The cost of oil…….Hmmm. Now be honest! What did you think of? The current cost of crude oil or the pure Oil which is symbolic of our Holy Spirit… The Spirit of Jesus which resides in us as scripture states…..if we believe….. Men seem to control the crude oil but God gives River of Life for whoever cries for Him and thirsts. Then as He keeps His promise of out of our bellies will flow rivers of living waters as written John 7:37. Yes, we agree….. Reveal Your Son in me…..His call to come and know Him is what we hear today……
Give me grace go to all Your way. Amen!
There is a cost for having both…… But, His Oil really out weighs the cost of a barrel of crude oil…..Without Holy Spirit, (the Oil), is the cost of Eternal Life…. For as written, when we have Jesus Christ, His Spirit, we have life and the knowledge of the Holy One. When He sees us, He knows whose house we are from.
Crude oil, I find the name alone says it is from the earth. Sadly, seems to be more valued and sought after then the Spirit of Jesus Christ……..But, now we speak of much better things for our focus is on heavenly things. Right?
You are worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honor and power; for You created all things, and by Your will they exist and were created, ( Revelation 4:11).
He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation. For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and for Him.
And He is before all things, and in Him all things consist. And He is the head of the body, the church, who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, and in all things He may have preeminence.
For it pleased the Father that in Him all the fullness should dwell, and by Him to reconcile all things to Himself, by Him, whether things on earth or things in heaven, having made peace through the blood of His cross, ( Colossians 1:15-20).
So we are the church, the body of Christ, right?
I hope you said yes. You are also probably thinking, this is pretty elementary…..
Let me lay a foundation found in Christ:
He is the firstborn of all creation…
He has created all things…
Jesus Christ is the firstborn raised from the dead….
In Him all things are created and exist….
In Him all things are created through Him and for Him…..
He is the head of the church, the body of Christ……..
We are found in Him, having not our own righteousness as stated in Philippians.
Beware lest anyone cheat you through philosophy and empty deceit, according to the tradition of men, according to the basic principles of the world, and not according to Christ.
For in Him dwells the Godhead bodily; and you are complete in Him, who is the head of all principalities and power. In Him you were also circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, by putting off the body of the sins of the flesh, by the circumcision of Christ, buried with Him in baptism, in which you were raised with Him through faith in the working of God, who raised Him from the dead. And you, being dead in your trespasses and the circumcision of your flesh, He has made alive together with Him, having forgiven all your trespasses, having wiped out the handwriting of requirements that was against us, which was contrary to us. And has taken it our of the way having nailed it to the cross.
Having disarmed principalities and powers, He made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them in it. So let no one judge you in food or drink, or regarding a festival or a new moon or sabbaths, which are a shadow of things to come, but the substance is of Christ, ( Colossians 2:9- 17).
We have established a foundation of Christ Jesus as in Him all things were created…. That means you and I when were born into the world by Him….. But there is more exciting news if we dig a little deeper into His Word from Colossians.
When He died on the cross, He died with all the sins of men with Him, whether they believe or not,….because we all are dead in our trespasses or sins as stated, but the One who never knew sin….. Our bodies are alive but our spirit man to hear God, was dead. The heavens were closed to us.
So, when He died, because all who sin have died, but He did not sin, He died for us…… But when He rose from the dead, we all rose with Him….. into this new creation, The new creation is where Christ is the firstborn of those who are raised from the dead as stated in the Colossians scripture above,…. Again, the new creation is for Him, by Him and through Him and before Him so He gets the preeminence.
So there is more offered to us and even mandated, if I may be so bold, to us than just being saved.
Yes, as Jesus stated to Nicodemus, aka “Nick at night”, in chapter 3:5-8, Jesus answered, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God. That which is born of flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. Do not marvel that I said that you must be born again. The wind blows where it wishes and you hear the sound of it, but cannot tell where it comes from and where it goes. So is everyone born of the Spirit.
We believe in Jesus Christ and are saved from the death due from our sins…….. We believe that He has blown into us His breath of Life as to be born again by His Spirit. , He breathed on them, and said, receive the Holy Spirit. If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them; if you retain the sins of any, they are retained, ( John 20:21-22). We then become the children of God as written in John 1, check it out!
There is more……
Jesus answered and said to him, ‘ If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word; and My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our home with him, ( John 14:23).
I might be overloading you with scripture, but this is some part of the foundation that we stand. The Rock of Ages is where we awake upon and rest in.
If Christ Jesus is in all things that have been created…..
HE IS IN YOU AND ME as we abide in Him as His new creation.
Believe the Word of God and you shall be at rest and peace through any trial or tribulation.
He is our Prince of Peace.
He is the Finest Food or Manna we shall ever eat.
He is the Truth that we may stand through it all, and be found standing.
So rejoice in our God and Christ Jesus, the Son of the Living God, in whom we live and have our being. The Firstborn of the dead, in whom we live and breath and have our being…..
Praise Him!!!
And you, who were once dead and alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now He has reconciled in the body of His flesh through death, to present you holy, and blameless and above reproach in His sight- if indeed you continue in the faith, grounded and steadfast,
and are not moved away from the hope of the gospel which you heard, which was preached to every creature under heaven, of which I, Paul, have become a minister.
Of which I became a minister according to the stewardship from God which was given me for you, to fulfill the word of God… the mystery which has been hidden from ages and from generations but now has been revealed to His saints, to them God willed to make known what are the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.
Him we preach warning every man and teaching every man in all wisdom, that we may present every man perfect in Christ, (Colossians 1:21-23,25-28).
Beloved, this is a promise that we must by faith live and walk into the vast opportunity we have to dine on the rich Word of God. The Creator of the universe is abiding in us to help, lead and guide us through every single minute of our day and night. This promise and His presence shall not be taken lightly by those who love Him. We love Him because He first loved us….. Do give Him the preeminence that His honor and glory and riches and power deserve from those He calls His beloved..
I see the Christ in you and you see the Christ in me as we speak in psalms and hymns and richly bless the Holy One who has given us all things richly in life…. Come and make sure you know the One so then you shall know eternal life……When He speaks, all else fades away for He has become our vision and as our breath.
Beloved, think of all the ways of God’s goodness is known, meditating on Christ in you- our hope of glory. As we abide in Him, the Word of God, He abides in us…… As we meditate on Him, He grows with us. He is glorified by us when we stand on His healing, His provision, His safety, His justice, etc…… Just think, He is not way up there without us….. We are up there in Him just as much as He is on the earth in us. The more we take our place in the heavenlies in Him as written in Ephesians 1 and 2,…..the more we will learn of the value of interceding and praying as He is……The more the heavenly mindset will be manifested in our earth as it is in heaven. The glory to God in the highest is our glory as Christ is in us….. The cost of His oil is big, but He revealed His Son in me. Man, let us speak those words of truth and see how He is glorified. Then we say – we cannot but surround ourselves with Him and for Him by Him through our days for they are His anyway.
He tells us His secrets to we may see them unfold and know and trust Him more….. Do you mean business with Him? Then the Words He speaks, you shall live by and revel not that are true and manifest but He trusts you and you are truly hearing the Voice of the One who has been raised from the dead and calls you His own. YAHOO!!!!!
Don’t pass the time up- that He has given to us to be in Him completely as possible by His grace and power and never ending love.
But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, to an innumerable company angels, to the general assembly of angels, to the general assembly and church of the firstborn who are registered in heaven, to God, the Judge of all, to the spirits of just men made perfect, to Jesus the Mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling that speaks better things than that of Abel.
See that you do not refuse Him who speaks. For if they did not escape who refused Him who spoke on earth, much more shall we not escape if we turn away from Him who speaks from heaven, whose voice then shook the earth, but now He has promised, saying “ Yet once more I shake not only the earth, also heaven.” ( Hebrews 12:22-26).
He has chosen you and me to be part of His temple building in the Spirit. Now we testify of the open heaven to those who we urge to place their hope and trust in our King of glory. Praise Him!
What if this was a dream: An alligator got away from two men who were taking it away….. They had not duct taped his mouth shut…. but were holding it by their own strength…. Each one had one hand on the snout and the other around his gut. You were watching and knew this beast was going to get away from them….. As they got near their car and were planning to put this beast in the back seat and transport it….. Well, shall we say the best made plans of mice and men often go astray. Let’s just say the plans were running wild through the area as the tail swiped them both off their feet as they were trying to flip this breathing armor over…..They were hoping that he would sleep on his back, then duct tape his mouth……. This beast said not happening as you watched the men disappear as you heard the groans from the tail swipe as they fell to the hard asphalt.. Then screaming started as people saw this huge gator running loose…… Well, he came right next to you and stayed….. Yup! You did not breath or move an inch, but you heard, “stay still”…….
He then licked your cheek as you had everything in your being want to get up to run……Talk about YUCK three hundred times over!!!!! You obeyed and then this beast just walked away from you calmly. You sat there stunned……..but breathing!
I pray that Satan finds nothing in us that is tasty to his palette. Stay close to Him who holds everything in His hands….. Sit with Him when you drive. Sit with Him when you are doing laundry or cleaning. Breathe a breath inhaling Him in and exhaling out everything not of Him….. Talk to Him when you awake and before you doze off, when you brush your teeth….. When you are at your job, talk and keep talking…. Hear and keep hearing. He died to be with us in His new creation…..Beloved, we are His new creation!!
Hear Him cry, I make all things new!!.
He is there and you are never alone….. Maybe you might feel alone because you have not tuned your ears to hear. He is always speaking and answering your inquiries….. Let Him show you His plans for you for they are for Him too!….He loves you and is closer to you than your breath if you are His follower.
Listen.
Stop.
Receive His Word.
Write it down.
Watch and keep watching.
See the glory of God within you coming through as you are now a mosiac with others being built by the Holy One for Holy habitation. We are found complete in Him.
Only God.
Only His Love.
Only Jesus Christ.
Only His Spirit……. could be this magnificent! He is the One True Living God and He has called us to His side as His bride…. Join Him now while you can…..Someday the tide will stop and the sun will fade. His grace will cease so come now and get used to sitting at His feet.
May we always call others to Your banquet for there is always room and their seat is empty. We need them. May we bring our family to Your table that are struggling in chaos and call them refreshed in Your presence. Peace – Father, make their way Yours and no harm come to them. Reveal Your self to them today….Reveal Your Son in them to them today! Give us the mind of Christ…. So we may see things as You perceive them and fulfill the plans You have made. They need You as we do and cry out…. Thank You for hearing us and filling Your Body of Christ on the earth as it is in heaven….
All our days we shall praise and exalt You!
Thank You for hearing our prayers for others and making a great way for them……
In the midst of chaos may they hear and receive Your love and care through Your body…..
Reveal to them the hidden plans for them that You have stored for such a time as this.
Thank You, Lord.
We love You and trust You!
We will keep our watch!
Selah!
