| A few thoughts on God (let's love Him back) |
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God sees me for exactly what I am, who I am, and knows where I am going and what I'm thinking as I'm going through this life. He knows how many hours or minutes a day I devote to Him, and He loves me the same way He always has. He is the sum and source of love and faith and all goodness. He is love and He is Spirit and the Spirit is truth, and the truth is Jesus, and He sets us free from the power of sin, and someday from the very presence of sin and the evil that sin produces. So, the truth is a person and that person dwells in me by faith, and faith works by love. God is beyond desription of mere words in the finite mind because He knows all things all at once simultaneously, and never has to figure out anything, and knew I would write this, and knows that I want to know the truth more deeply, and will help me to practice the truth. God inspires me to meditate on the truth of who He is and who I am in Him, by His eternal grace and mercy.
God is changing me by the power of His Word which illuminates the darkness of my mortal mind and actually renews my thought patterns and it is His presence in my mind that enables me to see things for what they really are, and His presence is the Word which lives in my mind and is alive and powerful: 4:12 For the word of God [is] quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and [is] a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
Jesus is the living Word and He dwells in me, and is changing me, and changing my desires, and making me see that this life is a beautiful gift that I can use to bring Him glory and honor. The way that I put off the old man and renew myself in His image and let His mind dwell in me is by the power of His Word dwelling in me, which is a choice I have every day, and He inspires my choices by the power of His love living in me, and Jesus is love. The more I think about Him (the Word of God) the better I am able to deal with someone cutting me off on the road, and the quicker I pray for folks. I pray for people at the bust stop that God will prosper them and heal them. I pray for homless people and homosexuals who need to know that Jesus loves them, and died for them just like anyone else. His grace is available to anyone who call on His name.
I have today to glorify God, and yesterday's wins don't count in today's ballgame, but even the professional athletes practice for many hours a day. Why is it my brothers and sisters that we are not practising loving God and our neighbors as ourselves? I smiled and waved to my neighbors this morning and they smiled back. Let God have His way today, and His way is love and mercy. |
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