Does
anything in my personal life matter to God? The simple and straight
forward answer is: Yes! Yes it does! Our
lives matter! Our conduct matters. Our testimony as a whole matters a lot to
God.
Unfortunately,
we lack God’s perspective on many things. We need to be aware of that and take
time to consider what God's perspective on our lives might be. We need to ask
God to help us discover His perspective and to help us understand it,
too.
We
might just follow along with the flow and adjust to a certain Christian
culture, to a certain way of life as a Christian and think that this is what
following Christ is about. Let's double check! Let's triple check!
God
might not be in your routines. God might not particularly like them. If you
just go through the motions of reading the Bible but you don't engage your mind
and heart while doing so, that habit of yours - even though it looks so pious
and devoted doesn't really do much for your life as a Christian.
If you
seek God just to get some emotional feeling of wellbeing out of it or even
desire to be shown "secret" things, you are definitely going to
grieve God. God doesn't want you to dabble in dark and hidden things. He wants
you to move into the light and to revel in the light of the Word of God.
That's
not always a delightful exercise. It's work. Often it's hard work because you
have to apply yourself, your spirit, your heart and mind to the things of
God, and you have to reject your "flesh". It is not what you desire
that's important. It is what God desires.
I need
to be preaching this to myself over and over again, as well.
When
God is at the center of our attention, he will change the longings of our
hearts. He will make them be in tune with His will, will His love, with His
justice and with His grace. He will start communicating truthful
interpretations of Bible passages to us. We will be amazed how we will change.
We will discover that we are learning to trust God's Word much more than ever
before. We will discover that God can be trusted and we will realise that we
are continually being rooted in Christ and in the Word of God. We are getting
stronger in the knowledge of the Word of God and in the things to pertain to
eternal life.
That's
exciting. That's GOOD NEWS!
Remember
the verse about loving God, for he will give you the desires of your
heart?
God
does not rush to give us the desires of the "flesh". Preachers who
preach "god" like this are teaching another "christ" and
another "gospel".
Maybe Romans 13:14 can be a heavenly spark for you.
Read this Bible verse here:
This is
the Authorized King James Bible: a very good translation.
This is
the King James Bible, 1900
This is
the ESV translation of the Bible.
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