Hosanna Restoration Church

This is certainly a tall order that is given to us by the Holy Spirit. It is an order that should keep us all pretty humble, if we consider just how often we fail to follow it. We might say that we don’t know for sure what God wants, but we really do have a pretty good idea. After all, He breathed His spirit into us to give us life, and He sent His Son to show us Himself. On top of that, He sent the Holy Spirit to lead us into all truth. So the truth is, we can follow God’s example in everything if we want to.

It is also the truth, that we never will have it all perfect until that day when we see Him face to face. Still, we are challenged to keep on improving. Again we see that we must realize our need for improvement. Then we must desire to improve, and be willing to do whatever it takes to accomplish it. We should rejoice in the fact that God has given us all we need in order to accomplish His will.

As I considered this, it occurred to me that as we follow Jesus and His teachings, we see Him knowing what people are thinking and ministering to them at their point of need. What we do not see, is what Jesus was thinking. We do not get a glimpse of how He was tempted, or how He handled temptation when it came. Except of course we know that He answered the devil in the wilderness with the Word of God. Of course that is ultimately how we must handle temptation as well. So yes we know exactly what the final step was for Jesus, but we also have to assume that He had lots of other thoughts that tried to cloud His judgment just like we do. Yet He was without sin. Now there is something to shoot for.

Actually, I think we all have to admit that it is not so difficult to follow God and His will when we really want to. His yoke is easy and His burden is light. That is really what we are all looking for in life. An easier way without all the burdens that the world has to offer. Strangely enough, we are all slow to cast our cares on Him and simply do things the way He wants.

We all have areas in our lives, where it is easier for us to follow. We also all have areas where we find it more difficult to Follow God’s example. So then what do we do? Well, God gave us each gifts. So then where we are more able, we are called to help others to overcome, and in the same way, there is another who is able to help us.

There is no greater love than the kind that causes us to lay down our lives to help a friend. This is the kind of Love that God has given us through the Holy Spirit. The key is to apply it. There is no formula that will make it easier than to simply follow God’s example. That takes desire. Because you see, it was God’s desire for fellowship with us that caused Him to give His life, in the person of His Son, in order that we might have life. He now asks us to give life and be light as well. I think that is only reasonable.