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JUNE 3
OUR SPHERE OF ACTION
“God has made us what we
are, creating us in Christ
Jesus for the goof deeds
which are prepared
beforehand by God as our
sphere of action.” (Eph.
2:10, Moffatt)
Certainly the world is heavy
laden with its wearisome
activity, yet God has a
perfect design for every
life, and hath beforehand
prepared our sphere of
action. Thus, we stand in
need of divine instruction
and a clearer understanding
that we might perceive the
ways of God – forsaking the
confusion of earthly
struggles. God is separating
unto Himself a people, and
He has ways of stripping
them of a lot of useless
activity, that in quietness
they might learn of Him
whose yoke is easy, and
whose burden is light.
All some have for a goal is
to gain heaven that they
might escape what they have
been taught is hell. Besides
the fact that their theology
is all wrong, there is
little we can say for this
ambition, this noble
endeavor. God has a plan for
every life that far exceeds
such an existence,
self-centered and empty.
We long to break the barrier
of impotence so that nothing
is impossible, that is true,
but the sons of God are not
just manifest by what they
do, but what they are, for
it is not just a doing, but
a BEING. When our state of
being is union with Him, His
nature, His image, then the
doing that follows is simply
an outward expression of the
indwelling life.
“Not every one that saith
unto Me, Lord, Lord, shall
enter into the kingdom of
heaven; but he that doeth
the will of My Father which
is in heaven.” (Matt. 7:21).
Our sphere of action is not
just doing many wonderful
works, but in DOING THE WILL
OF GOD. God has a design for
every life, and His will
dignifies and glories every
call. One never need
apologize for being and
doing the will of God.
Dogmas and creeds of man
shall face the devouring
flame of truth. Man’s
kingdom shall fall, systems
topple, everything shaken to
its foundations. What is of
God shall stand, reality is
born, not of the flesh, nor
of the will of man, but of
the will of God. This
becomes our sphere of
action!
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