One On One

      Prov.25-28 (Amplified Bible) says, "He who has no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is broken down and without walls." 

     I wish to speak to you, not as a pastor, but as an individual.  Sometimes, in the church service, we speak to the congregation as a whole, and not to an individual.  We hear the Word, and we either listen intentionally or say, "I've heard all this before" and not listen.

     Jesus spoke to the churches in Rev.2:4 (Amp), saying, "I have this one charge to make against you that you have left (abandoned) the love that you had at first; You have abandoned Me, your First Love."  Like them we might think, "Well, I'm still saved, I still go to church, I still pray and I'm not living in sin."

     Do those of us who have received the Holy Spirit and speak in the spirit, still speak in the spirit like we did when we first received?  Do we spend as much quiet time just listening and in fellowship with the Father, as we did when we first got saved?  Is your love for the Word as strong as it was when we first got saved?  Do we read God's Word because we love it or out of a sense we must do so?  Has your relationship become one of religion, instead of relationship with God?

     I've seen many persons that I led to the Lord, who had so much fire and love in them, that was exciting to see.  The love for the Lord and His Word was like a strong hunger that always kept them hungering and thirsting for righteousness.  Every individual knows how their walk with God is and whether or not they still have that hunger for the Lord and His Word.

     When was the last time you led someone to the Lord or laid hands on someone for healing or help?  Are we still growing and learning about the Lord or have we ceased doing so?  Jesus said to His followers in Mark 4:24(NIV), "Consider carefully what you hear, With the measure you use, it will be measured unto you-and even more. Whoever has will be given more; whoever does not have, even what they have will be taken from them."  Do you come into His Presence, to hear God's Voice or has the noise around you, made it difficult to hear Him?

     These are the "one on one" things that I check myself for, so I don't become a stagnant Christian, who doesn't grow.  Moses had a "maintenance" anointing, whereby he maintained those in the wilderness.  Joshua had an "overcoming" anointing and he led them into the Fullness of God's Promise. 

    Let's stay on the front side of the Cross.