Lee McDowell Christian
Ministries LMCM
Nacogdoches,
Texas Gal. 2:20 KJV
Michael’s book is
available through:
Abiding Life
Ministries International
Littleton, Colorado
(303) 972-0859 almi@abidinglife.com
Today
we celebrate the birth of our Lord Jesus Christ. 12/25/13.
Nothing stirs memories of Christmases past like the years of our
childhood, or those of our own kid’s Christmas times. Life as a kid…pretty simple. Life as a Christian…pretty simple.
DAY 258
The Birth of Simplicity
I tell you the truth: Anyone who will not
receive the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it. --Mark 10:15
Once
when we had a small Christmas party, it was my privilege to bring the devotion.
I asked God to give me a
deeper insight into the birth of His Son. A still, small voice whispered,
"It is the birth of Simplicity." It is said that every great
discovery is a simplification. The
greatest discovery ever would also be the greatest simplification. Jesus is God simplified! Jesus is
God comprehensible!
I find it interesting that evil is
difficult as it entangles man;
for instance, it takes effort and a good memory to be a liar. In contrast, good is always life reduced to
its simplest form. Truth is straightforward; one can have a bad memory
if living in truth, for a story will always be the same. Most countries where I
travel use the bargaining system; the buyer offers half the asking price and
then offers and counter-offers until he works his way up to one-third off. This
drawn-out procedure consumes many hours of valuable time and often creates bad
tempers. However, in the U. S. and Europe, there is a one-price system
introduced by the Quakers in response to the simple command of Jesus to let our yes be yes and our
no be no. He simplifies life.
Jesus
reduced life to two rules: love God and love man. This is part of the
genius of Jesus. True
beauty is revealed in the absence of additions and pretense. Jesus must
have been the most beautiful Man ever to live, for His presence was stripped of everything useless.
He spoke the word to men (Mark 2:3). What was the Word? It was one Word among
thousands. It simplified life! It was significant! He was asked thousands of
questions, answered only the significant, and answered them quickly. "Are
You the Son of God?"
"Yes."
"Are you the King of the
Jews?"
"Yes." Jesus is the simple Word, the simple answer. He
teaches simplicity in all. "Truly I say to you, whoever does not
receive the kingdom of God like a child shall not enter it at all" (Mark
10:15). Only as we live
in simplicity will we really live.
Yellow – VIP, Very Important Point Green
– IT, Incredible Truth
Red – GP, Greatest Promises
Turquoise – UR, Unfathomable Riches Pink
– PV, Priceless Victory
It’s really simple, isn’t it? The
only thing Christian about any Christian is Christ. Christ in us, our everything…our only hope. Abiding Life Ministries for years has made
life simple for thousands of Believers around the world. Michael Wells gave his all for simplicity.
·
Abide in
Christ…apart from Him we can do nothing.
·
To be Christian
is natural and everything else is unnatural.
·
Any teaching
that lands at my feet and tells me something I must do,
is not the
truth. Any teaching that lands at the
feet of Jesus and
tells me what He
will do for me is truth.
·
A lesser truth
will always give way to a greater truth; Jesus is the greatest
Truth and
will possess all other Truths in Him.
·
God does not
fight my problems, sin, the world, my failures, but God actually
uses
them.
·
There is nothing
the nearness of Christ cannot overcome.
·
In Him I find
everything else that I have looked for in vain.
·
You belong to
Jesus; you are His, and He belongs to you.
·
We are created
for the ONE, for Jesus, and Him we do not support; He
is
the ONE who supports us.
·
We must lose our
righteousness daily to be able to accept the Lord’s.
·
We are the
lesser people in this great time, the abiding people, the berries
of high
altitude, the fragrant aroma of the world.
·
If we are in
Him, we will see exactly Jesus flowing from us.
·
As we abide, His
anointing is teaching us; we actually will not need a teacher.
·
Every vine
preaches and teaches Jesus.
·
In abiding we
receive the Everything, Jesus.
·
AND THE LIST
could go on for what would seem ages & ages…
It’s really amazing, isn’t it?
All from the birth of simplicity.
Thank you, Jesus.
These days, Betty Wells is giving her all for simplicity. I think many will pray often for Betty in
2014. I think many will pray often for
ALMI in 2014. I think many will pray
often for Karla Blanton & Hannah Morrell in 2014. I think many will pray often for Tim Lester
in 2014. I think many will pray often
for all the others around the world who are taking the message of simplicity to
those whose hearts are receptive.
Thank the Lord for raising up messengers of His message: “Christ in you, the hope of glory.”
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