Trash?!… No …Treasure!!!

Written by FAVORED1 on August 11, 2010 – 6:07 pm -

Thursday, August 12, 2010

This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief.

[1 Timothy 1:15]

Trash?!… No …Treasure!!!

Good Morning Beloved,

Picture this… two innocent creatures in a garden of breathtaking beauty. Bathed in light …saturated in love. Covered by their Creator. Not even one single care .. no fear.. no insecurity.. no doubt.. do debt.. no death just complete one-ness with each other and with God. Friendship with all sorts of interesting creatures… lion and lamb alike, all living in perfect harmony with each other. Unbeknowst to them another creature was watching them with jealous eyes and evil intent. Satan, once called Lucifer “son of the morning”, who stood before the face of God, now cast out of his position because of his rebellion. Here he stands, now, looking at these two annoying little creatures, his mind was consumed with one thought… destroy them! I truly believe he thought by getting Adam and Eve to follow his voice and rebel against God, they would suffer the same fate he did. Misery loves company. Imagine his surprise when his plan only reaped half the benefits he thought it would. Yes, Adam and Eve lost their blissful home, but they never lost the love of God. He still talked to them. He still watched over them. He still blessed them. He even multiplied them with children. Astonishingly, God even prepared a plan for them to return to the state from which they had fallen. This plan did not spell good news for the evil one for it involved crushing his head ..which meant demolishing his power. He would only be permitted to “bruise his heel”. From the very first day he laid eyes on the happy couple to this present day, we have had an enemy. Whether you know it or not.. whether saint or sinner.. redeemed by the blood or not.. you are an enemy to the condemned one. His fate is sealed. Your worst unsaved loved one’s is not. At any point while there is breath in their body, they can turn to the Father, repent and be forgiven. There is no redeption for Satan and he knows it. He knows that his time is short and it is his intent to take as many of Adam and Eve’s kids with him as possible. Race, social standing, gender, culture, age all irrelevent. Every “ism” and “skism” is merely a diversion. Evil sets up smoke screens to get us so focused on external non-essentials, that our eyes are not fully on the One who really matters. What if the person we view with suspicious eyes is really the one God has assigned to bless our life… The enemy of our soul has become a master at separation. He has convinced people that they are worthless. That someone else hold more value than they do. God says not so. Evil has some believing that they are “trash”, and so they act that way. The Spirit of God would have you to know that you are not what you do or what have gone through. He sees you through the blood covering of His Son as complete and beautiful. He knows your flaws and they were covered. Our responsibility now is to walk in what He already did. Accept His love, accept His forgiveness, accept His life-changing Spirit working in our spirit. Our sins, faults and weaknesses are none of the enemy’s business. I’ve known of too many in the body, that have become discouraged and walked away, thinking that there was no hope for them when they sinned. They believed the lie of the adversary. The truth is God knew they were going to sin from the beginning. Jesus’ work on the cross was complete… when He said “it is finished”.. that’s what He meant. This is not a green-light to say, “whoo-hooo, well I’ve got some sin-catching up on to do”

.. no … anyone with that thought in their heart has another problem that they need to take to the cross

. I’d like to believe that blood-bought believers want to live a life that is pleasing to God. It is comforting to know that we serve a God that doesn’t give up on us. No matter where we are right now, whatever junk we’ve accepted from the evil one, we are not trash… we are God’s special treasure.

(pause… whoa!) … that beloved is Good News!

Y Stress? … U Blessed!

Have A Fabulous Day!