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May 19, 2005
So Tempting
I know this may sound silly, but my hardest temptation to deal with right now is to download a DVD of the newest Star Wars movie. The site I usually get a TV show from (like Numb3rs) also has the DVD. I'm resisting, because I know my motivation is just to get Kudos. So it's a little bit of an inner turmoil going on. But praise God, because I know that all things are counted loss in comparison to gaining Christ. And please don't ask me to tell you where to get it!!! I won't be an accomplice. ;-)
I'm looking forward to Sunday. I'm gonna take a 3 hour drive to attend Deliverance Bible Church. Check out a little flash video on them here.
I'm also real excited about some things God is revealing to me about purification. The same way that I don't have to do anything to be born again, I also don't have to do anything to be pure. Just looking at Him, hoping in Him, believing in Him, trusting in Him -- is my purification. I don't need to beat myself up or anything like that. I need only trust and obey. I trust that He is molding me. He will bring the perfect circumstances to crucify my own self and bring in His resurrection. As John the Baptist said, "He must increase and I must decrease." Seeing Jesus for who He is and not judging Him fills us with light. Matthew 6:22:
The eye is the lamp of the body; so then if your eye is clear, your whole body will be full of light.
Also, look at this promise. I John 3:2,3:
Beloved, now we are children of God, and it has not appeared as yet what we will be. We know that when He appears, we will be like Him, because we will see Him just as He is. And everyone who has this hope fixed on Him purifies himself, just as He is pure.
Isn't it amazing that seeing "Him just as He is" will make us like Him? So if we get little glimpses of Him here and now, we become a little more like Him. There is nothing we need to DO to be cleansed, we need only believe in Him. And if we are cleansed, we will naturally begin to act like Him because He is clean and pure. We can NEVER take credit for doing anything for ourselves -- He gets all the praise! It just keeps blowing my mind away. God is just so good.
It's so sad how often in the past I would worry about whether God is upset with me or not. I can keep messing up and each time just feel like God is so disappointed in me. What was my problem? I believed that sin had power over me. It doesn't. God gave us victory over sin. The moment we believe that, we have freedom.
Posted by fabijo at May 19, 2005 06:59 PM
Responses
Kudos for NOT downloading, I say! :)
And by the way, did you want for most of your entry to be underlined?
..."if we get little glimpses of Him here and now, we become a little more like Him". --I especially like that thought!!!
Posted by: Glassgirl at May 19, 2005 08:17 PM
Thanks for the kudos, amor! And I thought I fixed the underline problem. From my end it looks fine.
Posted by: fabijo at May 19, 2005 09:09 PM
Hey Fabio,
Wow, I can't believe you're resisting downloading. Way to go!! Btw, I love reading your stuff. You have such a way of expressing yourself very clearly, that it makes me really think on what you're saying. Thanks for that! I love God as well! He is amazing!
Posted by: Raquel at May 22, 2005 08:50 PM
Hey, Raquel!
Thanks for your encouraging words. Yeah I'm a recovering downloadaholic. :) I'm glad you're enjoying reading this. It feels good to know that I'm getting better at expressing myself.
Posted by: fabijo at May 23, 2005 04:44 PM