Saturday, December 23, 2006

Where He Leads Me

Mark 1:11 And there came a voice from heaven, saying, Thou art my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.
12. And immediately the Spirit driveth him into the wilderness.

Remember Matthew 16? Jesus is asking the disciples who he is and Peter makes his confession saying:
" Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God."
And that right after that Jesus begins telling them that he is going to go to Jerusalem and be killed and Peter gets all up set.

What I was saying then I am seeing now...namely that once God has revealed something openly to us, then comes the time in which we will be confronted with an event to prove our heart. Just as Peter after his confession had the revelation that he had received from the Father was tested by Jesus announcement of events about to occur, Jesus here is tested in the same manner. Jesus is baptized, God speaks from heaven and now Jesus is compelled to have his own heart tested as to the revelation that God has published. Was it for Jesus that God said what he said at the time of his baptism? Nope! It was most certainly for us and for those who were there at the time, but none the less, just as when we have a revelation of scriptures come alive for us, and we gain understanding, the next thing in line is for God to prove our hearts on the matter. Will we allow that which God has revealed to us to not only touch our hearts and thrill our spirit, or will we say with Peter:
"Be it far from thee, Lord: this shall not be unto thee."
You may ask? Isn't Peter really talking to Jesus instead of not moving with the revelation of God?
I will ask you, how often will we shift the subject of our fears to what we believe will cover our own weaknesses?

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