Cultivate is a verb, it takes action. It is not sitting around waiting for something to happen. We also cannot cultivate our lives only once a week, it is a continual action. Yesterday at church the Holy Spirit's presence was evident, so does that mean I go back to business as usual the minute I leave church? I want to take it with me, not for me, but so others can experience it. It is great to have such an experience but He never meant for us to keep it to ourselves. We need His presence to manifest in our daily lives so that others will see. To get that, we have to cultivate an environment that is holy and pleasing to Him (Romans 12:1), it takes effort and choices on our end. Behind the scenes a church will cultivate with prayer, preparing an atmosphere of worship with the right music and lighting and setting aside specific times for service. WE are His church as an individual and we need to prepare an atmosphere in our daily lives. In my quiet time on Saturday this is what the Lord impressed on me.
Do not be concerned with the cares of this world. I am setting aside a season in your life for you to passionately seek me. It is a time of learning who I am and preparing for what is to come. As you seek Me I will pour into you what you will need for the purpose I have for you. Do not worry when things do not get done because you are seeking Me. Whatever is undone is not important in My plans for your life. They will eventually be done but in My timing, not yours. Focus on My will, focus on ME, let my hand write out your days and wait and see the work I am ready to do.
2 Peter 1:3-11
His divine power has given us everything we need for life and godliness through our knowledge of Him who called us by His glory and goodness. Through these He has given us His very good and precious promises, so that through them you may participate in the divine nature and escape the corruption in the world caused by evil desires.
For this reason, make every effort to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge; and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness; and to godliness, brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness, love. For if you posses these qualities in increasing measure, they will keep you from being ineffective and unproductive in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. But if anyone does not have them, he is nearsighted and blind, and has forgotten that he has been cleansed from his past sins.
Therefore my brothers(and sisters), be all the more eager to make your calling and election sure. For if you do these things you will never fail, and you will receive a rich welcome into the eternal Kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
2 Peter 1:16
We did not follow cleverly invented stories when we told you about the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we were eyewitness of His majesty.
I desire to be an eyewitness to His majesty and glory but to do that I must cultivate my life to be a life open to be used by Him, for Him to manifest His glory to me and through me, so that my life may be a living testimony to the glory, mercy, and grace of God.
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