04 November 2012

alert and sober
not asleep as others are
in Him, overcome
-1 Thessalonians 5:6, 1 John 4:4


I am convicted this morning about my lack of watchfulness in certain areas of my life. I started reading The Blood and The Glory by Billye Brimm. She quotes from Mrs. Nuzum's book The Life of Faith:
God's remedy always accomplishes just what God says it will accomplish - overcome the enemy. But watchfulness is the price of constant victory. "Be vigilant (watch all the time) because your adversary the devil as a roaring lion walketh about, seeking whom he may devour" (1 Peter 5:8)."
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Our enemy is so set on our destruction that he never sleeps, or neglects to follow after us to destroy us. How sad that we, who have so much at stake, should be less diligent than he. A failure to watch, also gives the devil a place in us or permits him to return. "I say unto all, Watch." We are not safe from his attacks one moment, without the Blood of Jesus....

Thank God for the Blood of Jesus! Thank God for the authority He has given His body - the church - to use the Blood of Jesus and apply it to our lives.

The Blood saves!
The Blood cleanses!
The Blood protects!
The Blood heals!
The Blood restores!

The old-timers used to sing (and some of us young ones still do), "There is power, power, wonder working power in the precious Blood of the Lamb!"

Jesus Blood, shed on the cross is what gives us everything we have in Him. It's because of the blood. The areas of my life that seem more challenging are the areas that I will reap the greatest benefit when I press in, stay diligent and never quit. Daily application of the Blood is our key to victory. As Mrs. Nuzum said:
As soon as we waken in the morning we should cry for the Blood to be upon us, within us, around us and between us and all evil and the author of evil. The last thing before we sleep we should, in the same way cry for the protection of the Blood...
If you've experienced setbacks, or like me, you know there are areas where "half-hearted" or "absent-minded" would best describe your commitment level, don't give up and don't beat yourself up.Condemnation drives us away from God. Conviction draws us closer. Press in. Commit to being alert and wholehearted in every area of your Christian walk. Trust God to reveal those areas to you that need to be strengthened, if He hasn't already.

We over come through the Blood of the Lamb and the word of our testimony! (Revelation 12:11)

Consecrate: 1 Timothy 4:11-16, 1 Thessalonians 5:6-11

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