Daily Bread – September 28, 2024 (The Seventh Day – Genesis 2:1-3) Ephesians 5:1 – Be then imitators of God as loving children. Delighting To Do God’s Will Being self-willed must have no place in our lives. Jesus taught us to deny ourselves, and instead do only those things the Father shows us to do (John 5:19, 5:30, 8:28, 54, 12:49, 15:5; Mark 8:34). Recognizing yourself is a challenging thing, but the Holy Spirit instructs us using both the contrast of our lives to Jesus and the beauty of what He reveals to us about the nature of God. If we are going to flow in the rivers of His Spirit, then we must not flow with the things of ourselves. When it is our delight to do His will as the servants of the Lord, being self-willed becomes that much more apparent to us. Living for ourselves and after the strong impulses of what we think and perceive opposes our growth and blessings in God. We can cry out all day long for more anointing and more of this or that, but nothing will change until we are willing to do things God’s way. God is faithfully committed to our spiritual maturity, but we must cooperate. If we walk in the love and humility of the Holy Spirit, we will be thrilled with the glory and goodness of God’s divine order. We will gladly imitate God and all of His divine behavior, and follow those who follow Jesus and flow in the Holy Ghost (1 Corinthians 4:16, 11:1; Philippians 3:17; 1 Thessalonians 1:6; 2 Thessalonians 3:7, 9; Hebrews 13:7, 17; 1 Peter 5:5). As we walk with God, we will develop an insatiable appetite for more of Heaven! Blessings, Pastor Mark Spitsbergen
Daily Bread 9/28/2024
