Musings with PWC

  There are three things that are needed to keep you moving forward spiritually.     They feed off of each other.   What we mean by that is desire leads to intentionality which leads to effort which leads to desire and on and on we go. Where do you start?   To answer that you might want to also answer what came first, the chicken or the egg.   So don’t waste your time trying to figure that out. All of these three require input from you.  Don’t wait for the Holy Spirit to awaken you at 6 am to pray… use your alarm clock! Desire:  Psalms 37:4 (NLT) 4 Take delight in the LORD,  and he will give you your heart’s desires. Intentionality: Luke 9:62 (BBE) 62 But Jesus said, No man, having put his hand to the plough and looking back, is good enough for the kingdom of God. Effort: 1 Corinthians 9:24-27 (NLT) 24 Don’t you realize that in a race everyone runs, but only one person gets the prize? So run to win! 25 All athletes are d...

My Desires A few years prior to the death of my dad, I had the awesome privilege of kneeling before him, and have him lay his hand upon my head and pray a special blessing on me.  Tonight I just re-read the blessing.  In that blessing dad used this term, "the desires of his heart." Below are three quotes from this marvellous blessing:  "Lord you know the desires of his heart and we pray that you would bless him, that you would guide him." ..."That you would move through him for your honour and your glory  that your love and your power will flow through him and that his desires shall be your desire, that the desires of our hearts shall be what you would have."   "Lord that you've watched over me and we pray that you just watch over Pete now and his family.  Lord give him the desires of his heart." As I think about this more and more...It's my desire to live for Jesus. 

  The objective word of God… needs to become the subjective word —-through Divine interaction between God and myself. The Objective word of GOD.  Is pure, holy, powerful Psalms 33:6-9 (NLT) 6 The LORD merely spoke, and the heavens were created. He breathed the word, and all the stars were born. 7 He assigned the sea its boundaries and locked the oceans in vast reservoirs. 8 Let the whole world fear the LORD, and let everyone stand in awe of him. 9 For when he spoke, the world began! It appeared at his command. Matthew 8:8-9 (NLT) 8 But the officer said, “Lord, I am not worthy to have you come into my home. Just say the word from where you are, and my servant will be healed. 9 I know this because I am under the authority of my superior officers, and I have authority over my soldiers. I only need to say, ‘Go,’ and they go, or ‘Come,’ and they come. And if I say to my slaves, ‘Do this,’ they do it.” There is NO issue at all with the power of the Word. The issue is my connection t...