04/03/2023
Holy Week Reflections
How To Please God.
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It is Holy Week, a time when mankind reflects on the supreme sacrifice that Almighty God made to demonstrate His love and ultimate desire for His creation through the earthly ministry, death and resurrection of His Son Jesus Christ, the Lord and Savior of the world.
It is also a time l think mankind should reflect on how to commit to and reciprocate so great a sacrifice and depth of love which the Father so graciously lavished on mankind despite who we are in our fallen state.
Scripture says Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.
Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.
And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure. 1John 3:1-3 (KJV)
During the Holy Week, as we commemorate and reflect and fix our eyes on the Cross, which is the symbol of the Father's love and restitutional sacrifice for mankind, l want us to also think about what this week really mean to us individually, collectively and what we can do to show, we understand, appreciate and are committed to be the people He wants us to be by grace.
Today, we will be looking at how, to please God. This, in my thinking, begins with the knowledge of who the Father is, what He has done, and what He expects from us. To help us in this, Father God has given us CONSCIENCE, this is the place from which He tells us His mind, it is the place He talks to us, it the place He shows us right or wrong, and also where we are tested by the enemy of our souls.
Today which is the beginning of the Holy Week, we want to reflect on our conscience which l call the seat of Almighty God. It is important we start here when talking about how to please God, it is important to reflect on the conscience at a time like this when darkness seems to cover the earth, and the love of many has or is waxing cold by the day. If God has given us conscience from where we should know good from bad, then it is a good place to start if we want to truly please God not only during the Holy Week, but everyday of our lives.
At one time or the other, we had had to plead to the conscience of someone or even questioned if we have conscience in the way and manner we deal with ourselves and each other. Especially in the time and age we are in, it is of great importance as a matter of urgency to bring our conscience in check to see if we can still feel what we should feel, or why we act in certain ways.
It is written "The spirit of man is the candle of the Lord, searching all the inward parts of the belly." Proverbs 20:27 (KJV)
All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work. 2Timothy 3:16-17 (KJV) and
I have seen the travail, which God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised in it.
He hath made every thing beautiful in his time: also he hath set the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end. Ecclesiastes 3:10-11 (KJV)
Dictionary says, Conscience is an inner feeling or voice viewed as acting as a guide to the rightness or wrongness of one's behavior. For example,
"he had a guilty conscience about his desires" and scripture also says that Conscience is that "Which shew the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts the mean while accusing or else excusing one another;)
In the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ according to my gospel." Romans 2:15&16 (KJV)
This charge I commit unto thee, son Timothy, according to the prophecies which went before on thee, that thou by them mightest war a good warfare;
Holding faith, and a good conscience; which some having put away concerning faith have made shipwreck: 1Timothy 1:18-19 (KJV)
Surprising to see that as touching conscience scripture and the world agrees, and suffice it to say that conscience is also the battle ground for the soul of man and scripture says many have already made shipwreck and the conscience of many have been seared as it were with hot iron, burnt out of every rational human feelings, thinking and touch. As it is said "And herein do I exercise myself, to have always a conscience void of offence toward God, and toward men."
Today as we begin the Holy Week, let us reflect on the state of our conscience and what we do daily. Father God is saying to us to check our heart condition for from it is everything that pertains to life and godliness. N.H. Rev. Graham wrote Yes, God has put within each of us a conscience — an inner sense of right and wrong. When King Solomon rebuked someone who had wronged his father, he said, “You know in your heart all the wrong you did” (1 Kings 2:44). We too know all we are doing, and I say to us today, God has put in each and everyone of us conscience to show us right from wrong, and it is left to us what we do with it.
Someone wrote The conscience is defined as that part of the human psyche that induces mental anguish and feelings of guilt when we violate it and feelings of pleasure and well-being when our actions, thoughts and words are in conformity to our value systems. The Greek word translated “conscience” in all New Testament references is suneidēsis, meaning “moral awareness” or “moral consciousness.” The conscience reacts when one’s actions, thoughts, and words conform to, or are contrary to, a standard of right and wrong. So we are without excuse.
Just the way we all desire good things, l wish we can also truly allow the prompting of our conscience, which for me, is the still small Voice, it is the Voice we are to hear saying to us this is the way, walk therein. It is what we humans call intuition, that push in our spirit telling us to always do the right thing and to choose good over evil. I wish during this week and going forward we will heed the Spirit's call through our conscience to do right, walk right, think right, speak right by the grace that this week affords, for then and only then the earth will be what we want it to be. What is good is good and what is bad is bad, we must make the choice. Selah.
Greetings with love 😊
