Oft times saints go to the Sunday meeting, sing the songs of Zion, raise their hands in praise and worship, weep, speak in tongues, prophesy, exhort and teach, maintaining an image of spirituality, and then fuss and argue and yell and fight with the wife and kids all the way home! One wonders how they expect to enter the Kingdom of God, and bring PEACE ON EARTH, when they cannot even speak peaceably to their husband or wife or children. The hour is at hand when all who would be sons of God must recognize that it is RIGHT HERE WHERE WE ARE, in our present circumstances and life situations, under the pressures and problems of the job, the family, the boss, the nagging wife, the screaming brats, the obstinate husband, the broken-down car, the unpaid bills, etc., that the qualifications are being made for the spiritual positions of glory and honor to be revealed in due time. Oh yes, we would like to be recognized as overcomers, sons of God; so we glory in our gifts, revelations, ministries, knowledge, abilities. But the real proof of our overcoming is not in how gifted we are, how deep and profound our revelations, how long or loud we pray, how many days we fast, how fluently we speak in tongues and prophesy; but how we live and walk and act and react among those with whom we live day after day. May the Spirit impress deeply upon our minds and hearts this one obvious truth: Overcoming begins at home! We may portray a certain image to others outside the home, but those who live with you get a truer and clearer picture. Just ask the husband, the wife, the children, the cat, the dog, the neighbors, the boss, if this one is such a saint. Oft times saints go to the Sunday meeting, sing the songs of Zion, raise their hands in praise and worship, weep, speak in tongues, prophesy, exhort and teach, maintaining an image of spirituality, and then fuss and argue and yell and fight with the wife and kids all the way home! One wonders how they expect to enter the Kingdom of God, and bring PEACE ON EARTH, when they cannot even speak peaceably to their husband or wife or children. The hour is at hand when all who would be sons of God must recognize that it is RIGHT HERE WHERE WE ARE, in our present circumstances and life situations, under the pressures and problems of the job, the family, the boss, the nagging wife, the screaming brats, the obstinate husband, the broken-down car, the unpaid bills, etc., that the qualifications are being made for the spiritual positions of glory and honor to be revealed in due time. Oh yes, we would like to be recognized as overcomers, sons of God; so we glory in our gifts, revelations, ministries, knowledge, abilities. But the real proof of our overcoming is not in how gifted we are, how deep and profound our revelations, how long or loud we pray, how many days we fast, how fluently we speak in tongues and prophesy; but how we live and walk and act and react among those with whom we live day after day. May the Spirit impress deeply upon our minds and hearts this one obvious truth: Overcoming begins at home! We may portray a certain image to others outside the home, but those who live with you get a truer and clearer picture. Just ask the husband, the wife, the children, the cat, the dog, the neighbors, the boss, if this one is such a saint.
Posted on: Thu, 22 Aug 2013 06:51:18 +0000
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