Morning by Morning, April 12 - Chosen
Good morning, Lord Jesus. I lift up my spirit and open up my heart to worship You and welcome You into every moment of my day -- Father, Son, and Holy Spirit of God. ...
“(You) have been chosen and destined by God the Father and sanctified by the (Holy) Spirit to be obedient to Jesus Christ and to be sprinkled with His blood” (1 Peter 1:2).
You’ve chosen us to follow You as Your disciples. And at the same time, You’ve also chosen us to become more like You as Your children. As children of God, saved by the grace of God, we’re chosen to be “conformed to the image of (the Son of God)” (Romans 8:29).
Your Word reveals Your will and Your Word tells us, “This is the will of God, your sanctification.... For God did not call us to impurity but in holiness. Therefore whoever rejects this rejects not human authority but God, who also gives his Holy Spirit to you (1 Thessalonians 4:3–8).
This is Your will and our journey of both salvation in You and sanctification by You. It’s a life-long process with breakthroughs along the way. Layer by layer, step by step, morning by morning, and even moment by moment, one day at a time, You’re taking all we go through in this broken and fallen world to make us more like You each day. Through every challenge we face, every burden we endure, every temptation we overcome, You cause every crisis to become an opportunity to turn to You and trust in You. Then You not only bring us through, but also make us more like You in the process.
And we can’t do any of that apart from You. Apart from You, we can do nothing (John 15:5). So You give us Your Holy Spirit, who is the One who does this deep work of Your grace in us. “For it is God working in (us), giving (us) the desire and the power to do what pleases Him” (Philippians 2:12).
You’ve chosen us “as the first fruits for salvation through sanctification by the Spirit and through belief in the truth…” so that we, “may obtain the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ” (2 Thessalonians 2:13-14). As those who have been chosen to receive this great love and mercy by Your grace revealed in Jesus Christ, we “have been chosen and destined by God the Father and sanctified by the Spirit to be obedient to Jesus Christ and sprinkled with His blood” (1 Peter 1:2).
We “obtain the glory of the Lord Jesus Christ” to the degree that we are filled with fullness of the Spirit of Christ (Ephesians 5:18). Less of us and more of You. You increase as we decrease, in surrendering and yielding our will and our ways to Yours. “Christ in (us), the hope of glory” -- Your glory arising and shining in us and through us, a little more each day, all by the power of Your grace at work within us, Your chosen (Colossians 1:27). In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen.
Be encouraged today! In the Love of Jesus, Tommy Hays
My friend, may you filled up and sanctified by the Holy Spirit with the desire and power to be more like Jesus each day, as a chosen and beloved child of God, in Jesus' name. Please pray the same for me. God bless you, my friend!
Tommy & Rocio Hays
Messiah Ministries
17503 La Cantera Parkway, Suite 104407
San Antonio, Texas 78257
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