Blessed is the man who endures temptation; for when he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life which the Lord has promised to those who love Him. – James 1:12
People do not know what they are getting when they are in a great place of temptation. Temptation endured brings the “crown of life.”
There is nothing outside of purity except what is sin. All unbelief is sin. God wants you to have a pure, active faith so that you will be living in an advanced place of believing God all the time, and so that you will be on the mountaintop and singing when others are crying.
I want to speak now about lust. I am not speaking about the base things, the carnal desires. I am not speaking so much about adultery or fornication, and such things, but I am speaking about what has turned you aside to some other thing instead of God.
God has been offering you better things all the time, and you have missed them.
There are three things in life, and I noticed that many people are satisfied with just one of them. There is blessing in justification, there is blessing in sanctification, and there is blessing in the baptism of the Holy Spirit. Salvation is a wonderful thing, and we know it. Sanctification is a process that takes us on to higher levels with God. Salvation, sanctification, and the fullness of the Spirit are processes.
Many people are satisfied with “good” – that is, with salvation. Other people are satisfied with “better” – a sanctified life, purified by God. Still other people are satisfied with “best” – the fullness of God with revelation from on high. I am not satisfied with any of the three. I am only satisfied with “best with improvement”.
So I come to you not with good, but better; not with better, but best; not with best, but best with improvement – going on with God.
Why?
Because “when desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is fully-grown, brings forth death”(James 1:15)
When anything has taken me from God, it means death in some way.
When Jesus said to the disciples, “The Son of Man will be put into the hands of sinners and crucified,” Peter rebuked Him ( see Mt. 16:21-22), but Jesus said, “Get behind Me, Satan! You are an offense to Me, for you are not mindful of the things of God, but the things of men.”(verse 23)
Anything that hinders me from denying myself and taking up my cross(v.24) is of the Devil; anything that hinders me from being separated unto God is of the Devil, anything that hinders me from being purified every day is carnal, and it is death.
So I implore you today to make certain that there is no lustful thing in you that would rob you of the glory. Then God will take you to the very summit of the blessing where you can be increased day by day into all His fullness.
Thought for today: Do not neglect the Word of God. Take time to think about the Word of God; it is the only place of safety.
Scripture Reading : Psalm 139
Taken from page 452 of Smith Wigglesworth Devotional.
“God is more eager to answer than we are to ask.” – Smith Wigglesworth
Have a blessed day!
Robin
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Our Father who art in Heaven Hallow be thy name, thy Kingdom come thy will be done on earth as it is in Heaven. Give us our daily bread our. Daily bread and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us. Lead us not into temptation but deliver us from the evil one the Devil. For thine is the power a Glory forever Amen! Jesus taught the Disciples how to pray. This was for us as we see Christ Jesus as the Lord and God who gave us all at His cross and poured it out onto us that see, what Jesus did and trust that it was for us. Sealed in that Love poured out on us that see and believe. We will response to that great love and allow it to wash over us to others to see what Jesus has done for all that will look and believe and receive the Love of the truth! It changes all that it flows over and on to. It sanctified us and Justifies us after it has saved us. Praise to the Father for Jesus His Son and what he has done for us! Amen David
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Amen David my brother in Christ and amen to the Psalm of David written in Psalm 139.
God is active to search and test His servants. He knows our motives, desires, and words before they are expressed. He knows His servants completely, but as( verse 5) makes it very clear, the purpose of His intimate knowledge of His servants is protection and redemptive ,not judgmental and condemning.
Even when David wanted to flee from God he could not. God in mercy, response that there is no place in all creation where David – the servant of God would find himself separated from God’s presence.
In Christ Jesus – Holy God stretched out His hand to us in His marvelous passion on the cross.
Robin