“”I counsel you to buy from Me gold refined in the fire, that you may be rich; and white garments, that you may be clothed, that the shame of your nakedness may not be revealed; and anoint your eyes with eye salve, that you may see.”
Revelation 3: 18 (New King James Version)
We read in verse 17, “”Because you say, ‘I am rich, have become wealthy, and have need of nothing’— and do not know that you are wretched, miserable, poor, blind, and naked –“ .
A lot of us don’t realize the position we are in now. Some of us have become self reliant and think we are good and don’t need anything. We have kept God in the back shelf and think ok everything is going on good with my job/studies ,… friends are great… I’m good … I don’t need anything.
If we don’t have a personal relationship with Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior then we are indeed miserable, poor, blind and naked !
If into temporary earthly relationships (be it business or personal) we invest so much of time and effort … we give our heart out… How much more should we have a personal relationship and longing for our Lord Jesus Christ who died for us and took our place on the cross, who loved us first though we were wallowing in sin !
Just imagine… while you ignored Christ , continued in sin ,… He still chose to die for you , to bear the punishment for your sins. And today He is seated at the right hand of the Father still looking over us and protecting us and loving us.
We read in Isaiah 55: 1-2, “”Ho! Everyone who thirsts, Come to the waters; And you who have no money, Come, buy and eat. Yes, come, buy wine and milk Without money and without price. Why do you spend money for what is not bread, And your wages for what does not satisfy? Listen carefully to Me, and eat what is good, And let your soul delight itself in abundance.”
God is calling us to Him…
When we have been tested and have been refined by His Holy Fire and come out as gold then we are truly rich !!
The concept of nakedness first came when Adam and Eve sinned. Until then there was no knowledge of this. When we are covered in sin we are covered with shame. But you know what ? His blood makes us white as snow. His blood covers us from all shame. And one day this earthly body will perish but we whose trust and hope is in Christ Jesus will put on heavenly garments for all eternity .
Only Christ can truly open our eyes to see… To see who we are .. To see who He is … To see who we are in Him !
As part of being the volunteers in church there was a badge that was made for us with our names on it . And this was what was written on the badge beside our name , “In the service of The King”.
Compared to all what the world has to offer I cant think of anything better than just rejoicing in the fact that you and I have been blessed to be ‘In the service of The King’
God Bless
Note : By the grace of God , He has blessed me to be bringing out all the ‘Verse for the Day’ emails as a book titled as ‘Sparks’. It will contain God willing the first 150 emails that was sent out. Nothing fancy.. just a consolidation of it so that it can be handed out to friends and family as an instrument for His glory. Will be bringing this out sometime end of April God willing. If anyone wants to order a free copy then do send me an email to sparks.ablaze@gmail.com so that I can estimate the number of copies that need to be made. God Bless
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