The Tough Reality of it! In His Word 3-18-2024
People sometimes think that becoming a Christian means everything
will get easy. There will be no worry, or struggles, no crying, no pain. Well,
I want to give you a heads-up today; these things will come but not in the
world we live in today! Even so we must attempt to follow the rules that God
gave us, when we do His commands in the way which He has given us to do them we
can do it! Jesus sent us the Helper, the Holy Spirit, to guide us in the Way.
He shows us how to live in peace, love, and hope even during times of worry, struggles
or pain. He helps us make it through the rough patches with our heads lifted
high looking to Jesus knowing it will indeed get better, in His time and
knowing that He will indeed walk with us through it. We can read about how Jesus stood there with Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego in the fiery furnace. They walked out of it unscathed! That
is how the Holy Spirit walks with us through our troubles.
He also wants us to love our neighbors as we love ourselves.
How do you love yourself? I clean, clothe and feed myself. I care what I eat
and don’t allow myself to just eat old moldy bread, so I would not pass that on
to my neighbors.
So, who is my neighbor? Not just the Martinez family , but
really anyone around me can be my neighbor, and I should treat them with the
same kindness as I expect from them. According to 365 Days in His love by Teresa
Wilson ‘Anyone who is in need, or not. Anyone whom we meet , or see, or walk
by, or shop near, or talk to. These are our neighbors. The poor, the sick, the
hungry, the homeless, the addict, the
rich, the strong, the weak. Look around you,
the rich or poor are your neighbors. Love them, with His love.’
John 15:9 tells us to live on in His love by loving others
as God the Father has loved us. He loved us by removing the debt of our sins by
giving us Jesus as our sacrifice for them. We do not owe anything for our sins
because Jesus took on that debt and paid it in full! We can show mercy, and
walk in His mercy in order to show that love to one another.
How ever we read the verse it will tell us to live and love
like Jesus did, and does!
Just do it! Get right with God and walk in His truth. Walk
in His promises they say! Today I want to tell us all we need to wake up like the
scripture below says, our salvation is nearer than when we first believed! We
need to walk in a way that people will know we are with Jesus. The love of God
needs to exude from within our body,
soul and spirit!
Owe nothing to anyone—except for your obligation to love one
another. If you love your neighbor, you will fulfill the requirements of God’s
law. For the commandments say, “You must
not commit adultery. You must not murder. You must not steal. You must not
covet.” These—and other such commandments—are summed up in this one
commandment: “Love your neighbor as yourself.” Love does no wrong to others, so
love fulfills the requirements of God’s law.
This is all the more urgent, for you know how late it is;
time is running out. Wake up, for our salvation is nearer now than when we
first believed. The night is almost
gone; the day of salvation will soon be here. So, remove your dark deeds like
dirty clothes, and put on the shining armor of right living. Because we belong
to the day, we must live decent lives for all to see. Don’t participate in the
darkness of wild parties and drunkenness, or in sexual promiscuity and immoral
living, or in quarreling and jealousy. Instead, clothe yourself with the presence of
the Lord Jesus Christ. And don’t let yourself think about ways to indulge your
evil desires. Romans 13:8-14
Stop walking in the world and claiming that you are
following God. He will not put you in worldly places, or situations if you are
following Him. He does not hand you the beer when you know better than drinking
it! Yes I said that!
We need to get real my friends, we need to walk right. We
need to talk right, dress right, live right in the eyes of God. He gave us the
best model to follow. Why would we want to live as less when He has made us
more?
Heavenly Father, help us to walk like You, to talk like You,
and to give mercy like You today. Put blinders on us to keep us from the things
that would pull us away from you, open our eyes to see Your truth, Your way,
and Your light to walk in it and share the love of God with others, in Jesus’
name.