DO YOU REALLY LOVE GOD?
OBEDIENCE IS A CHOICE BETWEEN OUR LIMITED KNOWLEDGE AND GOD’S UNLIMITED KNOWLEDGE AND POWER
This post may check some of you all, but I pray that it will do just that, as it has done the same for me. When we say we love God, I think it is a phrase that we throw around very loosely and carelessly. No thought is really put into it when we walk around saying I love you God loudly or telling the people around us that, so we can seem better than the next individual.
But I want you to really ask yourself deep down, if you truly love God. When we look at what it means to love God we disregard the obedience that is connected to it. John 14:15 says, “If you love me, you will obey my commands” and its written plain as day, but realistically we don’t adhere to this scripture at all.
Let me put it into context for you, how many times have you gave your absolute best to a job, or you sacrificed and made all the necessary changes for that relationship you wanted to hold onto to, or just in general making changes that were needed to get some thing or someone. You can be honest with yourself, because i’ll admit I have done it numerous times, but when you know better you do better.
When I came to this realization, I had to really check myself and ask for forgiveness because looking back over my life I can’t say that i’ve truly loved God, because I was being disobedient to His word. There have been plenty of jobs that i’ve worked, where I was willing to do any and every thing to get that raise or promotion. Same thing goes for relationships, situationships, or whatever you prefer to call them (be real with yourself). So then I began to ask myself, why am I making all of these sacrifices and changes for people and things that are temporary when I can’t even do the same for the Father.
God is love and when we say we love Him, we have to make sure our obedience is there as well. You cannot love God and live in a way that is displeasing to Him and demonstrating behavior that contradicts. Now, please don’t get me wrong, I am no better than you my brother and sister, we are all chasing after Zion together. But let’s start putting action behind the love we say we have.
WHAC-A-MOLE 101
When you realize who you are, what you are, and who you belong to, you can always begin to find peace and understanding.
This post today will be short and sweet. I know for a fact everyone has felt like their life was a game of Whac-A-Mole!!!! And if you haven’t, let’s be real you’re not being honest with yourself. Today I felt like that old mole in the game and life was the mallet! So, to help me regain some peace, I took a moment to breathe and this scripture from Proverbs came to mind. “Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and He will make your paths straight (NKJV).
If you ever come to the place where I was today, here are some scriptures I like to meditate on……
James 1:2-3 (KJV)” My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations; Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience.”
Philippians 4:6 (KJV)” Be careful for nothing; but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.”
Psalms 55:22 (KJV)” Cast thy burden upon the Lord, and he shall sustain thee: he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved.”
Goodnight! #MileTwo
“Never be in a hurry; Do everything quietly and in a calm spirit. Do not lose your inner peace for anything whatsoever, even if your whole world seems upset.”