Friday, November 28, 2008

Manifesting destiny

"I have manifested Your name to the men whom you gave me out of the world..." John 17:6. "...but you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be My witnesses both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and even to the remotest part of the earth." Acts 1:8 (New American Standard Bible). Our destiny is the manifesting of the name of Jesus Christ across the street and around the world, wherever we find ourselves and in every situaton of life. Even as Jesus' mission was to make the Father known (this is the salvation found in His seeking and saving the lost) i.e. this is eternal life - to know the Father and His Son Jesus Christ (through the Holy Spirit's activity). It's not the Pharisees kind of knowing, that is, knowing the principles by memory, but never really identifying with them through total embracement of them in every aspect of daily life; but, the knowing by becoming one with the one who is known. People will see Jesus in us because we have been drawn to Him and where He is we are or are becoming. We manifest His name when we act in His Spirit, true to His Word, motivated by His motivation - Love of the Father, the neighbor, and the Way Followers. (We are to love one another as He loved us - laying down our lives for one another, becoming one in Him so the world may know He is the sent one from the Father, one together with the Father and the Son.). Manifesting the name of Jesus so that others will be drawn to Him, be with Him, be one with Him, know Him.