3rd October 2021

Checking into God's Presence... "I said to myself, "God will bring into judgment both the righteous and the wicked, for there will be a time for every activity, a time to judge every deed." I also said to myself, "As for humans, God tests them so that they may see that they are like the animals. Surely the fate of human beings is like that of the animals; the same fate awaits them both: As one dies, so dies the other. All have the same breath[c]; humans have no advantage over animals. Everything is meaningless. All go to the same place; all come from dust, and to dust, all return. Who knows if the human spirit rises upward and if the spirit of the animal goes down into the earth?" So I saw that there is nothing better for a person than to enjoy their work because that is their lot. For who can bring them to see what will happen after them?" Ecclesiastes 3:17-22 "I said to myself, "God will bring into judgment both the righteous and the wicked, for there will be a time for every activity, a time to judge every deed." I also believe that "from everlasting to everlasting, the Lord's love is with those who fear him, and his righteousness with their children's children— with those who keep his covenant and remember to obey his precepts." Psalm 103:17-18 Those who must flourish in God's Glory must not put their hopes on the mundane things of the world, but unto those words that come through the Spirit of God to proclaim liberty unto the captives.  John 4:24 says: "God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in the Spirit and truth." Men have to take up the spiritual essence of the spirit of God before they can be linked with God's purpose for them in this world.: "there is nothing better for a person than to enjoy their work because that is their lot." All deeds must be classified and translated in spiritual form, for "who knows the spirit of man that goes upward, and the spirit of the beast that goes downward earth?" Children of God, therefore, must be mindful of all immoral activities in the presence of God. However, sins committed in the physical realm have their tendencies and repercussions exposed and judged spiritually.  The story of Adam and Eve in Genesis 3:4-6 portrays the ability of nominal Christians to find a way out of keeping the Lord's rule with an effortless tilt into sinful ways. In that, Satan was able to entice Eve into submission when he said: "You will not certainly die," the serpent said to the woman. "For God knows that when you eat from it, your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil". When the woman saw that the tree's fruit was good for food and pleasing to the eye and desirable for gaining wisdom, she took some and ate it. She also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it." This attribute portrays people would have an original mind which inclines them to reject evil and pursue goodness. Yet, without them being aware of it, they are somewhat driven by evil forces to abandon the integrity that the original mind desires and succumb to the power of evil deeds that they do not want to engage in our innermost heart. For as long as these evil forces are given the opportunity, the sinful history of humanity that emanated from Adam and Eve's story will continue unabated because the master of these evil forces is known as Satan. The human race has indeed been utterly unable to liquidate the forces of Satan because he has an identity that also comes in the spiritual form. Brethren in Christ, if all deeds operated in the flesh becomes customized in spiritual formation, the overall essence is determined by who now controls our lives, as to whether Satan or God. Would it not be appropriate to consider every hidden move in God's Presence? Just as no one can’t stop the flow of the air, nobody will be able to stop God from manifesting His glory in our lives. May the Grace of the Father, Son, and the Holy Ghost bless our thoughts and make them His own. In Your Name, oh Lord, silence the growth and the acceleration of the devil's impact in our worship, and with Your Might, those impacts will be stopped and will not assail into our spiritual attributes. And let all ancestral stigmas capable of drawing people into perdition be destroyed in Jesus Mighty Name. Amen Http://testimony-times.blogspot.co.uk Just Checking into His Presence...