Beats From Your Pastor’s Heart

Colossians 2:11-12, “Putting off the body of the sins of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ:  Buried with him in baptism, wherein also ye are risen with him through the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised him from the dead.”

In spending time with the Lord we must put ourselves aside.

We have to say, “Lord, I put myself aside–all my distractions, all my fears, all my anxieties, all my condemnation, all my preoccupation with myself. Lord, I come to You and put myself aside.”

This is the practical significance of baptism and of praying.

And in spending time with the Lord, this is an important factor.

We have to learn to put aside the intruding thoughts that pop into our mind, such as, “I do not know how to spend time with the Lord. I have failed in the past. I do not think this is going to work for me.”

These kinds of thoughts must be put aside.

Every distracting thought that enters into our mind must be put aside.

During the initial period of spending time with the Lord, it is good to take a little time just to put yourself aside in every dimension–put aside your feelings of failure, put aside your natural life, put aside your environment, put aside your present dealings, put aside what you think the Lord is speaking to you.

Many times we imagine the Lord is saying something and doing something.

Yet, it may not be Him at all.

It may be our own thought.

It is much better to remain in the principle of baptism.

It is much better to bury everything, that is, to put aside our natural life, our religious life, and even our spiritual life.

Just bury it.

Absolutely put ourself aside.

Tell Him, “Lord, I really do not know You that well.

I know the doctrines of Christianity, I know many things about You, and I know what I am supposed to be.

But Lord, I want to get to know You.

So Lord, I put myself aside.”

Until Tomorrow

With A Shepherd’s Love,

Pastor Jackson

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