….but my allergies are acting up, and i’m in battle spiritually. The enemy likes to take advantage of me in my sleep. This has gone on for a while now. So I think I’ll grab a cup of hot chamomile tea and reminisce on the Joys of the Lord.
So I had this revelation the other night,
I hear this all the time….
If the bible doesn’t say I can’t cuss, then why can’t I?
If the bible doesn’t say that I can’t listen to this music, then what’s wrong with it?
If the bible doesn’t say that I can’t wear these clothes, then why can’t I?
You get where I’m going with this. Anyways, I learned that God doesn’t really want us to just “do the right thing”. He wants to dwell in us! HE WANTS TO LIVE IN US! That’s a crazy thought. And what’s even crazier is it’s real.
Imagine you have somebody very important coming over to stay for a while.
Would this person want to come and stay in a house that is clean and taken care of? Would they want to enjoy the splendor of your home? Would you have a proper resting place for them?
OR….
Would they walk in to the smell of smoke? or bottles and cans laying around? or music that does not speak of Jesus? or people that don’t know Christ personally? or a bed that is not clean?
When God comes knocking at your heart, what will he walk in and find? Will he be pleased? He created us to be homes (the church) for him to dwell and let heaven reign. Heaven is here, you just have to let Him in.
Words are not for us to claim. If we have words to say, then we should say them expecting something much more than recognition. We should say them expecting a revolution out of them.
James 3:5-6 says, “It only takes a spark, remember, to set off a forest fire. A careless or wrongly placed word out of your mouth can do that. By our speech, we can ruin the world, turn harmony to chaos, throw mud on a reputation, send the whole world up in smoke and go up in smoke with it, smoke right from the pit of hell!”
Why do we spend so much time saying words that aren’t necessarily “harmful” when we can just continue to speak encouragement and life into people?
I suffer from this too which is why I asked the question. It’s one of those life questions that we as humans, can’t help but ask. I used to think God had a “Sense of Humor”, but God has two things on His mind. Will He find a home in you? or will He never see you again? There’s not much room for humor on that thin line.
Now don’t get me wrong, God can be funny, but we have a tendency to think our sense of humor is the same as His. Remember we are 4 dimensional creatures, He is MULTI-DIMENSIONAL. He’s a bit smarty than us.
Jesus used some sarcasm in proving His points while with the disciples and around pharisees. But He did it so non-show-lont-lee (didn’t know how to spell that word) that we kinda missed it. Not everything was like that in his ministry but he gives us little clues here and there that he was laughing inside for a second.
My point is, one of our main ministries in life is to make sure that people are encouraged to live for something great and if that means reducing the amount of little jokes we make then we should take that seriously. Lives matter and we need to make sure they are at a high point with God before we start shooting off our smart remarks.
Just a thought,
My heart is standing still right now. One of those moments where God reveals his glory and I am speechless. It’s really even hard to write this but I have to say something.
I have to say I am awestruck.
I have to say I am second.
I have to say His blood came first.
I have to say His kingdom is first.
I have to say I have died to myself and rose for Him and by Him.
I have to say I live for Him.
Yeah… that’s what I have to say.
I’m losing my mind and my faith is all I got. I look up into the expanse of earth and space and can’t help but to wonder “where” He is. I want to see His face so bad. Yet He holds it back from me. I feel so far away. My new, fresh mind that Christ has given me still has a hard time grasping onto this concept. I’m extremely emotional to say the least.
Just praying for a door to open.
Had a realization that Spirituality, by the world’s standard, is referred to a feeling you get inside that makes you feel all good and high and mighty. No wonder we have so many occult’s… (cough cough)… I mean uh denominations. I guess I can’t say much more on the topic because of the ignorance we live in. I was ignorant once but i learned about it eventually. I was blinded but now I see.
I guess we, as Christ followers, have forgotten that we are suppose to correct people on how the Bible is suppose to be taught. Now-a-days, we have changed the definition of freedom to this
Freedom: Let’s do whatever we want and we demand both by Law and by our selfishness and lack of desire to change that you accept us the way we are.
Too late to go back on it now since the whole country is doing it.
Here is a glimmer of Hope for ya though. I believe that my Father has put it on my heart to challenge that motive and to do it in the same way that I am corrected when I’m wrong. He is always changing me and with that I need to keep challenging the standards we are setting for the next generation and ask the Holy Spirit what is wrong with this picture and do I have to change this in myself in order to bring the truth to everyone else? I don’t exactly know how to explain the Holy Spirit in one line, but one thing is for sure, it’s not always fuzzy warm feeling you get in your stomach. You might experience something like that at a few points in your life but God constantly changes His approach to us because it will lead us to change. The devil can and will use ways that God has used in the past to try and trick you into thinking He is God. I pray discernment over the Holy body of Christ so that we can avoid these traps that have been set for us by our enemies.
Save me from my enemies, Lord;
I run to you to hide me.
Teach me to do your will,
for you are my God.
May your gracious Spirit lead me forward on a firm footing.
For the glory of yous name, O Lord, save me.
In your righteousness, bring me out of this distress.
In your unfailing Love, cut off my enemies and destroy all my foes,
for I am your servant.
Psalm 143:9-12
Hell is not spoken of much in the Bible for this reason:
If you have Christ in you, then why would you need to know about somewhere you’re not going? My mind has the space it has to be filled up with Christ. I don’t need to waste my time knowing what lies in Hell. I’m focused on the man who took the keys from the devil so I could be saved.
That stupid History channel is getting on my nerves now. To them, Jesus is referred to as an “Icon of Faith”.
If He was just simply an Icon and did not raise from the dead, then I see my faith/life/family/friends as worthless. I know he’s alive in me because if He wasn’t then I would’ve already put a bullet through my head because He is the Savior I have needed.
Word
Just the fact that He exists should be enough of a reason for me to worship Him. Sadly, I drift away from that… A LOT! Man, I have been totally looking at it the wrong way. How did I get to this conclusion that I should only expect Him to do things for me. He’s not my maid. He’s my creator, my conqueror, my grace, my protection, my keeper, my leader and my follower. Once I gave my life up to Him, I became responsible for any person that crosses my path in telling them about His amazing Love and Wondrous character. How selfish of me to think about myself before thinking about what I can do while I am here or wherever. I’m so glad He forgives. He exists and He Loves you! I feel better. :)
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SO for God I go hard. I don’t wanna die tonight. Cause there’s too many people livin’ who ain’t heard about the Christ.
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