Last week’s teaching by Pastor Scott Davidson was about giving all you can for Jesus Christ. I don’t know how to get that across to those who feel that entertainment, things, the world around them is more important than giving all you can to someone who gave His Life for you. And not just thinking that He was just another that gave His Life. But, that He created everything that was used to take that Life. He created all the creatures that caused His Life to be taken. Sin is an offspring of those He created. It was not something He had hoped would exist. But it does because those He created wished it so. So, it exists and if we want an honest, close relationship with our Creator, who made us and everything for us, then we are going to have to remove or kill the sin in our lives so that we can see through the clutter and understand finally that we are His, and not our own. When we think that we belong to ourselves, we are blinded to the fact that this is not our environment, not our planet, not our universe, not our creation.

Recently, there are those who are trying to rewrite history to the point where they will show that man created everything. Oh, my, how far from Him we have fallen.  Our worst enemy is not satan. What? Isn’t he the one that misleads us. Cons us. Tempts us. Trips us. Causes us to sin?

No. Satan hides the fact that our worst enemy is, in fact, OURSELVES! Our whole society is geared to ME. We paint ourselves with little signs that say “look at me”. We dress ourselves so that people will admire ME. We drive the latest models so that everyone will see ME. Everything around us must be neat and tidy so that we won’t get lost and people will see ME.

Satan merely appeals to our VANITY. And, boy, are we VAIN. If we can’t have the perfect body, so everyone will be attracted to ME, we dream of having it, through the worship of movie stars, etc., or we have it sculpted, if we can afford to, or make our problem so critical that we have it sculpted through emergency so our insurance will pay for it.

All the while we are playing with something that does not belong to us. We did not create ourselves, but were created. Therefore who gave us the right to treat ourselves and our lives as though we own them?

Galatians 5:24  Those who belong to Christ have crucified the flesh with its passions and lusts.

If we truly belong to Christ, we see a falling away of the longings to make ourselves the center of our lives. We no longer concentrate on how different we are from others, but more about how we can be of use to the one who gave all.

1 John 2:19  They went out from us, but they didn't belong to us; for if they had belonged to us, they would have continued with us. But they left, that they might be revealed that none of them belong to us.

Sadly, there are those who do not understand what it means to totally surrender to Him. Those only catch the part about being saved but, continue to live as if nothing has happened. When this happens they put themselves above Christ much the way satan put himself above God.

The center of attention should shift when we give ourselves completely to Him. No long have we worries as we can give them to Him. No longer have we fear as we now revere Him. In so doing we can be strong through Him.

When one becomes one with Christ, one begins to think like Him, and live like Him. Peacefully. More and more distain grows from disharmony, and grief. Strife becomes a thing of the past as we slowly stop, “bucking against the pricks”. Turn around, they are gone!

Our relationship with Christ can be one of joy and companionship unlike any other relationship on earth. And it does not end here. It is the “and they lived happily EVER AFTER relationship you hear about as a child. Children believe in ever after. Adults lose that concept as they view the death of the body of a loved one or friend.

As Pastor Scott says, “It is not what you see…” Reality is not always just what you see. But, it can be something so much more wonderful. Truth is in Jesus Christ and we all can be a part of it.

We have to realize that whatever it is, it belongs to God. And that includes what ever we do. Therefore we need to give it all we can.

Pastor Scott’s podcasts are becoming more and more important in showing how to be an ambassador for Christ. Pastor Scott’s podcasts can be heard on Soul Winner Radio, http://www.melcena.com/swr and downloaded on Pastor Scott’s page on the station website and on iTunes. God bless.