FATHER INTO THY HANDS I COMMEND MY SPIRIT!

LUKE 23:46

And when Jesus had cried with a loud voice, he said, Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit: and having said thus, he gave up the ghost.

PSLAMS 31:5          

Into thine hand I commit my spirit: thou hast redeemed me, O lord God of Truth.

FATHER

2) a) the originator and transmitter of anything 1) the authors of a family or society of persons

animated by the same spirit as himself 2) one who has infused his own spirit into others, who actuates and

governs their minds

COMMEND

2) to place down (from one's self or for one's self) with any one a) to deposit b) to entrust, commit to one's charge

New Living Translation

Luke 23:46

Then Jesus shouted, “Father, I entrust my spirit into your hands!” and with those words he breathed his last.

Psalms 31:5

I entrust my spirit into your hand. Rescue me, Lord, for you are a faithful God.

Why does Christ speak Father into thy hands I commend my spirit?

     After the work of God is done through his people in his spirit his spirit has to be given, place down for the glory of God. We can translation this verse into “the originator into your hands do I entrust your spirit” for all that we do is not of our own works but the works that God has given unto us. Christ main purpose was to lay his life down for our sins and that’s what he did. Christ laid his life down and returned the spirit of God which God gave him to do his will, at the finishing of his purpose.

In contrast, Psalms 30 is a dedication unto the house of David which Solomon has finished in 1kings 8:63, then it goes forth in Psalms 31:5 “Into thine hand I commit my spirit: thou hast redeemed me, Lord God of truth” After the work that God has instructed David to store up for, which Solomon will complete is finished, the author of this Psalms also entrusting his spirit into the Father’s hands.

Everything that is done in the name of the Father that has originated from the Father has to go back unto the Father. The spirit that God had place in Christ to complete the mission had to be released from Christ so he could receive rest.

We can see the same with Solomon after he finished the building of the temple he received rest; he also received more instruction for him and his people to follow so God’s Glory would stay with them at all times… Christ in this verse also shows his sonship with God.

Through his whole journey he has proclaimed his self to be the Son of God. When we have sonship we look towards our Father for protection and security, which is our place of rest. Christ has turned his spirit back unto his Father so that there can be rest and protection.

The peace knowing that the work is done, and he has fulfilled everything the Father has commanded him to do.

Which has made us all children of God for it says in Galatians 3:26, "Ye are children of God by faith in Christ Jesus.", all truths are parallel just as Solomon had to finish the work of the temple and follow the laws that God has set forth so did his people which made them apart of a sonship, the covenant that God had with David.

In sonship there is also security….. Even though God had turned his face from Christ his son, because of the sins that weighed upon him, Christ was still able to entrust God with his spirit because Christ had a security with in God, knowing that after the work of my Father is done I shall receive rest and be seated in high places.  

We can also be ensured from the passage that when we are saved God places us in his hand which there is safety in. For it says in Ephesians 1:13-14 “ In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy spirit of promise, which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory.”

Father into thy hands I commend my spirit shows Christ sonship, security, protection, and peace which we all have in God.

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Today was a great day the spirit of God truly was in the Building as Bishop-Designate became bishop. The weight of the new position in God is overwhelming. As I left the building to head back to school I was moved to tears. I didn’t want to leave my Father and my Bishop but I had to, being a part of something greater then you is so great. He’s now my Father, Bishop, and Pastor and being a member of the first family is no walk it the park. We have to stay grounded, rooted in God praying daily that we may cover Bishop at all times. This change is going to be one that truly will set the path that I am already on straighter. God Bless.

Expected End

Jeremiah 29

 ¹¹For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.

In our Christian walk we at times began to sit and think God what is the purpose you have for me… every time I get a jolt of energy to be more like you and to seek your face… it lasts for a while but as time goes by and that jolt seems to fade away I get stuck in what I thought was you… I go on fasts and I sacrifice but after I’ve done what I thought was your will my live seems worst then before. But have you really given your whole heart to Him. This was the problem with Israel they got these quick words from so called prophets but at the end of the day there was on sustains behind what they were doing… They were fasting for the wrong reasons and sacrificing out of order. But like Israel some of our problems start at the heart. We have been sacrificing but we have not been obedient unto Gods will, and we wonder why things happen the way they happen. God only takes joy in the sacrifices of the obedient. Obedience has always been a key in our walk in Christ… we would always hear that it is greater to be obedient than to sacrifice, but everyone at some point in their life struggles with it. See obedience calls for a Yes to the will of God and to leave what we want. God tells the Children of Israel That He knows the plans, the purpose he has for them, and this is a purpose in peace, and not in evil that we may have an Expected end. God will always give His people hope in a time of distress. The hope is that we all have an expected end filled with peace, love, and joy instead of the mess that causes confusion, pain, and strife. But there is a requirement that God puts on it, He says for us to seek him with all your heart. Not just half or three-fourths but all your hearts. This is why the body of Christ has such a disconnect some of us want to seek God wholly with Mind, body, soul and heart, than the rest of us want to give God half of our heart, never mind our mind and soul.

 We can take a page from out of Zacchaeus book in Luke 19; see Zacchaeus was a tax collect a lowly filthy possession in the time because all they did was cheat people out of their money… This was in the time when Jesus was passing through Jericho… Zacchaeus was short in statue and there was a big crowd so surely Jesus would not have seen him… But instead of him saying God knows my heart, he knows I want to be saved and my family to be saved, he climbs a tree to get Jesus Attention. And when Jesus Addressed Him he said Lord I’ll give everything I took back to your people and more… see Zacchaeus knew something about Christ , it says in James 4:8 “Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded”

 To walk in the power of one we have to surrender it all unto Gods throne, and be subject to his move, not the move of our flesh, we can’t be doubled minded when it comes down to our expected end in Christ, for He already knows our purpose. But how many people are really willing to give God all of them, but that’s all God wants us to do, be obedient and more like Hm. And then the expected end is ours. It doesn’t matter where we end up at... what should matter is that we will be in his hands in His Kingdom.  The press that Zacchaeus made should cause hope to spring forth for we are already one step ahead, we have been saved but grace, all we will have to do is pray unto God with our whole heart, that we may come out of captivity and be in peace as one body for the expected end that God has promised is near. 

GIVING YOURSELF AWAY HAS EVERYTHING TO DO WITH CHANGE

My prayer today is that we sit down and ask God to reveal ourselves to us. That we may ask him for the guidance to live right and not conform to the worlds image, but work out our own soul salvation; giving  ourselves to God wholly, with a holly heart. That we may want to line up with the word of God.

STANDING UP FOR CHRIST

It's Time

It's time to put the past behind us,

It's time to forgive the ones, who hurt us,

It's time to give our all to Jesus not just half of it,

It's time to grow up and realize what we are actually doing,

It's time to want to be with Jesus,

For it may not be long until the day he comes back,

It's time to go back to our first true love and claim what’s ours

It's time to let get rid of our childish ways and become serious about our purpose,

It's time to become true warriors of God,

It's just time to be made over completely,

It's time.

If you truly believe in this, then its true there's no reason why you shouldn't start becoming what God wants you to be today?

It may be hard and seem like everything is falling apart,

And the tide is get higher and higher,

To live again we have to be broken first,

Turn from those who hinder us,

Through all the tears and heart ache,

It will be worth it,

For the day will come when you are high and lifted up,

And everyone who hated you will want to be your friend or now envy you,

All you can say is now look at me through everything I’ve been through,

I am still here and I have joy everlasting,

In the meanwhile remember Greater is he that is in you then he that is in the world,

It’s time to live and stand on the solid rock of truth,

It’s time to be the best you can be.

It’s Time