"Stand For Jesus" -3

As you can see by the 'short' expression that Paul gives in Ephesians 1:3-10, what we are, where we are going, and how we get there, are all the will of the Father! I know that there are some of you who will not get this, at least not right away, but when I an saying 'Stand For Jesus', it is more of the standing along side; in this case, it is the meaning of the word that goes beyond that which causes us to stand, but is the actual stand that we take; as in, to take a stand! You have heard the expression, You must stand for something, or else, you will fall for anything; well, that is the something that I am talking about. If you read what Paul wrote in just those eight verses, you will discover something that is worth standing for: Jesus!!! It is Jesus whom the Father has established to be from which all blessings flow, and then to be where all blessings are gathered. In an act of solidarity with Jesus Christ, we must stand along side of not only Him, but along side of our brothers and sisters in Christ; this is not an optional stand for us! In fact, I will take this one step further and say, we must fortify this stand by saying: I will not be moved!!! It is not something that we leave to chance, or give over to the Lord for guidance in; as if we are going to say, If the Lord wills, I will be able to do this; or even say, Lord give me strength to do this. This thing that we are talking about is based upon the stand that we take; which for lack of a better definition, is where we have placed our heart!!! That is what determines where and how that we will stand; because it is already His will for you to do it, that has been established; and His strength has already been established for us, as long as we are taking a stand for Him...