8659	Forums / Theology Forum / Contempative Meditation	on: August 09, 2006, 06:17:51 AM
We are so tied to Christ that unless we identify with Him and see His life as our life we will be most miserable. Just being with the Great Shepperd is enough to have a revived soul. When we go to Him in prayer we are so revived that we feel like rejoicing all day long. We feel the soft tunes of heavenly music. We hear millions and millions of people singing hymns as if they were standing around the throne of God all in unison and we feel to the deepest part of our innermost being waves of the Spirits sweetness come over our souls. We are so revived that we want nothing but Him. We are so enraptured in Him that all the joys on this earth we receive from things and people can not compare with the Spirits infusions of revival. We sense His presence swallow up all the earthly noise so that we long for heaven, weep on the inside for this state of joy and envision Him enrapturing us beyond any thing we could think. That newness of infused restoration is always available to us when we draw near to Him. He is a Shepherd who calls us to prayer and then gives us glimpses of what it is like to be revived ,as if we were there with Him in heaven.Contemplative Even when we are confronted with trials He lifts us up above them in His hands and displays His power to those around us by sustaining us, destroying our enemies, and shows the world that everything we have is given to us by Him, He hold us in His arms as He speaks powerful words in the worlds ears , saying to them "this is my child. He is my cherished one , I give Him my best, and He does nothing to earn it. My child is without power to over come you but because I love Him and i being His Shepard you will not lay a hand on Him. My child is precious to me. You may see him stumble, and sin but I have forgiven Him and I have not forgiven you so it does no good for you to blame my child. He is in my house." I will show you by my childs helplessness just how gracious I am.  Not only has our Shepard shown the world just how exalted His sheep are, but He has given His sheep a profound evidence of that care. He not only has shown the world by presenting His sheep to them in loving His own but He has given His sheep a great assurance that they can rely on Him in the presence of the world. Yes He has pour out His Spirit beyond measure, He has given us the Spirit so that out of us flows rivers of living water. We have been given joy unspeakable and full of glory. We are lifted up in power beyond our ability to grasp that power. This baptism of the Spirit is not only over our souls but it is in the training of our bodies. The Spirit infuses life into our bodies and causes us to have acts of trust, strength , ability beyond the normal. He is so in control of every part of our being that any exercise of physical strength is given or subtracted by His Spirit. The Spirit trains our hands for battle and  helps us subdue our enemies. His Spirit gives us specific instructions about a particular circumstance by using the wisdom of the word and He gives us a word of wisdom.  His Spirit gives us a supernatural sense so that we are more aware of what is to transpire in the immediate future by this sense. His Spirit leads us into every circumstance in life to show us just how powerful His is to overcome any trouble. His Spirit goes out in front of us and prepares the way. His Spirit causes us to want and desire the blood thirsty justice of our enemies and at the same time the love of God to be manifested in every space in the universe. His Spirit causes us to desire the end of all things so that Christ will be all in all. His Spirit moves us to act, grants sleep to us, causes us to help others beyond our own abilities, giving us confidence to have more faith in Gods provision rather than our understanding.;His Spirit comes to us in prayer and broads over as we breath out our petitions lusting in us for more of pure words of wisdom so that He can fall on us with infusions of sweet assurance by having us know Christ in all of His person. He teaches us to pray by giving us His prayers in the scripture. He teaches us the wisdom of a petition. He wants us to petition God in such a way that there will be a direct effect from pleading the promises and then He comes and lust for more of our desire. He lust for the sweetness in our desire for more of Christ.