Revelation 21:2 And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
We are His betrothed and we are being prepared for Him. As with all good relationships it is a matter of communication and cooperation. How can we listen to Him without faith?
Romans 10:17 So faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ.
Galatians 3:2 Let me ask you only this: Did you receive the Spirit by works of the law or by hearing with faith?
We cannot speak to the active agent in our lives without reminding ourselves why He is with us.
The active agent for God the Father and Jesus Christ is the Third Person of God, the Holy Spirit. We would do well to remember that as they are one, He is God in us.
As God in oneness, He knows the Father’s plan, knows the Father’s will and will only testify of those things in Christ that are meant to prepare us for that day when we will be with our betrothed for the wedding. When that will be is only known to the Father.
Until then we have the Holy Spirit who will communicate to us all that Jesus Christ said with perfect clarity based on our willingness to cooperate. Jesus does not force Himself on anyone.
For by the grace given to me I say to everyone among you not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think with sober judgment, each according to the measure of faith that God has assigned.
Receive this Word with humility and sober judgment, your understanding of exactly what measure of faith means for you is personal based on your cooperation, gifts and roles in the body of Christ. Do not insist on being right as each of us has to act according to our personal relationship with Christ.
Romans 12:4-5 English Standard Version
4 For as in one body we have many members, and the members do not all have the same function, 5 so we, though many, are one body in Christ, and individually members one of another.
Receive this Word with humility and sober judgment, wounding another member of the body of Christ wounds yourself. That is what it means to be One. In human terms we call it self-inflicted wounds. My pastor put it to me this way, “You keep shooting yourself in the foot.” Now if that doesn’t hinder your walk of faith I don’t know what does.