Hi Pastor John,
I was reading the Random Thought this morning: https://goingtojesus.com/gtj_thoughts.html?tname=rdt03-0As
As Much As You Will Ever Have
From a sermon by Preacher Clark in 1969
You either belong to God or you do not. If you do, then you belong to God as much as Paul did, or Peter, or even Jesus. The Lord Jesus suffered and died to become “the firstborn among many brethren”, and in him, we become heirs of God together with him.
Preacher Clark said, “You have as much of God inside of you now as you are ever going to have.” Think about that. God dwells within us by His Spirit, and you either have Him there or you don’t. Nobody has only a fraction of God within them. If you have God’s Spirit within you, then even after you are raised from the dead, what you have within you right now is what you will have within you then. Jesus told his disciples that when the Spirit came, both he and the Father would make their abode within them. Preacher Clark’s point that day long ago was that God comes to us completely or not at all. We either have Him or we don’t. And if it is God who dwells within us, then it is enough.
This was so good to get still and really think about this. When God comes into us, He comes to us completely, and if He dwells in us, then it is enough. Just thinking about the Spirit of God dwelling inside of us is exciting, but then I started thinking what that means. That means we have everything! We are lacking NOTHING! We have a friend when we’re lonely, a great physician when we are sick and feeble, a lifter of our heads when we are sad and need encouragement, and a protector when we’re in trouble. He is our hope, our happy, our joy, the love of our life! We are heirs to our King with hope of eternal life with Him…forever! We are His!
What a way to start the day!
Michelle
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