A STEP FURTHER
Memorise: But ye are come
unto mount Sion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem,
and to an innumerable company of angels, Hebrews
12:22
Our redemption in Christ has brought us into the
presence of God. The general experience for all believers is where many people
still dwell many years after their salvation experience; this ought not to be
so. Paul maintained an upward spiritual journey by not resting on his oars. He
was not satisfied with any spiritual level he attained. This is not to say that
he was not grateful to God at each point of his spiritual journey. In Christ,
there is only a starting point but there is no end to spiritual growth because
the Lord is infinite in all things (2 Corinthians 3:18). The outstanding carriers
of His glory are those who kept going further and further in Him. For some of
them, they encountered many miracles, while some others were special
instruments for working great miracles. They encountered opposition from those
outside the kingdom and even from God’s people. They had peculiar difficulties
and weaknesses, but they broke through all barriers to become outstanding
carriers of His glory.
To begin your journey into the uncommon realms of
God’s glorious presence, you must study some of the secrets of the works of
faith (2 Timothy 2:15). The glorious presence of the Lord brought John into
another level of a surrendered life. In an attitude of worship, John fell at
the feet of Jesus, meaning he retained no opinion of his own anymore
(Revelation 1:17). Some Christians would stop at this level if they had John’s
kind of encounter. But in the presence of God, there is more ground of glory to
encounter and cover.
“Brethren, I count not myself
to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are
behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, I press towards the mark for the prize of the
high calling of God in Christ Jesus. Let us therefore, as many as be perfect,
be thus minded: and if in any thing ye be otherwise minded, God shall reveal
even this unto you.”
Philippians 3:13-15
The spiritual life is like a journey. You may look
back and feel satisfied that you have covered much ground, but there is more
room above. By comparing themselves with one another, many Christian workers
and ministers come short of the fullness of God’s glory. If you feel like a
champion among spiritually stagnant believers, you are already stagnant too.
Also, feeling stratified among lukewarm Christian workers is evidence that you
are lukewarm as well.
Key point
You must go further and
further until you become outstanding.
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