Walking with GOD: Seeking YWHW

Happy New Year All. Yes, it is the Tenth day, of the Second month, in the year Two thousand and Fourteen, and here I am wishing you a  Happy New Year. Rather Late than never.

I have decided this year to experience God in a deeper way. How I don't know yet, but my anchor Scripture comes from Mathew 6:33 "Seek the Kingdom of God above all else, and live righteously, and he will give you everything you need." (NLT)

I have realized that this is the principal thing. We all need to find God in all we do. We all need to put Him first in our decision making. This is my Journey. To try as much as possible to commit everything, however little to God.

Christ said about the greatest commandments. Mathew 22:36-40 ^"You must love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your mind. This is the first and greatest commandment. A second is equally important: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ The entire law and all the demands of the prophets are based on these two commandments."

How then do we Love God, by obeying his commandments. How do we obey his commandments by living like Jesus did. Living for Christ.

How do we love our neighbor. First by giving them the best of what we have. What is the best. The Gospel of the good news. What more can we have than eternal life with our King Jesus. Once we are all transformed into the nature of Christ, Loving and Living in unity will come easy.

Lets go out and show the Love of GOD and proclaim the good news.To Seek God first we need to Love him above and do His will.

Till next time Maranatha.

Christ-Like Attitude (5): Justice

Justice; yes the Lord is a just God. He is righteous and expects equity, fairness and love from Christians to all men.We can see how the Lord loves justice that he explicitly commands that we are just ourselves, He prefers justice to the burnt offerings and sacrifices that we may offer (Micah 6:6-8; Isaiah 1:11-17; Zechariah 7: 9-10).

He has also asked us to appoint just leaders to rule over us to judge His people fairly (Deut 16:18-20). We will need to pray for our leaders as well as go beyond the physical likeness when we go out to choose these leaders. 

As Christians we should try to work in Justice, as much as lies with us, we should treat each other the way we want to be treated and according to the principles of the word of God. We need to love our neighbors, our friends, acquaintances and even our enemies to be able to overcome any form of evil that comes our way.

Justice as with other Christ-Like attitudes can be achieved by submitting to the Lord, humbling ourselves and letting the Holy Spirit guide us. I pray that as we continue to work with God that His grace and Spirit will lead us to conform to His will for our Lives.

Remain Blessed. Maranatha.

Christ-Like Attitude (4): Love

For God so Loved us and He gave us Christ who exemplified the kind of Love we should show towards all mankind.

The central truth of the Christian lifestyle is that of Love (John 3:16). Love for God, Love for Neighbors, and Love for ourselves (Matt 22: 37-39). 

If we Love God we will seek to please Him and do all that promotes His Glory on Earth and that which makes Him Happy. Christ Loved God that in All He did, He ensured that it was to His Fathers Glory and that the Almighty was pleased with Him (John 14:15-26).

If we love our Neighbor we promote peace and show the Love of God working through us. Christ shows us how to love our Neighbors by the numerous acts of kindness and compassion He showed towards individuals and His ultimate sacrifice for Mankind on the cross. He was willing to go the extra mile to make a Sacrifice whiles we were yet Sinners (Romans 5:6-7).

If we Love ourselves we are confident in our Identity in Christ and are willing to suffer shame for Him knowing that He lives in us and we are not trying to please men. For Christ to accomplish all he did,for Him to love God and love His neighbor (Sinners Like Us) He knew who He was, He knew His identity  he knew His purpose, He knew His calling. He did not waver but stood by His belief and principles (Philippians 2: 5-11). To be able to accomplish our destinies we need to Identify our purpose, stand by its conviction and be confident in who God has made us to be. Then we can Love God with all our Heart and Soul and also show love and compassion to our Neighbor.

My Prayer is that as Christians we will continue to grow in the fullness of love and avoid the trap of pride and give ourselves to be led and used by God Almighty. 

Maranatha. Remain Blessed.

Christ-Like Attitude (3): Patience

As I write on Patience, I am actually striving to be patient regarding an issue in my life at the moment and I hope the Lord will bestow His Grace as we as His Children master the Art of Patience. The undeniable Truth is that the Lord is Sovereign and He Knows what's best for His Children, so are we always impatient with Him. I sincerely believe that His Timing is Perfect.

Psalm 145:15 “The eyes of all look to you in hope; you give them their food as they need it.” This Scripture Reminds us that the Lord allots our needs at the perfect time. When we are matured enough to handle the blessings for the good of the Kingdom. We need to develop the muscles that will help us wait in faith for God's time. I joke sometimes and say, Okay God I accept that your timing is different from mine, please this time around let my timing come before yours. As always it comes after.

Second we need to be patient with one another as the Lord was and is patient with us. As the apostle Paul testified  about God’s Great Patience, 1 Timothy 1:15-16 “This is a trustworthy saying, and everyone should accept it: “Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners”—and I am the worst of them all. But God had mercy on me so that Christ Jesus could use me as a prime example of his great patience with even the worst sinners. Then others will realize that they too can believe in him and receive eternal life.”

Let’s not be quick to give up on others when they seem to be going on opposite paths that we will like them to tread, the Lord was patient with us when we walked the same path, we should prayerfully be patient with them as we look forward to God’s glory shining in their hearts.

“Love is Patient” 1 Corinthians 13:4, Patience with others exemplifies our love for them, even within the body of Christ, we are all still growing and looking to perfect our character as Christ’s, we might hurt each other, but we should always love. God made us different, yet expects to be one in Christ, if we patiently work in love we will Glorify His Name. 1 Thessalonians 5:14c says Be patient with everyone.

Galatians 5: 22-23 But the Holy Spirit produces this kind of fruit in our lives: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness; gentleness, and self-control. There is no law against these things!

The gift of Patience comes from the Holy Spirit. If any one craves this they should pray through Holy Spirit  to empower them with Patience. I pray that as we grow as Christians, we will develop a patient spirit in our daily work with Christ.

Remain Blessed as Always. Maranatha.