I Just Want to Matter

"I just want to matter." June Carter Cash

Deu 10:12 And now, Israel, what doth the LORD thy God require of thee, but to fear the LORD thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve the LORD thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul,

Father Mark Hanby says: "Passion makes life worth living." Some men want to live a good life and go to heaven. They rarely make a difference in other's lives. Beyond that self-focused existence is a better way of living, living a life that matters. It is a simple thing to matter in this life. All you need to do is to find what God has ordained in your life and fulfill it.

There is purpose for your life. To find it is to find joy. Joy is the third dimension of the manifestation of the kingdom. You cannot have joy without righteousness and peace. The first dimension righteousness, leads to peace. When a man has peace, joy is a possibility. When the Father tells us He desires to give us the kingdom, we can know that He desires that we live in a state called joy.

To find out what really matters to God for our life is the key to completing His will in the earth. The glory that fills the earth is not just the Holy Spirit, it is the Christ living in us.

Col 1:27 To whom God would make known what [is] the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:

Glory is the fullest expression of a thing. The word "kabod", translated glory in our English Bibles has the connotation of carrying the fullest mature expression of God. For the whole earth to be filled with God's glory is a wonder to me. (Selah)You and me, are the one who produce this glory in the earth. You are the one who releases the glory of God into the atmosphere around you. You create the glory of God where you are.

The Glory is, "Christ in us". The glory is only fully released through us when we arrive in kingdom joy. God has imparted His glory of His Son in His church. Glory is released when we find our place and live His life in it. Your place may be big or small, but glory is to be in it all!

Are you sad? The sadness in your life is the hunger for glory. Life becomes hopeless when we do not find our purpose. Do you know a sad person? They are a person who did not find their purpose. The problem you now face is, "Will your life matter?" To matter, you need to be working out your salvation, that is to say doing the work Yeshua has given you. This is where a problem arises. We must be carried in our work by Spirit alone. We will be the one doing the work, but if it is not done in Spirit strength, we will become religious. Our God in us, is what makes our life matter. But our works for Him are what makes our life full of hope. Hope is in purpose. Him working through you is glorious.

Faith leads to hope, which produces the love in our life. Love is glorious. It is the full expression of God.

Why do Christians over the world struggle with reoccurring spiritual depressions? They have not found their purpose. They work for God, but they do not fulfill His purpose. Love is lacking. Love is to obey. Sacrifice is not enough. Worship is heart and deed.

The "How" of worship is so important. His purpose is lived in a called place and time. It is also tied to a specific people. The greatest worship you can bring to God will be expressed with the people He has given you to. (and to you) In this place depressed feelings flee. In this place, sickness wanes, and revelation flows. The external form of a Sunday Morning meeting is secondary to the internal spirit of a people. The heart of a people in koninia is one of love, and peace. A sound mind will result in that place. Rejoice, He will build His church. It will manifest kingdom. It will as it goes into the world preach, teach, and prophesy.

When you see the truth, when you know Him, He sets you free in mind. You then know that spirit work is mostly not done from raised platforms of wood and steel. God had Solomon build that type of thing,in honor of His son David's request. David worshipped in a tent, or on a rock. The temple God raises now, is you. The Spirit will raise you to a new plateau where you can look on the congregation of the world and speak truth into it. The place is anywhere of God's chosing. When He is done with that word, that time, that message, He will move you on, up. We are always pressing on toward the high call, but sometimes that press leads us to places where we spend years speaking to a same people just one message. Love will make the long call blessed. His purpose may contain many plateaus. Each one is to be the base for what is above, up, higher. You are the temple holding the glory. Obedeince brings its release.

I am a multi-faceted person. That gift, brings both the blessed ability to fit in most places, and the problem of being able to fit in the wrong place as well. The way to avoid shipwreck is to listen to God. The way to get on the path and keep on the path is to hear and obey. Your mind can think of many things. Your spirit will only be at peace when you are in, His Thing, in His time, in His place.

Dr. Hanby when teaching on Solomon noted he was "project oriented". He did the temple "thing" with his whole heart. Then after it was finished, he turned to strange God's trying to fill his life with a thrill that matched what he had done at God's call. His life had no purpose after he went home from work. Your call is not a project for a time, but part of the whole call of what God is doing in the earth. Thankfully Solomon had a revelation that would bring meaning to the end of his life and wisdom to us.

When Solomon closed the writing of the book of Ecclesiastes, he concluded with this:

Ecc 12:13 Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this [is] the whole [duty] of man. (14) For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether [it be] good, or whether [it be] evil.

In this we know, Solomon had found what gives life meaning. It was not enough just to fear God. It was not enough to do for God in honor of his Father David. He also had to keep His commands to keep His purpose. Your life's' purpose is lived out by staying in commitment to the ministry He called you to. Joy and purpose are not in that actual work, but in the commitment to God. Your joy is realized because of obedience to the call not because of the work. But if you are not involved in the work of it, you will not have joy, for you will not be in His place, and time.

If you are not already set, He is about to set you in a house. The lack of ease you feel is a prophesy that change is coming. When He sets you, the new place, will be your platform of operation. Yet, it is not the final goal. Glory released is. Christ is the Prize!

Obedience is now. You will only matter in this world to others,if you obey Him. It is not enough to live a good life. You must have a life with meaning. This is what I call a glorious life. This is the life that matters.

Trust and Obey.

Mat 5:6 Blessed [are] they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.