When We Love God We Obey Him

When we love our master we obey Him, not out of guilt or gain, but out of love!

2 Corinthians 9: 6-8 "…6 Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously. 7 Each one should give what he has decided in his heart to give, not out of regret or compulsion. God loves a cheerful giver. 8 And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that in all things, at all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good work.…"

This principle of giving our money, our time, and our devotion to Christ really pertain to everything we do, not just our giving of money.

When we love God so much that everything we do is measured by whether or not it pleases God we will be blessed. However, the blessing is greater than material possessions, in fact, most of the time it's the Spiritual blessing of wisdom and the lack of guilt that blesses us the most.

There is nothing more wonderful than walking in joy even in the hardest of times. We are able to do this when we make Christ our first priority over everything and everyone.

In these last days, we will lose a lot, mostly friends and family who don't want to walk with God as we do. They will reject and spurn us because we are too fanatical and embarrassing with all our "God talk" and our resistance in doing the rituals and the observances that everyone else is doing. Christians will even be rejected by their Christian family members for their fervency for the Lord.

Matthew 23:26-28 "…26 Blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup and dish, so that the outside may become clean as well.

27 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs, which look beautiful on the outside, but on the inside are full of dead men’s bones and every kind of impurity. 28 In the same way, on the outside you appear to be righteous, but on the inside you are full of hypocrisy and wickedness.…"

James 1:2-12 "2 Consider it all joy, my brethren, when you encounter various trials,

3 knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance. 4 And let endurance have its perfect result, so that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.

5 But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all generously and without reproach, and it will be given to him.

6 But he must ask in faith without any doubting, for the one who doubts is like the surf of the sea, driven and tossed by the wind.

7 For that man ought not to expect that he will receive anything from the Lord,

8 being a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.

9 But the brother of humble circumstances is to glory in his high position;

10 and the rich man is to glory in his humiliation, because like flowering grass he will pass away.

11 For the sun rises with a scorching wind and withers the grass; and its flower falls off and the beauty of its appearance is destroyed; so too the rich man in the midst of his pursuits will fade away.

12 Blessed is a man who perseveres under trial; for once he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life which the Lord has promised to those who love Him. "

Romans 5:3-5 "…3 Not only that, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; 4 perseverance, character; and character, hope. 5 And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out His love into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, whom He has given us.…"