No More Motions

Philippians 1:23-24

 ²³  For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ; which is far better:

 ²⁴ Nevertheless to abide in the flesh is more needful for you.

Don’t you just long for home sometimes? I often find such comfort in knowing that this world is not my home. This world is not all there is! In fact, our life here doesn’t even show up on the scale of eternity. 

So many people get so caught up in this life that they forget the real truth that soon they’ll be in eternity. I’ve come to the realization within myself that only 3 things will matter in eternity: 

1. Did we receive salvation?
2. What did we do for God?
3. Who did we help in life?

 Nothing else will matter. I share things about God here to encourage you and push you to strive to be what God’s called you to be. If he’s called you just to be a mother or giver, do it with all your heart. 

Finding God’s will for your life is the most important thing you can do. When you step into His perfect plan and will, you will be able to watch great things begin to unfold in your life. The only way to find who you are is by serving Jesus Christ whole-heartly. 

Never before has a generation had such a problem finding their identity as our generation. There so many TV, music, and fashion icons, that it’s left a generation desperately trying to find themselves. The only place you’ll truly find yourself is in God.

I challenge you to go deeper in your walk with God and discover who He wants you to become. Forget what the world says or does, find out what God says. At the end of your life, all that matters is if you did God’s will for your life. Can you say you’ve been doing His will?

2 Corinthians 5:16-17

 ¹⁶  Wherefore henceforth know we no man after the flesh: yea, though we have known Christ after the flesh, yet now henceforth know we him no more.

 ¹⁷ Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.

This an amazing passage if you really take in what Paul was saying. In verse 16 he says, “Wherefore henceforth know we no man after the flesh:..” He’s saying we don’t know anyone by their outward appearance.

Then he continues, “…yea, though we have known Christ after the flesh, yet now henceforth know we him no more.” Here he’s admitting that he used to know Jesus by his outward appearance but he doesn’t know him by his outward appearance anymore. See Paul had a close encounter with Jesus on the road to Damascus and now he doesn’t view Jesus just as a regular man anymore.

Verse 17 is where he explains why he doesn’t look on any man’s outward appearance. “Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.” When you get saved, you become brand new. God brings out His spiritual eraser and erases all your mistakes, sins, and failures. You get a clean slate on life, a chance to start over with your life.

The only person that wants to force you to remember your past is satan. He tries so hard to make you feel guilty and condemned because of the sins you’ve committed. The reality you have to realize is that we’ve all sinned and fell short of glory (Romans 3:23). Jesus was the only man to walk the earth without sinning. Every single person has sinned and you have to tell satan that he’s a liar and he’s not keeping you down.

I love to think about Isaiah 43:25 which says,  ²⁵ I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake, and will not remember thy sins.  When we ask for forgiveness with a sincere heart, our sins are blotted and will never be remembered by God.

You and satan are the only ones that can remind of your sins. God never will. Remember that today and each time you might feel condemned. Know that condemnation is not of God. Use these verses to conquer condemnation in your life:

¹⁷ For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. – John 3:17

 ¹ There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. – Romans 8:1