It Elevates Everything!

(Luke 13:20) (ESV) And again he said, “To what shall I compare the kingdom of God?  It is like leaven that a woman took and hid in three measures of flour, until it was all leavened.”  –This tells us that we can apply the Word of God, and His ways, to any area of our lives, and thereby elevate our lives. 

I’ve spoken many times about how God broke off the yoke of cigarettes from me.  I’ve talked about learning to rebuke those unclean spirits. I praised the LORD/Lord after He brought me through when my  lungs crashed.  I’ve also talked about how God helped me to overcome depression, and to regain the discipline and order in my life, and restored my peace.  There is no area of life that God cannot touch and elevate. Knowing the LORD/Lord created curiosity in me about so many things.  He fosters interests and desires in us. (Psalm 36:9) (Psalm 37:4) That’s why Jesus tells us to seek first His kingdom; that’s wherein the peace, power, and progress are to be found. 

Zacchaeus is a great example of how the love of God can change your heart.  Jesus acknowledged his presence in that tree, and Zacchaeus immediately pledged to amend his ways.  And, he did it joyfully.  (Luke 19)  (Psalm 119:59-60) 

(Jeremiah 30:17)  For I will restore health to you, and your wounds I will heal,
declares the LORD, because they have called you an outcast:  ‘It is Zion, for whom no one cares!’  – Wounds will keep us from functioning properly.  A wounded leg won’t carry you as well or as far as a healthy one.  A wounded heart has a hard time, first of all, trusting God or anyone else.  When we can’t trust the One who can help and heal us, we have a tendency to take a lackadaisical attitude toward our recovery.  As long as we hold on to that attitude and the distrust, we’ll more often than not, do things haphazardly.  Today I’m gung ho to stay on target.  Tomorrow I may skip it all together because, “who cares, really; right?”  We have to stay disciplined and diligent.  (Hebrews 6:11-12) Tells us to show diligence to the very end in order to make our hope sure.  Paul is talking to the church about ministry; but this holds true in every endeavor. Only when we take that attitude and stand firmly on it, will we see our understanding expand, our growth begin to manifest, and our progress begin to happen.  (Hebrews 12:12-13) (Proverbs 4) 

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Copyright by Marina Morrison (aka) Eden Stillwater, October 3, 2022, 11:07 a.m.