find ourselves defenseless.

The glory is a defense (ref.

Isaiah 4:5), but emotionalism

and feelings are deceptive. They

provide neither strength nor

grace, nor glory, but are spon-

sored by the flesh therefore

they lead in ways of the flesh

and have led many to work the

works of the flesh.

True joy, true inspiration, true

glory will cause the saint to

move closer to God, to sacri-

fice more for Him and His

cause, while feelings and emo-

tionalism cause the professor

to go after the flesh and sacri-

fice time with God or conse-

crations to God to appease the

flesh.

Feelings are not faith. We cannot

build an experience on feelings or

emotion because emotions

change and feelings die down.

A person might get caught up in

the revival fires and swept along

on the tides of its emotion be-

cause there is a feeling that goes

with every revival, but the revival

is not to promote feelings, but to

inspire you to dig deeper so you

can strengthen yourself spiritually.

You can't or shouldn't build far-

ther up in your experience until

you've truly done the prerequisite

digging and establishing of an

unshakable foundation.

This foundation is your personal

relationship, your personal conse-

cration – your personal depth in

God. All growth must spring

forth from the roots growing

deeper into God.

There can be no greater growth

upward without there first being

a deeper growth downward.

The Word of God says of the

people of God, they shall take

root downward and bear fruit

upward (ref. 2 Kings 19:30, Isaiah

37:31). This speaks of a more lit-

eral growth, but it will also happen

in that precise order spiritually.

That only nourishes the soul which

comes from being in God's pres-

ence, that burning fire in the soul

only resides in one whose affection

is all on God. Such causes the indi-

vidual to dig deeper in God and

long for more of God not migrate

toward the things of this world.

James wrote, “Submit yourselves

therefore to God. Resist the devil and

he will flee from you. Draw nigh to

God and He will draw nigh unto

you” (James 4:7-8).

There is a pattern shown here. As

we submit ourselves to God’s will

and resist the temptations of the

enemy, we grow closer to God,

which causes us more joy and

more strength. This increase in joy

makes us desire to continue the

pattern.

There is nothing in us in that sce-

nario that would cause us to come

out of the conflict victorious, yet

more susceptible to the enemy. In

other words joy strengthens us –

emotionalism or feelings deceive

us. When we think we are strong

and go out to tackle the enemy we

Feeling vs. True Inspiration

Called Chosen Faithful

January 2013

Messages and Devotionals

Inside this issue:

God Will Always Be There lyrics 2

As I Was With Moses 3

As I Was With Moses cont. 4

Have faith from day to day

Have faith each time you pray

When misfortune comes your way

Trust in God always

Have faith when things go wrong

Have faith in God alone

We are weak but God is strong

Trust in God all along

Refrain: God will always be there

Just keep on praying all the way

He’ll lead and guide you if you hold His hand

My God will help you stand

When days get dark as night

Faith will make things alright

When teardrops fall like the rain from the sky

God is standing by. – Elton Suragh for Chosen

God Will Always Be There by Elton Suragh

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Messages and Devotionals

Chosen: Church of God singing

group located in Columbus,

GA

www.chosen4.webs.com

How much time are

we willing to spend

alone with God so

that God can be

with us as He was

with Moses?

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Called Chosen Faithful As I Was With Moses Exodus 33:11-23 “The Lord

spake with Moses face to face as

a man speaketh with his friend.”

This depicts an intimacy, a cer-

tain closeness, a special bond

and relationship with God that

others did not have.

Verse 13 “… shew me now thy

way: that I may know thee, that I

may find grace in thy sight…”

Moses who had this intimate

relationship with God, who

talked to God face to face, who

knew God better than anyone

at that time said, “… show me

now thy way: that I may know

thee ...” This brings to mind

Paul's declaration: “That I may

know Him...” Though he had a

direct line to Him: more inti-

mate than any other at the

time.

The more we know of God the

more we realize we have yet to

learn of Him. God is mysteri-

ous, there is no searching of

His understanding – His ways

are past finding out.

Though Moses knew God and

followed in His way, he had to

get fresh instruction, fresh

guidance, new knowledge. God

has not changed, but what is

His will in this situation?

Where is He leading in this

instance?

The Word of God says,

“Blessed are they which do hun-

ger and thirst after righteousness

for they shall be filled.” We must

never get or think ourselves full

of God. We must never think

we have enough or know

enough, not even in a certain

circumstance or situation.

We must ever have our hearts

open our eyes toward heaven

seeking His face.

ship with God at the same time.

You've got to give yourself to God

in certain way. You've got to

spend more and more time with

God, in His actual presence if

you're going to grow closer to

Him. This means a sacrificing, a

cutting off of what you want to do,

maybe even some things you need

to do, to be with God.

Moses spent much time in a high

mountain apart with God in order

to obtain this relationship. Twice

he spent 40 days and nights up

there alone with God. How much

time are we willing to spend alone

with God so that God can be with

us as He was with Moses?

We might not spend 40 days, but

can we spend 4? We might not

give 40 days, but what about 40

hours? Or 4 hours out of every

day? How bad do you want to

have that intimate personal rela-

tionship with God where He's able

to talk to you face to face as a man

speaketh with His friend?

A song says, “If you'll be a friend of

Jesus... He will be a friend to you.” If

you want to have that close per-

sonal walk with God, it’s going to

take something on your part. You

can't just get it going about your

daily life. You must give God

something to work with. You must

separate yourself.

No Friend Like Jesus – Daniel

O. Teasley

Awaiting His instruction, desiring

His guidance. As Moses prayed,

we must know in every situation

that God is with us and that He's

leading us in this direction.

Samson got in trouble because

He wist not that God had left

him. The difference is Moses

prayed before he moved and

Samson prayed after he tried to

do it in his own strength.

Saul prospered as long as he was

small in his own eyes. Another

king was helped until he was

strong, but when he was strong,

in his own estimation, he tried to

do things in his own strength and

he got in trouble (ref. 2 Chroni-

cles 26:15-16).

Joshua saw the relationship

Moses had with God and was

inspired. He desired to plunge

into the fathomless depths of

God – desired that intimacy –

desired to get to that place in

God.

We as saints of God should have

that longing... God told Moses

there was a place by Him. We

should desire to be in that place;

that should challenge us. Our

direction, our drive, our motiva-

tion must be to get as close to

God as we can. We want God to

be with us in a certain way, we

must do what we have to do to

get closer to God.

James 4:8 - “Draw nigh to God,

and He will draw nigh unto you.”

God has promised “As I was with

Moses ...” Not just to some of us,

but all of us in this dispensation

can have a close personal rela-

tionship with God, but we must

give ourselves to God in a cer-

tain way. We can't be busy about

our own lives, busy about the

things concerning this life and yet

have a deep, intimate relation-

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