Day: July 13, 2022

“For the earnest expectation of the creation eagerly waits for the revealing of the sons of God……………… because the creation itself also will be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God”.

Romans 8:19-21

Because of Adam’s fall sin entered the world.Satan took the authority. So the creation is in bondages and is waiting for the deliverance from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God.
What Adam lost in his fall was the gift to Administrator or to rule; a gift which was priceless and freely given. The whole earth with its animal kingdom, vegetation,oceanic kingdom,the arena of astronomy was subjected to his authority.In sin he lost control over everything.
Adam’s sin brought loss in two levels.
When Adam lost control over the creation, the creation also suffered without a proper AdministratorCreation is still longing to come
under the ruling of the one whom God has appointed . It’s earnest anguish is expressed in the Bible.

When the earth lost its proper administrator it suffered another evil simultaneously. It was brought under a wrong administrator, satan, enemy of God and man.He made the earth his own kingdom and started ruling the earth according to his own norms.He started implementing his laws in this earthly kingdom. His laws of administration are basically

Three Fold

“stealing,killing and destroying “.(John10:10).

In the following chapters of the Bible clearly portraits how Adam is losing this authority, over the creation one by one. They systematically break away from Adam after the fall .
So there is enemity instead of harmony. The whole creation was in perfect harmony with Adam before fall.

• Lord put enemity between the seed of woman( mankind) and the seed of the serpent.
  Genesis3:15 “ And I will put enmity between you and the women, and between your seed and her seed; he shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise His heel.”
• Adam become enemy to himself, his own body,soul and spirit .He lost harmony between them. He became a slave to war going on within him.
  a. His body become enemy against his soul and spirit (Genesis 5:17)
  b. His mind is not under his control(Romans8:7)
• World become enemy to him(James4:4)

Father God help us to overcome the enemy of our body,soul and spirit.In Jesus name I pray .

AMEN

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Sr.Angelica, AOJ

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Teach me thy way, O Lord, and lead me in a plain path, because of mine enemies”. 

Psalms 27:11

             Lord delights in the one that has a teachable spirit and a humble heart. He rejoices over one that seeks first the kingdom of God and His righteousness (Mathew 6:33).

     Let us put our trust in the Lord, learning  His ways, seeking  His face and praising His name . If  God is with us, we will be like a flourishing tree planted by the river.(Psalms 1:3).

       The Bible warns us that what seems the right way to us can lead to disaster if it is against God’s will.(Proverbs14:12). If David relied on his own military skill, he would have ended in disaster. But he chose to rely on the Lord to lead him along the correct path. We need to follow David’s example.

             We can learn any subject from the experts of that field. But in order to learn how best to live, one can learn  it only  from the author of life. He does not speak to us but makes us known to His ways through His Son Jesus, through  the Word and by the Holy Spirit. We must humble ourselves and realize how broken and incomplete we are in the absence of Lord.

               The Lord teaches us to live in a blameless way. He teaches us to live fearlessly. He teaches us the secrets of powerful living. He teaches us how to overcome our enemies, our challenges by His grace. He is never done with teaching us. With other teachers, we can reach a point where we can say that we have learnt enough or we have nothing more to learn from them. But with Jesus ,our learning is life long.

                 God says that” For My thoughts are not your thoughts, nor are your ways My ways”. Isaiah 55:8

We need grace and discernment to understand His ways. Jesus is a patient teacher He waits for us to grasp and do what  He has taught us. . Words of Jesus  penetrate our hearts and transform our lives.

Prayer

           Father God please teach me your ways, and guide me along the best  path for my life; I will give you all the praise  and the glory .In Jesus name I pray.

Amen.

Sol.Gigi Jacob