December 20                                   Jer 33 - 36

GLORY TO GLORY

MEMORISE: ‘And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fullness of God’. (Eph 3: 19)
READ: 2 Cor 3: 17-18

Sanctified people experience the joy of answered prayers. When the one who answers prays is your close friend, you can be assured that all your request will be granted before you even ask.

‘Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the father in my name, he may give it you’ (John 15:16).

Nothing can block the prayers of the sanctified. Psalm 34: 17 assures us that God will move in to deliver his favourites when he hears their cries. Many prayers are not answered, because sin blocks their way. Sanctified people live in such close fellowship with the King of kings that his goals and desires have become their goals and desires. The same things that make Jesus happy, make them happy; the same things that make Jesus sad, make them sad.

Jesus wants his Father to be glorified in everything. The sanctified believer’s biggest desire is to see that Jesus is glorified. So before they open their mouths to ask, their requests are not only granted in heaven, but the results are released. To what extent have you become one with the Lord? Are his desires your desires? Is your greatest desire to glorify his name in every facet of your life?

The sanctified also enjoys the privilege of communion; being in his presence. Feelings of refreshment, reassurance, empowerment, security and never-ending security overpower us when we are in his presence. Peter, James and John once had the opportunity to see Jesus in all his glory, and they were totally overcome. They did not want to leave his presence. According to 2 Corinthians 3: 18, the more we stay in his presence the more like him we will become until he changes us from glory to glory. Do you spend time in his presence or do you always rush out?

ACTION POINT
Assess your achievements, failures and delayed blessings in 2004.
Ask God what to expect from 2005.