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"But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you." Matthew 6:33 |
“And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God. When profess to be Christian, or share the Bible on social media, we are declaring a powerful thing. It becomes easy to claim this faith but the reality of a Christian walk requires much more from us than we are willing to admit. A confession of belief should be followed by a life governed by God's word. God's word really does prepare us to be uncommonly good amongst people. In every aspect of our life the salvation power of Christ should be reflecting the miraculous power of God's power. The power of our submission is directly related to the power of God's providence. When we give up our way and take on God's, we start moving and sounding like God's love. The passage that we are focused on today reminds us of our day to day responsibility to be unusually kind and uncommonly giving.
Having this posture is huge in today's world. Even presidential candidates sound off at one another in anger. However, our ability to start reflecting a love is given through following The example of Christ. God's love is so big it saved the world. It brings us to an unusual place of joy in a world filled with so many reasons to be angry and hopeless. Look at the scriptures. They direct is in the complete opposite "direction" than the world. From our temperament to our business dealings we ought to have a level of integrity because God's love implores to be better, think better than our flesh wants us to. We have to remember that we aren't better than others; salvation makes us better than our former selves. You have a choice: Automatically respond to the world or respond to God's word and give that response unto the world. At our jobs, in our homes, with our peers we must start reflecting God's power. The best way to do so is to take our profession of the Christian faith seriously. Watching what we say and who we say it to. Why live this way? Witnessing that's why. People don't want to hear you talk about how great church was after you have been mean all week long. Could you imagine Donald Trump trying to tell the gospel to one of the business owners he swindled. It doesn't work. We cannot tell the good news of Jesus Christ and go off acting on impulse. That is why God in his providence sent his word, so that we have something to say to others. He gave us our script, we just have to follow it. Consider yourself elected into Godly office. Everything you do effects the supernatural national security. And if you are not careful to have your confession of the faith, you just might be risking the Kingdom of Heaven in your home or on your job. Start with Romans 12, even if you don't possess some of those qualities begin speak those scriptures as if you were listing your own character traits.
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Kerryann
10/13/2016 06:41:40 am
Thank God for his word! I'm thrilled this blessed you. #soulfood
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