Daily Huddle - Sun Aug 25, 2019 Full Understanding

Love you all, praying for you!
 
God showing me something recently.  Philemon 1:6 – I pray that you would be active in sharing your faith, so that you will have a full understanding of every good thing we have in Christ.  Your love has given me great joy and encouragement, because you brother, have refreshed the hearts of the saints.  For years I’ve told you, “Don’t just pray for the thing, pray for the thing that brings the thing.”  And sometimes the most surprising things – bring the thing.  What one wouldn’t expect.  Sharing your faith brings full understanding.  So what is sharing your faith?  God gives good things in Christ.  Everything God gives in Christ is good.  And every good thing God gives is in Christ!  (In Him we live and move and have our being).  But good must be understood.  What good is good that you don’t understand?  If you have understood a few good things, God wants you to understand every good thing He has given you in Christ.  Not every struggle we will face, because in this world there are troubles, but He has overcome them all.  He wants us to understand every good thing that we have in Christ.   What brings this understanding?  Sharing your faith.  How do you share your faith?  First – what is faith?  Faith is trusting God enough to do what He says.  Starting with, “Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and you will be saved.” Then faith is trusting God enough to do what He told you to do.  Praying that PiVAT before dinner is your lifelong habit – it helps you hear God’s plan for you for tomorrow.  That’s how you walk in the good that He has for you.  So what is God saying here?  Be active in sharing your faith.  How do you do that?  You share your obedience.  Sharing what God did, as you are simply obeying.  Sometimes yes, it is sharing with others the simple gospel of Jesus.  Admit you’re a sinner, Believe that Jesus died in your place for your sin, and Commit your life to Him (Let Him run the show) – and you will be saved.   But actively sharing your faith – starts with just sharing what He’s done for you, even if you’re not sharing the full plan of salvation every time.  Each time you obey – He will bring a blessing.  Someone said, “They can argue with your theology, but they can’t argue with your testimony.”  So give your testimony of what God did when you just obeyed.  James made this clear…  Abraham’s faith was counted to him as righteousness – but what proved the faith?  James 2:21-22 - Was not our father Abraham considered righteous for what he did when he offered his son Isaac on the altar?  You see that his faith and his actions were working together, and his faith was made complete by what he did.”   So if you share what God did, when you did what you did…  that’s faith in action.  Sharing the testimony of HIM is sharing your faith.  And God says – Philemon 1:6 – be active in sharing this – so you will have a full understanding of every good thing we have in Christ.  Praying that PiVAT before dinner will have you obeying, that PRISM will transform your mind, and that your Daily Call – will give you that daily opportunity to share your faith!  What God did, when you did.  He was the One who told you to do it in the first place – so you could obey, so He could bless you and take you to the next thing.  There’s no life as exciting as that one!   Praying that you will always have a Daily Call – so you can actively share your faith – so you can fully understand and walk in the good that He has for you.   That next verse was interesting. Paul heard about it.  Not only were they sharing their faith (and growing in their understanding of every good thing they had in Christ) – they were refreshing the hearts of others - and encouraging Paul in the process.  Testimony has legs.  Every time you share it goes even beyond you and the hearer.   Praying that your Daily Call every morning is just the first time… that sharing your faith, the testimony Jesus in your life, becomes as natural as breathing.  You’ll come to the full understanding of the Good that He has for you!
 
Love you all,
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