Continuing on about our Life Message…
6) Accept the fact that God loves you unconditionally…We humans have a very difficult time getting an understanding of unconditional love, mainly because whether we realize it or not, we love conditionally, I believe because of our fallen nature. Many times even our body language puts forth the idea that our love depends…God’s love is as far from that as possible…remember, He loved us before we even gave Him a thought! Conditional love is based mainly on performance, you do/act right (by our standard of right) and I will love you. Many…too many children perceive that fact very early in life, from a parent or guardian, and it sticks, unfortunately. If we are spending adequate time with the Lord, maturing in our attitudes and ways of interacting, we will develop an unconditionally loving attitude toward others, and REALLY show Christ to people who badly need Him.
7) God is in control of absolutely everything in life…we all SAY this, but don’t model it in our lives and live as if we do indeed believe it! We all like control, of ourselves and others. But, the real control tower, our minds, is God’s and HE SHOULD be the one controlling us. I think we should give this serious thought, because it ties into so many other areas. REMEMBER…when we are born again, our minds are NOT born again…the Scripture tells us in many places we are to renew our minds constantly by reading Scripture, meditating on it, memorizing it so that it sinks in and becomes real…what a privilege to think (and act) God’s very thoughts…see Colossians 1:9…and have His mind on everyday things.
8) Depend completely on the Holy Spirit for every direction…He requires that we submit to Him, and stay yielded in order to be effective in our service. We are gifted for service to the Body of Christ and placed where HE wants us to serve…see Romans 12:1-2…The place of service may be different than you would pick…why?…because God hates pride, and frequently will put us into ministry that isn’t easy for us to do in our own strength. Then we MUST depend on Him to do it through us. God hates pride so much, it is destructive to us, ruins our testimony and robs Him of the glory only He deserves. Another area where we need quiet time with Hi8m in order to be where and what we should be…we can never serve in our own strength but many times we will try. We mess it up, trust me, we incapable of doing the kind of job God wants done when we attempt to do it on our own. Additionally, in our own strength, we will feel proud and self-confident, something He hates.
9) Personal time of meditation is the best time we could ever spend. to be content and please God we MUST know the Word. Additionally, we must be familiar with the character of God, which can only be learned by knowing the Scripture internally and personally from cover to cover, observing the character studies contained in the Book. This reading and contemplating grows us and gives the Holy Spirit the opportunity to conform us to the image of Christ and having His mind.
10) The Word of God will transform your life…YOU CAN TAKE THAT TO THE BANK!!!!! This transformation is the process God has ordained, He uses it to teach us about Him, our fallen nature and His plan to change that nature “line upon line, precept upon precept.” and as He tells Israel all through the Old Testament, “I tell you these things for your own good.” Indeed, YOU CAN TAKETHAT TO THE BANK!’
God bless you as you mull over these precepts. They worked for me, and they’ll work for you, if you’re willing.
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