“Then they said, ‘What are we to do, that we may [habitually] be working the works of God? [What are we to do to carry out what God requires?]’” Jn 6:28 Amp
BELIEVE/CLEAVE/TRUST/ RELY ON/HAVE FAITH
Have Active Dependence
“Am I walking in the Spirit? Or according to the flesh? Am I pleasing God?”
These are some of the questions that disturb believers… that cause uncertainty for us. But there is a place to set our focus. There is a way to arrange ourselves that leads to fruitfulness as a believer. Let’s explore this a bit.
CHOOSING – YOUR ACTIVE CHOICE IS IMPORTANT!
All the way back in Deut 30:19, the Lord tells His people … “…I have set before you life and death, the blessings and the curses; therefore choose life, that you and your descendents may live.” The Lord never takes away our choice. He is always desiring us to engage, to connect, to choose. His preference is for it to be life and blessings – synonymous with Him of course. He is life! All life proceeds from Him!
The answer given to the question above in John 6:28 is thus answered in John 6:29: “…This is the work (service) God asks of you: that you believe in the One Whom He has sent [that you cleave to, trust, rely on, and have faith in His Messenger].” The Messenger of course is Jesus. When we actively depend on Him – we are also depending on His Spirit. It is as simple as that.
Galatians 3 provokes an exploration of this issue even further – but let me pinpoint it all with Gal 3:5. “Then does He Who supplies you with His marvelous [Holy] Spirit and works powerfully and miraculously among you do so on [the grounds of your doing] what the Law demands, or because of your believing in and adhering to and trusting in and relying on the message that you heard?” Essentially, does the Holy Spirit work because of our reliance on our own ability to meet some religious standard or on us relying in faith on the Messenger – Jesus Christ? Choice is involved here – it is one which either leads to life and blessing, or death and curses. Which way will I rely? What am I setting my hope upon? Do I think I am saved because of what I can do and because of trusting in a legal guide as my source? Or do I trust in the gospel message I heard which testifies of God’s Messenger, Jesus, and I put my faith in Him?
One more point about the importance of your active choice – your active dependence. Song of Solomon 8:6 is one of my favored poetic Scriptures. It says: “Set me like a seal upon your heart, like a seal upon your arm; for love is as strong as death, jealousy is as hard and cruel as Sheol (the place of the dead). Its flashes are the flashes of fire, a most vehement flame [the very flame of the Lord]!”
While the Lord will not divest you of you choices – He does desire most vehemently that you choose Him! Even to the contest between love and death, Him or eternal damnation – He lets you choose. If you choose Him, you have also chosen love and life! And that is why love is as strong as death – so that you must choose – one or the other. Only in your choosing can you avoid the other.
What is the work that God requires of you? Desires you to do? Believe in the One Whom He has sent. Cleave, trust, and rely on Him. It is because of your believing in this way that the Holy Spirit works powerfully in you – because you trust the message and the Messenger!
This is the way you know you are in the Spirit and walking by the Spirit … by where you are continually choosing to set your trust. Now – set Him as a seal upon your heart, and on your arm – He is your best defense and much much more!
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