Like Eagles

Jesus said: "Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest." (Matthew 11:28). In him we find rest. Like eagles rest and wait for the current, so we wait for the move of the Holy Spirit. As soon as the wind comes, eagles jump of the cliff and surf on the current. We wait on the move of the Spirit and when he comes, we enjoy the fly. No labor, no burdens, no problems. We let go and let Jesus to carry us on.

But those who wait on the LORD
Shall renew their strength;
They shall mount up with wings like eagles,
They shall run and not be weary,
They shall walk and not faint.
(Isaiah 40:31)

The Perfect Giver

I remember the vision I had, when Jesus came to me and took my right hand. He looked at me with so much love, that it is hard to express in words. I hear a lot: "Jesus demands...", "God wants from you...", "You have to obey him and fulfill your call...", but when I look at Jesus, he wants only one thing. Jesus wants to give. He said: "It is more blessed to give than to receive." (Acts 20:35)

Jesus is a perfect giver. 2000 years ago he gave his life that we can have eternal life. Today he wants to give us not just material things, healing, happiness, but very precious thing - his Father's Kingdom. "But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well." (Matthew 6:33). "Ask and it will be given to you..." (Matthew 7:7)

Relationship with Saviour

There is much been said about Christianity as a religion. Salvation, Evangelism, Bible, Church, Praying, Doing good, etc. Those things make no difference between Christianity and other world religions. What makes Christianity different is relationship. Jesus Christ gave us his Spirit that we will have personal relationship with him. He is knocking to our door and wants to be our best friend. Friend, who does not judge us for what we do, but loves us for who we are. He laid down his life, that we will be righteous in the eyes of our Heavenly Father.

We don't need to try to be good anymore to please our God as religions teach us. We just need to have friendship with our Saviour and that frienship will transform us. His love and his Spirit makes us new creation.

Justified by Faith

Many would agree that there is a little controversy between Paul's justification by faith only (Romans 4) and James justification by faith and works (James 2). Personally I was kind of confused and I couldn't understand how those two statements work together, until I got revelation from the Lord.

The key is famous faith statement in Hebrews 11:1: “Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see.” In other words this verse saying that Faith it is when we are waiting (hope) for something to happen and we 100% sure and certain that this will happen, even we don't see it now. Faith is not just believing in unseen, it is a hope, good hope and assurance that God's promise for our live is going to happen.

Our forefather Abraham is not just believed in existence of God, but he believed in God's promise. God promised Abraham that his offspring will be like stars in heaven. "Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteous" (Genesis 15:6). That's why later in his life this kind of faith produced good works: Abraham sacrificed his son Isaac.

If we believe that God is one, we are not justified by this kind of faith, but if believe in God's promise for our life and we have faith of Hebrews 11:1 then later on in our life this faith will produce good works.

God, Saviour and Friend

We hear a lot that Jesus Christ is God-Son, Saviour, King, Lord, but I don't hear about Jesus as a friend. In John 15 He said to his disciples: "I'm your friend!". I believe that if people will know that their God is not just God Almighty, but he is their friend it would transform their lives. We have earthly friends, to whom we like to talk and like to share our expiriences. How much more is Jesus. He called us friends, because he shared everything that Father told him. He is the best friend, because he laid down his life for me and you. Jesus said: "Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends." Who want to have a friend like this?