When we elevate people as though they are gods, we are reflecting an attitude of wanting to be elevated ourselves.
When we know we are not special, only Christ is, then we are free to love others even with what we might think are flaws and warts.
Love is not deserved, God died for us while we were yet sinners. He loved us when we were unlovable, should we not love others this way!
This does not mean that we allow everyone into our lives no matter how wicked they are, it simply means that we choose to love God's way, which may mean discipline or removing ourselves from someone so that God can do His work without our interference.
So often we think we need to help God, but those we want to reach will not hear us, but perhaps they will hear God, because He knows exactly what they need. We can only guess as to need, but God will do the perfect things and only He knows when the person is unreachable.
So, the moral of the story is this, love God's way, stay or leave based on what the Holy Spirit is telling us. Never do anything in the flesh based on emotion and we will be able to walk in peace and joy knowing God is going to do what is right.
Friday, August 19, 2016
God Is Showing Us
God said that no man has an excuse. When God said; "a fool says there is no God", the true rendering of that verse is "a fool says no to God."
Atheists know there is a God, they are deliberately denying Him out of rebellion.
When you sense the rejection of your extended family and your children, you are experiencing what God must feel like when the culture as a whole has rejected Him.
Let's turn our life experiences into lessons, everything that has been done to us, our culture as a whole, and we, have done to God.
Rather than agonizing continually as we do, it is good to put things back into perspective to regain our peace and joy through prayer and study of God's Word. When we experience the trials and rejection of life, we know that God is allowing us new insight into the culture and ourselves, while showing us His heart!
Atheists know there is a God, they are deliberately denying Him out of rebellion.
When you sense the rejection of your extended family and your children, you are experiencing what God must feel like when the culture as a whole has rejected Him.
Let's turn our life experiences into lessons, everything that has been done to us, our culture as a whole, and we, have done to God.
Rather than agonizing continually as we do, it is good to put things back into perspective to regain our peace and joy through prayer and study of God's Word. When we experience the trials and rejection of life, we know that God is allowing us new insight into the culture and ourselves, while showing us His heart!
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