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2/09/23 Insane Rebellion

Let’s see. The God of the universe invites the first man and woman into His presence. He vows to take care of all their needs, have intimate communication with them, and promises to be their loving Father. He further allows them to live in a paradise beyond beautiful with Him. To all of this, they respond with the ultimate act of insanity. In essence, they say no!

God offers Himself to them. Granted, there is a condition involved; but they choose to rebel. It is the epitome of reprobate thinking. How could any thinking human being turn down an offer from a sovereign God to be their Friend - a most powerful, loyal, all-providing Friend in the truest sense of the word?

Man of God, you have been given the same offer. Because of the work of the cross of Jesus Christ, the glorious intimacy offered in the Garden of Eden has been restored. It has been made available to anyone who desires to have it. You, as a husband and father, have intimate access to the most amazing God for help with your every desire, want, and need. You have been given access to His throne room to sit at His feet and hear the desires of His heart for you. Is it not the same kind of reprobate thinking, the same kind of insanity that Adam and Eve displayed, when you reject His offer?

Let’s talk more!

Jim Corbett

2/08/23 Designed to Trust

“Whenever you move out from your comfort zone, I am always there to meet you. You must know that when you move from that place, you are functioning as I have planned for you to function. It is when you have need of Me. When you remain in familiar, comfortable places, most of what you do is in your own strength, wisdom, and power. In essence, you are independent of Me. That is opposed to everything that I have taught you and why I have formed you. You are designed to trust Me for your every breath, word, and action. Step into the fullness of needing Me desperately. Never be afraid to trust Me for your next anything. I will be there. I will show you what to do and make a way for it to be done.”

John 5:19-20 NIV

19) Jesus gave them this answer: I tell you the truth, the Son can do nothing by himself; he can do only what he sees his Father doing, because whatever the Father does the Son also does.

20) For the Father loves the Son and shows him all he does

Ephesians 1:17-19a NIV

17) I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation, so that you may know him better.

18) I pray also that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints

19a) and his incomparably great power for us who believe…

There is nothing as amazing as our Father God creating situations and modifying circumstances right before your eyes when you need Him most. So many times He uses natural means to provide. He may bring the right person, possibly waking him or her in the middle of the night in answer to the need of one of His trusted soldiers. Often food shows up, money comes, words that minister pour forth supernaturally, and so on.

Every so often, however, He simply provides in His supernatural way. These times are something that can never be taken from you, and more than likely occur when we have stepped from our comfort zones.

I remember one of the times I was waiting on Him for food. There was little to be had anywhere in the cupboards and several very Christ-like guests came unexpectedly. One of the few provisions was the last flakes of a box of instant mashed potatoes. We made what there was, knowing there was not enough for everyone to have their fill; but each could have a very small taste.

We asked our Father to bless the small amount and began to pass the bowl around. To our amazement, each person took some and placed it on their plate, but the amount in the bowl did not decrease. We even passed the bowl around again and again and had some left over when we were finished. Honest!

I remember us trying futilely to see how He multiplied the potatoes. We couldn’t. What an amazing God who meets us in our need. Sometimes He even has fun with us, just to encourage us to step out the next time.

Remind me of the wonder of Your love more often, Father,

Jim Corbett

2/08/23 Is It Joy?

Any task we are given can either be a work of love or considered just one more thing we have to do. When our lives are full - meaning that we are consumed with the business of life - one more thing added to it seems monumental. Going deeper with the Lord can be like that to someone who sees his relationship with the Lord as something other than one of love.

Being in ministry for over thirty years, I’ve found one common thread when dealing with people. Life is so in their faces that they see no way to add anything to it, even something as important as taking the time to build an intimate relationship with God. Most people have “fit Him in” somewhere between their job responsibilities and their recreational activities.

The intimate relationship with Father God has been won for us by the death of Jesus. It is the most wondrous privilege anyone can have. It invokes overwhelming joy in anyone who understands what it really means to know God and allow Him to cover his or her life completely.

If your relationship with Jesus is not the joyous center of your life, you are missing more than you know. If intimate time with your Father God in His throne room at his feet is not the reason you live, you have been blinded by the worthless sirens of this world. If you have no real joy in what it means to be a blood-bought child of God and all it entails, you are on a dead, fruitless road in life, a road opposite the one intended for you. Today your Father is calling you to reprioritize your life. He is asking you to find the joy of knowing and serving Jesus. It is a call of love! Will you answer?

Let’s talk more!

Jim Corbett

2/07/23 A Completed Work

“If you love My Son, I call you perfect. You have gone from being separated from Me to Me calling you My friend and My child. I have longed for these days since the very beginning. I have planned for them, so that I will have My people to share the wonders of My heart. Never think that you are the same as those who are still outside of My choices for them. Never see yourself as unacceptable in My eyes just because you don’t act perfectly. I am simply not through refining your motives and purifying your heart. It will happen. I will complete My promised work in you.

"For now, look past who you are now and understand that I welcome you in My arms every time that you come to Me. Jesus has done that for you. To Me, you are perfect.”

Romans 8:17 NIV

Now if we are children, then we are heirs—heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ…

2 Cor. 3:18 AMP

And all of us, as with unveiled face, [because we] continued to behold [in the Word of God] as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are constantly being transfigured into His very own image in ever increasing splendor and from one degree of glory to another; [for this comes] from the Lord [Who is] the Spirit.

2 Cor. 5:17 AMP

Therefore if any person is [ingrafted] in Christ, (the Messiah) he is a new creation (a new creature altogether); the old [previous moral and spiritual condition] has passed away. Behold, the fresh and new has come!

Hebrews 10:14 NIV

…because by one sacrifice he has made perfect forever those who are being made holy.

Throughout our very ordinary days, you and I are shown how imperfect our lives are and how little we resemble the life of Jesus. From God’s perspective, however, we are seen as perfect because of our acceptance of the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus. Because we have submitted to His Lordship over our lives, an astounding thing has happened. We have been spiritually changed. We are no longer outside the family of God. We are now called His children, His greatly loved children.

The next time you are blinded to what Jesus has done for you and in you, remember how your Father in heaven sees you. He sees you as perfect and on your way to living perfectly by the power of the cross and the continued work of the Holy Spirit.

Thanking You just doesn’t seem like enough, Lord,

Jim Corbett

2/07/23 For One Another

Is your family for one another? I don’t mean, do they tolerate one another; I mean, are they interested in protecting the interests of the other before their own interests? Are you an example of being for your wife? Is she safe in the understanding that you will make decisions concerning her for her best interests rather than your own?

It’s mandatory in God’s eyes concerning marriage, you know! Ephesians states that you are to love your wife just as Christ loves the church. He gave up His own interests - even His life - for the church. You are to do the same for your wife.

Whether you know it or not, your children are watching how you behave with your wife. They understand your selfish, self-interested behavior, and do the same toward you and the other members of your family. They learn a self-serving spirit from you. They learn to look out for themselves first, just as you do.

On the other hand, if you serve everyone - looking out for their best interests before yours, especially your wife - you fall in line with the heart of God. His power then reigns over your family. His life is given to those who act selflessly toward others. It is the pattern Jesus set, so He honors it.

If you want your family to be healed, lay down your self-serving life and determine to serve your wife and your children with a Christ-like attitude. Become for them rather than for your own interests. It may take a while to turn the selfish tide you’ve set, but as you continue to show your children the life of Jesus through your actions, they will begin to turn their hearts also. Become for those around you, and watch the life of Jesus weave His love to all concerned.

Let’s talk more!

Jim Corbett

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