift that is in thee, which was given thee by prophecy, with the laying on of the hands of the presbytery.

15. Meditate upon these things; give thyself wholly to them; that thy profiting may appear to all.

16.  Take heed unto thyself, and unto the doctrine; continue in them: for in doing this thou shalt both save thyself, and them that hear thee.

Paul is encouraging young Timothy to stay in prayer daily. Friend have you neglected your prayer time? Is it the first priority of the day in your life, or is it just something you will get to if you have time? I hate leftovers, I will eat them not to waste, but I like fresh food. God wants us to bring our lives before him in the freshness of the day and not wait until we are so tired we can barely make sense of the words we utter to heaven before we climb in our warm beds. Heaven should be our first priority, “So teach US to number our days….”

Paul is not only encouraging Timothy to attend unto prayer, but to not neglect the gift of God given by God through the blood atonement by justification and sanctification, the gift of the Holy Ghost. One old time preacher when living would encourage the saints to pray until the Holy Ghost prays through you and makes intercession to the Father. It is possible to pray, but not pray through. We need the Holy Ghost to pray, for he knows what to say when we do not:

Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered. And he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the mind of the Spirit, because he maketh intercession for the saints according to the will of God. (Rom 8:26-27).

Jude in his letter warned the church against the last days apostasy and said the best defense against it was prayer in the Holy Ghost and by yielding to his power he would keep us in the Love of God (the defense against deception 2 Thess 2:10) and looking for the coming of the Lord Jesus:  

But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost, Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life (Jude 20-21).

Now the Holy Ghost Baptism is essential, and it must be maintained by the individual. Some who read this may become frightened by the thought of Speaking in tongues, but friend that fear is not from God, it is biblical and essential for every believer to keep himself unspotted from the world. If you have not received the Holy Ghost since you believed with the initial evidence of speaking in tongues you need too (Act 19:1-6)! Consider the virgins who took their lamps but did not get the oil, their lamps went out, and thus walked in darkness and fell asleep in the night! These are believers who need the Baptism of the Holy Ghost, and the lights are going out all over friend and creepy things come out when the lights are out! It was coded messages from the Navajo language that US Forces used to overcome the Germans, Japanese, and Italians in World War II, and unknown language to them, but through these code talkers US Forces were able to move their men and reinforce our troops to overcome fascism.

To those believers though who have received I would remind you not to neglect the gift of God as Paul said, we must pray with power and stay full of God’s light in this dark world! If you have been failing to pray, stop right now and ask God to help you to empty whatever is getting in the way! Jesus said, “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven… and to the poor, contrite heart, that trembles at his word will be the man that he looks to (Matt 5:6, Isa 66:2).”

The Psalmist said it right, “This poor man cried, and the LORD heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles. The angel of the LORD encampeth round about them that fear him, and delivereth them. O taste and see that the LORD is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in him” (Psa 34:6-8).

I have posted an earlier message By Dwain Gallaher on “Winning over Worry.” May God by His Word Strengthen you by His Spirit. That you might meditate upon these things, and give yourself wholly to them!

So as we close again, we Pray Lord teach us to number our days, that our hearts might be applied unto wisdom.  In Jesus Name, Amen!

If you have never accepted or if you have fallen away from Jesus Christ here are three steps you need to take to be saved:

You must admit you are a sinner, confess your sin to Jesus, repent (turn from all you know is wrong), ask Jesus to come in your heart, and begin to follow Jesus by reading and obeying his word and go to a Bible believing church that teaches his word. And tell someone what Christ Jesus Has Done For You (Rev 12:10)  

May God through Christ bless you!

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