GOD MUST BE AWFUL SAD
Greetings in the name of Jesus:
A friend of mine stopped by my office as I was working and as we spoke they told me :You must be close to God to understand how He feels so well!", and while I know I don't read God's feeling better than the next guy it did make me realize that we often don't realize at all how God feels about things. So often we place all of the emphasis upon how we are feeling that we don't take into consideration How God must feel as He watches what this world is doing.
I particular I wonder how He feels about what we are doing as people who claim to love Him and follow His Son. In my heart I can't help but ask the question about God's trust in what we say and do in our relationship with Him through Christ. Jesus told us that we are His friends if we we will do what He commands us to do, but what happens when we don't do as He has commanded? What happens when we strain that relationship by our own will to do or to live as we please in spite of what we publicly proclaim to the world?
We bank an awful lot on His forgiveness and His love and yet how much do we seriously come to Him and ask for forgiveness without the intent of heart to never commit that sin again against Him? As you look more closely at the drawing you will see that there are tears in Jesus eyes as He asks the question of "Can I trust in your love tomorrow?"
Perhaps it is a question that we should ask ourselves about what our intentions have been all along in our relationship with Him. Jesus wept over Jerusalem as He sat and prayed for them, and I am sure that He weeps today for us as well. How much do you mean what you say to God when you ask for forgiveness of sin? Is your heart contrite? Do you come away with the intention of not committing that sin again; or is it just something you say to make yourself feel better? Have you ever thought about how much we break God's heart, and challenge His trust in what we say to Him about our love for Him? If we really love God we should be much more protective of the intent behind what we say to Him. Do you understand God's feeling as He dwells in your heart? If not then perhaps you are out of touch with Him in the intent of your heart...that is something to think about. May you richly bless God through your life in Him.
THE UNWORTHY SERVANT
A friend of mine stopped by my office as I was working and as we spoke they told me :You must be close to God to understand how He feels so well!", and while I know I don't read God's feeling better than the next guy it did make me realize that we often don't realize at all how God feels about things. So often we place all of the emphasis upon how we are feeling that we don't take into consideration How God must feel as He watches what this world is doing.
I particular I wonder how He feels about what we are doing as people who claim to love Him and follow His Son. In my heart I can't help but ask the question about God's trust in what we say and do in our relationship with Him through Christ. Jesus told us that we are His friends if we we will do what He commands us to do, but what happens when we don't do as He has commanded? What happens when we strain that relationship by our own will to do or to live as we please in spite of what we publicly proclaim to the world?
We bank an awful lot on His forgiveness and His love and yet how much do we seriously come to Him and ask for forgiveness without the intent of heart to never commit that sin again against Him? As you look more closely at the drawing you will see that there are tears in Jesus eyes as He asks the question of "Can I trust in your love tomorrow?"
Perhaps it is a question that we should ask ourselves about what our intentions have been all along in our relationship with Him. Jesus wept over Jerusalem as He sat and prayed for them, and I am sure that He weeps today for us as well. How much do you mean what you say to God when you ask for forgiveness of sin? Is your heart contrite? Do you come away with the intention of not committing that sin again; or is it just something you say to make yourself feel better? Have you ever thought about how much we break God's heart, and challenge His trust in what we say to Him about our love for Him? If we really love God we should be much more protective of the intent behind what we say to Him. Do you understand God's feeling as He dwells in your heart? If not then perhaps you are out of touch with Him in the intent of your heart...that is something to think about. May you richly bless God through your life in Him.
THE UNWORTHY SERVANT
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