My goal is God Himself, not joy, nor peace

My goal is God Himself, not peace, not joy, not even blessing, but God Himself. Because when I have Him, I have everything: no anxiety, and full enjoyment. Praise the Lord 😀

LOVING THINGS OTHER THAN GOD

If we feel that in a particular environment we are suffering, this indicates that we still love certain things other than God. If we love God uniquely and wholly, we shall not be troubled by any kind of environment. This is the reason the Lord Jesus indicated that we must love Him more than we love our parents, brothers, sisters, wife or children (Matt. 10:37; Luke14:26). If we feel that it would be a suffering to lose our parents, children, wife, or husband, this means that we do not love God solely. It means that we place our love on something or someone other than God. If we love God solely, giving our love entirely to Him, having nothing to divide our love, we shall not be bothered by whatever happens to us.

Suppose you lose your house. Would that be a suffering to you? Would you still be able to praise the Lord, praising Him even for the loss of your house? If losing your house is a suffering and if you would not praise the Lord for it, this indicates that you love your house as well as God, perhaps more than God. If you did not love your house, you would not suffer as a result of losing it. Rather, you would say, “Hallelujah! My house is gone, but my God is not gone. He is more to me now than before. When I had a good house, God was not so much to me. But now that I have lost my house, God has become much more to me. ”

As a father of many children and a grandfather to many more grandchildren, I know that every parent wants his children to be successful. Perhaps you would like your children to be apostles, elders, deacons, or deaconesses, or you may want them to be doctors, lawyers, or computer scientists. But how would you feel if none of your children were an apostle, elder, deacon, or deaconess, or if none of them were in a respected profession? Would you be happy or disappointed? Recently I heard someone praising the Lord that his son had become a medical doctor. But I never heard a parent praising the Lord because his child received a failing grade.

The point of these illustrations is that even seeking Christians may not live a life of jubilee. On the contrary, because they love things other than God, they have suffering instead of enjoyment, satisfaction, and rest.

We all should do our job; however, we should not labor in the sense of struggling to be good, worrying, dreaming, and suffering. We should be able to say, “I only love my God. He is my portion. Nothing and no one apart from Him is my portion. A new car, a nice house, a good promotion, the top salary—all these are not a real portion to me. ”

Life-study of Luke

Message 69 (LSM)

C. He Who Opens and Shuts

Verse 7 also says that Christ is the One who “opens and no one shall shut, and shuts and no one shall open. ” Because the universal key, the key of God’s economy, is in His hand, He opens and shuts.

As we have pointed out, nearly everything found in the book of Revelation is not new but a fulfillment of things revealed in the Old Testament. This is also true of the key of David. Isaiah 22:22-24 is a prophecy concerning Christ as the One who holds the key of David. The deep thought in Christ’s holding the key of David is found there. In Isaiah 22 it was prophesied that Christ would not only be the One holding the key of David, but that He would also be a nail or peg. Very few Christians have heard that Christ is a nail. If you consider the context of Isaiah 22 and if you read the context of the word regarding Christ as the One holding the key of David in Revelation 3 , you will realize that Christ’s holding the key of David is for God’s house, for God’s building. The crucial subject in Isaiah 22 is the house of God. And the epistle to the church in Philadelphia eventually speaks of the New Jerusalem. The overcomers in Philadelphia will be pillars in the temple of God, and the temple of God will ultimately be enlarged into the New Jerusalem. According to Revelation 21:22 , there is no temple in the New Jerusalem, for, in eternity, the temple will be enlarged into a city, which, having three equal dimensions ( 21:16 ), will be the enlargement of the Holy of Holies. This is the ultimate consummation of God’s house. Christ’s holding the key of David, fighting the battle for God, and building the temple and establishing the kingdom of God are all for God’s building.

Christ holds the key of David and He opens and shuts, not that we might be holy or spiritual, but that we might be built up. He does not care for so-called holiness or spirituality. During the past two centuries, certain people claimed to be holy and spiritual. Although they saw something, they were rather short-sighted. Holiness is not for holiness, and spirituality is not for spirituality. Both holiness and spirituality are to enable us to be pillars in the temple of God. Eventually, we shall not bear the name of holiness or spirituality but of the New Jerusalem. In 3:12 the Lord did not say, “I will write holiness upon you, ” or, “I will write spirituality upon you”; He said, “I will write upon him the name of My God and the name of the city of My God, the new Jerusalem, which descends out of heaven from My God, and My new name. ” What we have here is neither holiness nor spirituality but God and the New Jerusalem. God’s purpose is not to make us holy or spiritual; it is to make us part of the New Jerusalem. God already has all the holiness He needs, but He does not yet have the New Jerusalem. God’s desire is not for more spirituality. He is seeking the New Jerusalem. God desires a builded church. He wants today’s Bethel, the house of God which will consummate in the New Jerusalem. Are you willing to see this?

Life-study of Revelation

Message 15 (LSM)

He knoweth how I best shall reach the mark
Cdo dit' lavdia ime , Zot , je Ti
Dhe ne lavdi do jesh shperblimi im

Francis Brook daughter of Reverend James Brook, M. A. , of Helme Edge, Melham, Huddersfield, was born in Bath in 1870. Her interest in Mission was deep, and delicate health alone prevented her from giving her services in the foreign field where two of her sisters were laboring. Her first hymn leaflet was: –

1. There is Singing in the Homeland. It was written in 1895 in memory of the Rev. Robert Stewart and his little band in the Hawa Sang martyrdom of that year. It was printed in the C. M. S. Gleaner March, 1896, No. 163. The original leaflet is entitled “Martyrs of Jesus, Called to be with Christ, at Kuching, S. China, August 1, 1895. ”

2. My Goal is God Himself. [God All in All. ] Written in April, 1896. “The need of a friend called forth and formulated the unspoken attitude of my soul towards God, ‘My Goal is God” (Author’s MS. ), included Hymns of Consecration and Faith, revised edition, 1902, No. 306.

3. My Home is God Himself; Christ brought me there. [ Rest in God. ] Written in Sept. , 1899 “The helpful testimony of another of God’s children, and my own deep of restfulness in Him led me to the truth as expressed in ‘My Home is God’s (Author’s MS. ). It is the most extensively used of the authors leaflets.

4. O Lord, with Thee ‘tis but a little matter. [God the strength of His Labourers. ] In the Church Missionary Hymn Book, 1899, No. 138, having previously appeared in the C. M. S Gleaner, Oct. , 1896, p. 157, as “ Council and strength for the War. A Battle Prayer. ”

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"He knowth how I best shall reach the mark, The way that leads to Him must needs be strait." It is easy to sing but when it comes to the experience it is really hard to praise and fully be subdue to His leading. But, how blessed we are through this ministry we can be carried on and finishing the course.

"How can you praise God on such days? You cannot praise because you are wounded, suffering pain, and in difficulty. You feel that the most obvious response would be complaint rather than praise. You feel that the most obvious thing to do would be murmur rather than give thanks. You do not feel like praising, and you have no intention to praise. You feel that praise is not suitable under this kind of circumstance and mood. At that very moment, you should remember that Jehovah's throne and His glory has not changed. You should praise Him simply because HE IS WORTHY OF PRAISE." -By Watchman Nee on " Praising".

I was led to sing this hymn after a time of prayer because at the conclusion of my prayer I had the most beautiful realization that God had worked in my heart to only want Him. What a blessed freedom to desire only one thing - God Himself!

At any cost, the union of Spirit with my spirit to rule my soul and flesh only serve to have God, Himself that He would then fully have me.

“So faith bounds forward to its goal in God,
And love can trust her Lord to lead her there;
Upheld by Him, my soul is following hard
Till God hath full fulfilled my deepest prayer.”

O LORD JESUS
Abiding in HIM , HIM in me
Thank LORD save me again and again
Today listen this song feel a creative in spirit
Every thing only towards LORD JESUS