"Saying, This is the blood of the testament which God hath enjoined unto you." (Hebrews 9:20 KJV)
"If I wanted to boast, I would be no fool in doing so, because I would be telling the truth. But I won't do it, because I don't want anyone to give me credit beyond what they see in my life or hear in my message, even though I have received such wonderful revelations from God. So to keep me from becoming proud, I was given a thorn in my flesh, a messenger from Satan to torment me and keep me from becoming proud. Three different times I begged the Lord to take it away. Each time he said, "My grace is all you need. My power works best in weakness." So now I am glad to boast about my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ can work in me. That's why I take pleasure in my weaknesses, and in the insults, hardships, persecutions, and troubles that I suffer for Christ. For when I am weak, then I am strong." (2 Corinthians 12:6-10 NLT)
The point I was looking for yesterday was pretty much given, but it was not totally made clear. There is something else that needs to be added, which is most important to this, "disposition," that a man or woman may come to understand and acknowledge as something that they must be familiar with, and at the same time, deal with according. We all have flaws and cravings for things, some worse than others; but these things are the things that remind us of our weaknesses and keep us knowing how much we need God's grace!
Disposition is inherent, not learned. As we can see in this Scripture above, it says, "which God hath enjoined unto you." What I see this to mean, is much like a marriage between husband and wife; except in this case, the bond together is between us and God. Much like Abraham being righteous in God's sight, he still had issues and did things that were not righteous; but God is the one who made him to be righteous! And it was God who made his name known, throughout the entire Bible, as righteous because of his faith, not because he was perfect, but he believed in a perfect God that kept His promises!
What I am trying to say, is that we will mess up, and we will also have difficulties and hardships; but, in everything that life throws at us and in everything wrong we might do, God is still joined to us, as we are to Him. He is not letting go of those He has chosen and called His own...
"And I am convinced that nothing can ever separate us from God's love. Neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither our fears for today nor our weaknesses about tomorrow - not even the powers of hell can separate us from God's love. No power in the sky above or in the earth below - indeed, nothing in all creation will ever be able to separate us from the love of God that is revealed in Christ Jesus our Lord." (Romans 8:38-39 NLT)
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