Absolute Total Commitment to God

Recently I was journaling and the Father spoke to my heart and asked me to make a solemn commitment of my life to Him "afresh". I understood and immediately my spirit responded. I told the Father that all that I am and all that I have is His. I gave Him absolutely everything.

Immediately I was met with a glorious infilling of the Holy Spirit's Presence. It was so powerful as His energy flowed through my body, soul and spirit. I am nothing. Apart from Him I can do nothing. When we really "believe" we are filled with His Spirit. His Righteousness and His Holiness are imparted into our spirits, our souls and even our bodies. There is nothing like it in this world.

Isaiah 61 is where Jesus quotes "The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me and He has anointed Me to preach the gospel to the poor.... Then come the following words.

He gives beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, and the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness, that they might be called oaks of righteousness the planting of the Lord for the display of His Splendor. And they shall rebuild the ancient ruins; they shall raise upthe former desolations and renew the ruined cities.

The point is this! When we give God the Father all that He asks of us, it is nothing compared to the incredible blessing He gives us in return. He gives us His Spirit. There is no greater gift than Christ and the Holy Spirit. When the Holy Spirit fills you and remains in you, you have access to the thoughts of God and His joy and peace as well.

Often believers are afraid of what God might ask of them if they were to give Him everything. He is a loving God. He will enable you to be a better spouse, parent, child, employer or employee if you get filled with His Spirit.

On top of this He will use you to help turn society around...that is what He means when He says, They shall rebuild...raise up...and renew the ruined cities. Let's give the Father everything so that He can use us the way He wants to and make us part of the solution to humanities problems. He can heal the sick, cast out demons, and raise the dead. He can do miracles, signs and wonders. If we yield over everything to Him He may even begin to do things like this through you and I. Wow! What a thought and it is Biblical.

Jesus said, He who believes in me the things that I do shall he do also and even greater things than these shall he do.

Listen To God and Show Some Respect

As believers we love God and worship Him. Our sincerity of worship is tested by the manner in which we listen to His Voice. The Word of God is full of examples of men and women who have heard the Voice of God and obeyed Him.

Jesus said, "My sheep hear My Voice." We must get to the place in our worship and praise where we stop and listen to what the Father would say to us.

Have you ever tried talking to someone who was so preoccupied with everything else going on around them that they give you little or no eye contact. You are talking away and they are saying, "Yes, yes" or whatever and you just know that they are not really listening? Have you ever done this to someone else? They were talking to you and you heard them, but not really?

If you do not stop what your doing and pay close attention and give genuine eye contact to the person who is talking to you, they will get the impression that you do not feel that they are important or they may feel that you are not showing them respect.

Recently I went through one of these events in which I was the guilty person who was not really paying full attention and I was confronted. I immediately knew I was guilty. I prayed about it and I heard the Father say to me by the Spirit, "My People do this to Me all the time." Wow! What a revelation! I was so deeply convicted. Here we are God's people and we do not give Him our full attention and really listen to what He wants to tell us.

God will talk to you if you will listen. Try it and see. Having a conversation with Him is always encouraging and enlightening.