GOD-TRACKING IS GETTING INTO THE WORD OF GOD

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“We read that the sword of the Spirit is the Word of God. The Word, as contained in the Bible, confirms the actions of the Holy Spirit while the Holy Spirit activates the Word of God, for God watches over his Word to perform it.”

Psalm 119:105
Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.

Concerning the Bible, George Muller, the great evangelist and director of the Ashley Down orphanage in Bristol, England said, “The first 3 years after conversion, I neglected the Word of God. Since I began to search it diligently, the blessing has been wonderful. I have read the Bible through one hundred times and always with increasing delight!" John Bunyan, who wrote Pilgrim's Progress, said this, "Read the Bible, and read it again, and do not despair of help to understand something of the will and mind of God, though you think they are fast locked up from you. Neither trouble yourself, though you may not have commentaries and expositions; pray and read, and read and pray; for a little from God is better than a great deal from man."

The Bible is the hardcopy of God’s word to you and me. The Bible is the source of our understanding of God. The Bible is the most treasured possession I have. However, the Bible is only a book. It is the message of the Bible – its words – that come from God. And these words are inspired and propagated by the Holy Spirit. Just as my word is the embodiment of who I am, so God’s Word is the embodiment of who he is. In fact, the Word and the Holy Spirit are synonymous. We read that the sword of the Spirit is the Word of God. The Word, as contained in the Bible, confirms the actions of the Holy Spirit while the Holy Spirit activates the Word of God, for God watches over his Word to perform it.

However, reading the Bible can sometimes become a chore. Some folks say they fall asleep reading the Bible. This was my original experience. Later I discovered that I did not need to rush to read it all as soon as possible. I learnt to read it slowly. You see, you have the rest of your life to read the Bible, so read it for the rest of your life. Read small sections at a time (most modern Bibles are divided into headings). Pray before you read, then read and pray again after you have read and see how the Lord will activate his Word in your life. As you follow these suggestions, you may find that you read one verse many times without getting anything from it.  Then, the very next time you read it jumps out at you. That is the activation of the Holy Spirit upon his Word in your life.

So, I say, get into God’s word and get God’s word into you!

God-tracking is getting into the word of God.

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Ephesians 6:17
Jeremiah 1:12
Isaiah 55:10
2 Timothy 3:14-17

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Dear God, teach me, rebuke me, correct me, and train me in righteousness as I read the Bible

“Heavenly Father, thank you for the Bible. Thank you that you inspired men to pen these words over millennia and have preserved them for me to hold in my hands today. Help to understand what I read. Help me to enjoy reading the Bible. Activate your Word in my life and help me to follow its commands. I pray that you will lead me to the books in the Bible to read at exactly the time in life when I need to read them. Dear God, teach me, rebuke me, correct me, and train me in righteousness as I read the Bible. Amen.”

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GOD-TRACKING IS RECEIVING GOD’S ABUNDANT GIFT OF THE HOLY SPIRIT

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31 March 2017

Dear God-tracker

GOD-TRACKING IS RECEIVING GOD’S ABUNDANT GIFT OF THE HOLY SPIRIT

Ephesians 1:13-14
In him you also, when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and believed in him, were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit, who is the guarantee of our inheritance until we acquire possession of it, to the praise of his glory.

I think one of the most endearing stories of the book of Acts is found in chapter 10. It’s the story of how a Roman army officer by the name of Cornelius is instructed by God to send for Apostle Peter. He is told that Peter had a special message for him. Up to that point the whole Church of Christ was Jewish. However, through a vision, God prepared Peter to accept Cornelius’ request. So, Peter makes his way to Cornelius’ home and begins to tell him and his family about how Jesus went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed of the devil. Then, as he tells them how Jesus was unjustly arrested and sentenced to death something surprising and remarkable happens. We read from verse 44, “While Peter was still saying these things, the Holy Spirit fell on all who heard the word. And the believers from among the circumcised who had come with Peter were amazed, because the gift of the Holy Spirit was poured out even on the Gentiles.” It must have been quite a spectacle. One minute Peter is preaching to a sedate household of Roman citizens and the next minute splendid pandemonium breaks out as the joy of the Holy Spirit falls on all who heard the Word of God and they all begin speaking in tongues!

God is no respecter of persons. That is, God does not consider some people to be greater or more important than others. God does not segregate. God treats us all as dear children. Jesus said, God loved the world so much that he sent his only Son. Peter discovered in the home of a Roman centurion in the town of Caesarea, even Romans were included in that word, “world.”

So it was that Cornelius received the abundant gift of God. The Holy Spirit is God’s dear presence and person who manifests to all who open their hearts to God’s Word. The Holy Spirit is our guarantee – our down payment – of heaven. He is God’s abundant seal on us in this world, guaranteeing eternal life. Cornelius was born again in spirit and received new life by the Holy Spirit when he heard Peter speak. Yet, the gift of the Holy Spirit became evident when he totally submitted to the Word of God. At that point he was baptised with the Holy Spirit the way John the Baptist described when he said, “He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.”

God revealed his unconditional love when Gentile Cornelius and his family were saved and filled with the Holy Spirit. They received God’s free and abundant gift that day. This same gift is still free today. Whoever you are, whatever your background, Jesus desires for you to not only know forgiveness of sin and be born again, but he desires to baptise you in his Holy Spirit. Holy Spirit is your guarantee of his abundant life.

God-tracking is receiving God’s abundant gift of the Holy Spirit

Be filled with the Holy Spirit

Dudley

READ ALL ABOUT IT
Acts 10
John 3:16-17
2 Corinthians 1:19-22
Matthew 3:11

Don’t Give Up, Look Up!

I submit to the infilling of your Spirit. Dear Jesus, baptise me with the Spirit and with fire! I’m yours, Lord

Pray
“O Lord God, thank you that you sent Jesus to the whole world, which includes me. Thank you that Jesus died and rose again to free me from the bondage of sin and death; I accept this fact as my own and put my faith in Jesus. Thank you that I am born again by the Holy Spirit. Now, O Lord, I open my heart totally to your touch; I submit to the infilling of your Spirit. Dear Jesus, baptise me with the Spirit and with fire! I’m yours, Lord. Amen.”

If you prayed this prayer today, please let me know by email me at dudley@godtracker.co.uk
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