Daily Bread – July 31, 2024 (The Fourth Day – Genesis 1:14-19) 1 Peter 2:2 – As newborn babes, long for the genuine milk of the Word that you may grow by it. Determined To Grow Many stand by and want God to work a miracle, not realizing this work has been entrusted to the Church (1 Corinthians 12:28; Acts 1:8; 4:33, 6:8, 19:11; Ephesians 1:17-23). We must lay hold of the authority to do these works and greater works (John 14:12). A little bit of anointing is not enough. We must increase more and more until the fullness of Jesus is revealed. I watch as so many become discouraged because a prayer they prayed was not answered, or a miracle they believed for was not accomplished. Instead, each one of us should be determined to lay hold of the things God has made available. How can we believe, and then back down from our pursuit of all the fullness of God that has been poured out through the Holy Ghost? Did we do that in school when our efforts returned a poor grade? No, we kicked in and stepped up to a greater commitment to understand and do the things required. If we will make the Word of Life our reason for living, and not back down from the things which God has said, we will mature into everything He describes. We must not alter the Word, or we will only have those things which we have made up instead of the full maturity of the sons of God that Christ Jesus purchased for us at Calvary (Romans 8:29; Galatians 4:7; Ephesians 4:13). Blessings, Pastor Mark Spitsbergen
Daily Bread 7/31/2024
