Loving God
“Delight
thyself also in the LORD; and He shall give thee the desires of thine
heart.” -Psalm 37:4 (KJV)
I was
reading Francis Chan’s Crazy Love today
and something stuck me. Chan said, “It may sound ‘un-Christian’ to say that on
some mornings I don’t feel like loving God, or I just forget to.” There is so
much truth in what he is saying. Most mornings we are woke up by our alarm
clocks. Some of us set it back another five minutes and go back to sleep. What
we should do is climb out of bed an extra five minutes early and pray to God
thanking Him for His daily love for us.
We all take His love for granted. Chan
pointed out that we are constantly worrying about what new thing is out to buy.
We think about what we have and then think about what we don’t have. When we do
that we develop a want for it and envy those who have it. We as humans are
designed to want, it is simply our nature. The thing is that we have everything
we need when we have Him.
"The
Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want." -Psalm 23:1
Loving God
is not simply saying a prayer every night before bed or dinner. Loving God is
serving Him each and every day. Serving as in witnessing to the lost, feeding
the hungry, and so many other amazing things you can do with your time. Today’s
Christians “love” in a different way. We go through the motions and sometimes
we may stop and give thanks. But it has to be an everyday occurrence! We must
love Him all the time no matter what. If you are sick love Him! If you are thankful
love Him! If you are lonely and feel like there is no one that can help you, He
is there so LOVE HIM! God is our refuge and as soon as we realize that our
lives will be renewed.
“Taste and
see that the LORD is good; blessed is the man who takes refuge in him.” –Psalm
34:8
Loving God
is not always going to be easy. We Christians, as all people, face trials.
However, we have God to deliver us through. Imagine having the strongest and
most powerful man in the world behind you in everything you do. Now multiply
that by 1,000,000! Having God in your life is the best decision any single
person could make. God is our protector, our rock. God is always there and
always will be. God never fades, but our worldly possessions do. We are to fear
Him.
Loving God
isn’t a piece of cake, but are you still willing to?
1 comments:
I had another birthday this week- I realize that by the time most people are my age they are wishing for days gone by, or that they could turn back the clock and be younger. Instead of approaching life that way, it dawned on me what a blessing each day has been. Has it always been easy- no way, I've had more than bad days...I've had bad YEARS. But God carried me through and has never even forsaken me or given up on me. He's the one you can always turn to and share your good and bad. Thanks Father for 31 fabulous years!!!!
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