Oct 23, 2020 WWJWMTD by Steve, the son of John

Things We Should Have Done

The purpose of the article, “Things we should have done,” is to give you the wisdom to understand where repentance, believing in God, and responding to God in faith intersect. God has called us not just to shape history but to do so in a way to allow Christ to return.

We are waiting for Christ’s return and God is waiting for His Church to fulfill the words of Jesus by bringing all things under the subjection of His Son. But first, we must acknowledge where we have failed.

Too often our repentance is only about what we did wrong, but God says in Scripture that what you did not do (that is when you had the ability and power to do good) in refusing to help others or stand against evil is often much more harmful than your sin.

Our repentance must include what we failed to do; when we looked the other way not assisting others in need or confronting evil. God is looking for people who love as He loves and reaches out to others as if they themselves were the ‘Arm of God’ doing His will.

I cannot tell you how many times God asked me to do something (the Holy Spirit brings some person or action to my attention). I often said, “God, I have no time for this.” (Or) “I cannot do this—I don’t want to do this.” God does not take “no” from me; He urges me to say “yes”. I often turned around and did what God would want me to do or I would say, “God, You will have to help me” and then begin to do what He was asking of me.

(I remember the time God had me fill up gas cans or help pay for gas for those who did not have the money to purchase gasoline for their cars/trucks. I have many such stories about helping others because God knew I had the means and power to do so.)

When we do these three things we are the Body of Christ and accomplishing the fulfillment of Scripture:

One, when we repent of things we should have done, thereby accepting responsibility for the activity of God through us; reaching out to a dying world that needs our help 24/7.

Two, when we respond in believing that the Father is pleased with us when we try to ‘make a wrong, right’ by taking the time…whenever we see a person in need, give assistance, taking the time to pray for their healing, assist through an act of kindness or love, and even offer Jesus’s words of hope and justice to anyone bound by their sin or in the clutches of the devil, knowing that repentance leads to believing.

Three, when we approach the Father through faith (faith is your response to the will of God—His purposes and action plans), i.e., when we respond to what God wants us to do God calls us “a person of faith” just like the great people of faith in Hebrews chapter 11. God is asking us to not believe more (He knows we already do that) but He is asking us to do something—to respond to what He wants; what His will is and how to get His will done.

God is asking all of us to “get things done” by doing what He wants. So, let’s begin to affect and change history in finding what God wants to do and then ‘doing just that’ without reservations, doubt, and lack of commitment and action.

Want to see Jesus return? Begin by doing, forging ahead with what Jesus would want me to do!

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What would Jesus want me to do?

Dr. Steven J. Wentland www.wwjwmtd.com

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