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By Landa Cope
We do not need to be afraid of the darkness of our world. God’s word promises that where there is darkness our light will shine brighter. It does not take much salt to improve the tasteless pot. I trust that God will put new vision in our hearts as to your global responsibility and call, que vous regardez sur ce que vous pourriez saler au goût et à bénir avec la valeur et la parole de l'Evangile.
Joseph was just seventeen when God told him he would lead a nation. By the age of thirty, he was affecting many nations with brilliant agricultural solutions that God had given him in response to a famine. He demonstrated the worth of God’s Word in the political arena so profoundly that it affected generations with God’s truth. Similarly, Esther was a young woman when God directed her to take necessary steps toward international influence. When the time came, elle a changé l'histoire de son peuple.
Il n'ya aucune limite à ce que Dieu peut accomplir grâce à vous! But we need to be aware of how we can bring God’s salt and light to a waiting world.
The Gospel tells us that Jesus faced three temptations as the Holy Spirit prepared Him for ministry. The first challenged His position as it related to His physical needs. “If you are the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread.“ The second challenged His position as it related to spiritual power. “If you are the Son of God, jette-toi en bas (à partir du point haut du temple)."
Jesus dealt with each of these temptations by acknowledging that His responsibility was to obey the Father as He directed Him. He was not obliged “to prove“ His sonship with a certain physical provision or a spectacular act of spiritual power.
Attaquer la filiation du Christ n'était pas efficace, and in the final temptation the enemy took a different approach. He accompanied Jesus to the top of a high mountain and showed Him all the nations in their splendor. “ All this I will give you, if you will bow down and worship me.“ Jesus understood His position. He saw His birthright, the nations. The temptation? To obtain his inheritance fast and without apparent suffering by following a way other than God’s.
History overflows with those who have understood who they were in Christ and have seen the nations as their inheritance. À la fois, too many have bowed down to this last temptation of the enemy. It is a subtle deception.
The ways of God are always grounded in servanthood. Jesus did not come to be blessed, but to bless. He did not come to judge, but to forgive. He did not come to gain His life, but to lay it down. He did not come to safeguard His rights, mais pour les obtenir à partir d'autres.
A study of great men and women of the faith will show us that they learned this important frame of mind and heart. Moses tended sheep, David servi Saul, Joseph a travaillé dans prision, Daniel servi dans le gouvernement païen, Esther attendu sur son roi: these are all examples of how God prepared a world changer through servanthood. They resisted the last temptation and stood as pillars of light in the darkness of their day, salage l'histoire de la race humaine.
Quelle génération nous vivons dans! Never in human history has there been greater opportunity to shine for the cause of Jesus Christ. May your heart be open to hear God’s purpose for your life. Only He knows what He has planned for you. Ma prière est que vous passez la dernière tentation et, plutôt que d'être un moderne croisés tenue nations à l'épée, être comme Jésus avec toute la puissance du cœur de serviteur.
