Being Godmatic

UV 3400/10000 Being Godmatic

And in your knowledge, self control, and in your self control, steadfastness, and in your steadfastness, godliness,

I Peter 1 v 6

Our personal knowledge and relationship with God in Christ needs to be reflected progressively in qualities of goodness, self control, steadfastness, godliness, love and brotherly affection being manifest in our character on a consistent basis. We need to ask ourselves the question daily, “Have I grown in terms of Christ-like goodness, unselfishness, love, Holy Spirit-control ( self control in this context means this), perseverance, godliness and brotherly affection for all?” Physically, we might have stopped growing but personal growth in these qualities is endless and continuous. The stony heart of man needs to melt into these spiritual qualities of character.

Holy Spirit-control is leadership, guidance, empowerment, counsel and comfort by the third person of the Trinity without which we cannot succeed in walking in the spirit with all that the enemy throws at us, all that the world brings to bear on us in terms of pressures and temptations, circumstances and relational dynamics. Are we increasing in yielding our egos, our pride, our wills, our weaknesses to the Holy Spirit? Are we focusing on the practice of our faith as a more vital dimension than professing it? The more we yield to God, the greater is our internal yield. Are we using the sword of the Spirit, the Word to attack others or to pierce our own hearts and create transformation by obedience?

When we joined service as officers, we were told that we should develop and uphold OLQ or Officer-Like Qualities in our daily deportment. As believers and followers of Christ, we need CLQ or Christ-like Qualities for these are the qualities Peter gleaned form living with Christ over three years. If we have been with Jesus, we should be like this! Shorn of these qualities of heart and spirit, we are immature, barren, short sighted, blind, foolish like the bride’s maids who did not prepare and trim the lamps to receive the Bridegroom. Everyday, it is an useful exercise to evaluate ourselves against the checklist of whether we have grown in goodness, knowledge, godliness, steadfastness, love, Spirit-control and affection? If we are falling short in any area or aspect, we can seek earnestly more of His grace and wisdom which He has promised He will render in abundance as we seek it.