ARE YOU GENUINE IN SHARING YOUR LOVE FOR GOD WITH OTHERS, BY LOVING THEM ?

8/24/2019

HAVE YOU EVER FOUND YOURSELF IN A PLACE WHERE YOU ARE SUDDENLY THRUST INTO A MOMENT WHERE YOU CAN SHARE YOUR FAITH, AND YOUR LOVE FOR GOD ? IT IS TRULY A PLACE FILLED WITH A THOUSAND EMOTIONS, AND CHALLENGES, AND QUESTIONS, AND DOUBTS. THEN AGAIN, IT IS A PLACE FILLED WITH A THOUSAND POSSIBILITIES, AND HOPES, AND JOYS, AND BLESSINGS. IT IS THE MOMENT WHEN YOU ASK YOURSELF, “AM I READY FOR THIS , DO I HAVE THE RIGHT WORDS, AM I KNOWLEDGEABLE ENOUGH ? WILL I SOUND GENUINE, AM I GENUINE ? I LOVE GOD, BUT I HAVE MY PROBLEMS. HOW CAN I HAVE AN IMPACT IN SOMEONE’S LIFE, WHEN AT TIMES I FEEL MY LIFE ISN’T PERFECT, AND I FEEL ASHAMED OR INADEQUATE. I LOVE GOD, BUT DO I REALLY TRUST HIM ENOUGH TO GIVE HIM EVERYTHING IN MY LIFE AND SURRENDER TO HIS AUTHORITY AND RULE IN MY LIFE ? TOUGH QUESTIONS….., BUT IF WE TRULY WORK HARD AT HAVING A PERSONAL AND INTIMATE RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD, HE WILL BRING US TO A PLACE WHERE WE CAN FIND THE BEST PART OF OURSELVES. THAT PLACE IS WHAT I CALL “THE REAL ME”. IT IS THE PLACE WHERE JESUS SHOWS ME WHO I AM, AND IMPORTANTLY, WHO I AM NOT. AND IT IS A PLACE THAT I CAN ONLY FIND WHEN IN AM IN FULL TRUST. SURRENDER, AND RELATIONSHIP WITH HIM. I AM SEEKING HIM, TALKING TO HIM, AND LISTENING TO WHAT HE REQUIRES OF ME, TEACHES ME, AND SPEAKS INTO MY LIFE. I BECOME IMMERSED IN HIM…..AND THEN, I CAN BE “REAL”, “HIS”, A COMPLETE AND ROYAL CITIZEN OF HIS KINGDOM. NOT PERFECT IN MYSELF, BUT TOTALLY PERFECT IN HIM.

DO YOU NOT KNOW THAT YOU ARE GOD’S TEMPLE AND THAT GOD’S SPIRIT LIVES IN YOU. 1 Corinthians 6:19

SO THEN, IF ANYONE IS IN CHRIST, HE IS A NEW CREATION; WHAT IS OLD HAS PASSED AWAY. LOOK, WHAT IS NEW HAS COME. 2 Corinthians 5:17

ONCE WE SURRENDER OURSELVES TO CHRIST, THERE IS A NEWNESS IN US THAT TRULY CANNOT BE CONTAINED. I AM SO DIFFERENT TODAY AS I GROW IN MY RELATIONSHIP AND TRUST IN JESUS, AND I SO WANT OTHERS TO KNOW HOW AWESOME IT IS, AND SEE HIM IMPACT THEIR LIFE TOO ! SO HOW DO I SHARE ? HOW DO I START, AND WHAT DO I SAY ? I KNOW THAT I AM COMMANDED BY JESUS TO SHARE ALL THAT HE IS TO THE WORLD….BUT WILL THEY LISTEN ? WHAT DOES IT TAKE ? OVER TIME, GOD HAS SHARED A FEW THINGS WITH ME THAT I BELIEVE ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS WE CAN MODEL IN OUR FAITH. WE MUST BE GENUINE, AND REAL, AND WE MUST BEGIN BY LOVING THE PERSON WE ARE SHARING WITH. THAT MEANS WE MUST LISTEN TO THEM, LEARN FROM THEM, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, LOVE THEM FOR WHO THEY ARE AND WHERE THEY ARE ! JESUS DIDN’T HAVE SOMEONE THROW ME UP AGAINST THE WALL, TELL ME HOW MESSED UP AND LOST I WAS, AND SHOW ME EVERYTHING ABOUT ME THAT I NEEDED TO CHANGE OR ELSE. WHAT I EXPERIENCED WERE PEOPLE AND IDEAS THAT SHOWED ME SOME GENUINE POSSIBILITIES THAT MIGHT HELP ME IN MY STRUGGLES AND NEEDS. THE PEOPLE I INTERACTED WITH WANTED TO KNOW ME FOR WHO I WAS AND THEY LISTENED TO ME EXPLAIN WHO I WAS…..THEY DIDN’T TELL ME WHO I HAD TO BE. THEY SHOWED ME WHO JESUS IS, HOW MUCH HE LOVES ME, AND THE ULTIMATE GIFT HE GIVES ME IN SALVATION IN HIM AND LIFE ABIDING IN HIM. AND THEIR LOVE FOR ME SHOWED ME THEY WERE REAL AND CHANGED THEMSELVES.

AS THE FATHER HAS LOVED ME, SO I HAVE LOVED YOU. ABIDE IN MY LOVE. IF YOU KEEP MY COMMANDMENTS, YOU WILL ABIDE IN MY LOVE , JUST AS I HAVE KEPT MY FATHER’S COMMANDMENTS AND ABIDE IN HIS LOVE. THESE THINGS I HAVE SPOKEN TO YOU, THAT MY JOY MAY BE IN YOU, AND THAT YOUR JOY MAY BE FULL. “THIS IS MY COMMANDMENT, THAT YOU LOVE ONE ANOTHER AS I HAVE LOVED YOU. GREATER LOVE HAS NO ONE THAN THIS, THAT SOMEONE LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS. John 15: 9-17

SO MAYBE, JUST MAYBE, IS GOD TELLING US THAT LAYING DOWN OUR LIVES FOR OUR FRIENDS IS REALLY GIVING UP WHAT AND WHO THE WORLD TELLS US WE SHOULD BE AND HAVE AND DO…..AND INSTEAD, SHOW THEM THE HEART AND HOPE AND TRUTH OF GOD, THAT IT MIGHT BRING THEM TO A NEW PLACE IN THEIR LIVES. THAT ALL IT REALLY TAKES IS FOR US TO BE GENUINE AND REAL IN WHO WE ARE IN JESUS AS HIS FOLLOWERS AND SERVANTS.

I PRAY THAT GOD WILL BLESS YOU WITH A CONFIDENCE AND HUNGER TO SHARE ALL THAT HE IS FROM THE STRENGTH AND LOVE THAT HE POURS INTO YOU EACH AND EVERY DAY. BE REAL IN WHO YOU ARE, AND LET GOD SHINE THROUGH YOU INTO EVERYONE AROUND YOU, EVERYWHERE YOU GO, EVERY DAY :)

AND KNOW THAT I AM WITH YOU ALWAYS; EVEN UNTO THE END OF TIME. Matthew 28:20

PEACE/JA