Think Spot

2nd July 2012

G'day! Welcome to Partakers Think Spot at the start of new week on Monday the 2nd of July 2012.

My daughter at college this afternoon had a moment she will treasure for the rest of her life. She shook hands with Royalty. I will explain. The Prince of Wales, Prince Charles was visiting her college to open a new sports hall. My daughter stood at a rail specially erected for the Princes safety. and when he came along towards her she put her hand out, he took it, shook it and at the same time she asked a question ? May I marry your son? He smilingly replied "I will talk to him about it." This made all my family smile.

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This was quite remarkable as only last Sunday night I had been preaching in our local Baptist church on the subject of amazing Grace. One of my illustrations about this amazing grace was that in Romans 5 we read, "Having been justified through faith we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. Through whom we have access into this grace wherein we stand.” Having looked up the Greek word for access I was shown two word pictures to illustrate its meaning. The first was a seafaring term. The second was as if you had received a ticket, a free invitation into the very presence of royalty!

You might well be asked, “What would you like that royal person to do for you?” The hymn writer wrote "You are coming to a king, large petitions with you bring. you can never ask too much...” We have gained access into God's presence through our Lord Jesus Christ and we have all things in Jesus Christ. Solomon was asked by God what he desired. Very wisely he asked for wisdom to rule God's people. The Lord was so impressed by that request He decided to give Solomon far more than he could ever have dreamed of.

Esther also had to go into the King's presence on an urgent matter on behalf of her fellow Jews requesting their safety from an evil man called Haaman one of the kings officers. She would only be allowed to enter his royal highnesses presence if her held out his silver scepter to her. She asked for fervent prayer and fasting to be made by her countrymen and as a result when she approached the royal throne he did hold out the silver scepter. More-so he granted her request and spared the suffering of the Jews and had Haaman put to death for his cruelty.

May I suggest we seek a much closer walk with our wonderful God and realize He is far more swilling to give than we are to believe to receive from Him. Because we are now in relationship with both Jesus Christ and our Heavenly Father we are family and we may ask that we may receive, seek that we may find and knock that we may enter there is no barrier other than sin to prevent us entering His Holy Presence. May God enable us to see more of His wonderful grace and He see more of Himself reflected in us that we may glorify Him and He be glorified in us.

Joys Prayer.

Gracious God and loving Heavenly Father, you are an amazing God and you can incredibly surprise us. At such times that we cannot help ourselves but to praise and delight in you. you are an awesome God and we worship you. We have to admit to ourselves that we are sometimes guilty of taking you for granted unconscious of our 24/7 relationship with you. We perhaps do not come as close as we aught into your Presence because of sin affecting our fellowship with you.

Oh Lord forgive us and help us to see how foolish we are to neglect such amazing grace and the deeper fellowship that is possible with you and the chance to see you working from much closer at hand as we give ourselves more fully into your service and forgetting ourselves and what we desire.

When we start the day with you, fully trusting ourselves to you anything can happen. We may be permitted to see a greater glimpse of your glory as you work in and through our witness for you. Thank you Lord for alerting this to us today, as we have been considering the wonderful fellowship that is possible for us to enter into, as you hold out the amazing sceptre of grace in Jesus Christ for us to receive, because you love us so much. Thank you Lord we commit this day into Your hands and expect to see something more of your amazing grace working in us for your glory. We want to shine before others that they may see you in us and that they might get to know you for themselves.

In Jesus name, Amen

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