“For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.” (John 3:16)

The way of the Saint is not a principled journey but rather it is a life set on pleasing God.  It is not about law, it is about a freedom that comes from living life in a way that is dictated by heaven itself.

There are many examples of people who have gone before us who strived to have heaven in their hearts.  These people pierced the darkness around them with the light of God that stemmed from somewhere in the deepest parts of who they were. No matter what they faced they continued to exhibit the character of Christ to the world around them.

They were broken time and time again.  They continued to be persecuted, kicked, tormented and even killed by their enemies, but they reflected Christ in every part of who they were.  I want to be the same as them, but until the end I am still on this journey, still being tested.

Many of these people tasted heaven in the most glorious manner.  They drank deeply of the Spirit of God, became imbued with the light of God, and grew into people who carried His glory and presence.

We are all saints in Christ.  We all can reflect his glory.  My heart is to reflect His glory in such a way that the whole world learns that He is God.

I have tasted and seen that the Lord is good and I know that He will be good to everyone who comes into relationship with Him.  I also know that life without Him was perilous and devoid of any good thing, but in Christ I have experienced such love, peace and joy in my heart.  God wants to touch you in the same way.

The way of the Saint is to reflect God’s glory to the world around in such a way that God determines it should be reflected. I don’t even understand His glory enough to determine how it should be reflected.  I just want Him to have freedom in my life to reflect His goodness in the way that He sees fit.

This might mean that there will be times that the reflection of His glory comes in ways very difficult for my mind to understand, but I am just a carrier and He is God. He can do what He wants, when He wants and how He wants.  I have given Him permission to do what He wants with my life.

You have to ask yourself, “Are my greatest ambitions for God, or for myself?”  We need to make this our lifelong prayer.  Who am I trying to reflect – myself or God?

It is the battle of every heart.  We must lay down self in order to reflect God.  There will come many tests and retests from God.  You will be put through the fires and in the end every soul that turned to Christ will have passed the test.

It is the path of grace.  It is the way of the saint to reflect God.  Once you start on the journey toward Christ you become partakers of the same nature that he had on earth.  What he was you will be. There are days that this will seem like it came willingly and then there will be days it will seem that you came kicking and screaming into it, but become a saint you will indeed.

I pray for your minds to be enlightened to the grace and kindness of our God.  I pray you will come into a true understanding of grace and not just the artificial intellectual substitute.