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With so much to deal with in the world, and the ultimate goal for all Christians to spend eternity with our Lord Jesus, we are responsible for guarding our hearts as we live in honor of Him here on earth. As we go through each day, our life should reflect Heaven so that when people see us, they see Christ.
God has been dealing with me on holiness for a while. Although I’ve been a Christian since I was fifteen and made God’s grace my blanket, the stirring in my soul leaves me asking, “Does grace erase my need for holiness?” Also, “Did Christ’s death reduce God’s love for righteousness?”
The best hour of my life was that afternoon when I placed my hands in the waiting hands of Jesus. Although my young heart had to weave through many curves to reach that point, it received grace from Calvary’s stream. Since then, life has had meaning, and despite the many hurdles of each day, I’m unrelentingly loved.
I recently went through a long, winding waiting road. One thing is for sure: it’s not fun walking it. The waiting road is always cloudy, and you can’t see what’s before you, so even if you only need one more step to reach its end, the proverbial light at the end of the tunnel is blurry.
Give me an undivided heart? How can I have an undivided heart in a world of many daily choices? As I read this verse in Psalm, I paused and pondered it for a while. God is not kidding or willing to share my heart with anything or anyone; He wants all of it.
Don’t just talk the talk; walk the walk. This is not directly from the scriptures but speaks from the heart of James 1:22, which says, “But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.” If you can’t talk yourself into walking barefoot on a beach in Aruba when you are sitting in a house in Montana, you most definitely...
There is more focus on the idea of ‘yes’ in Christendom than ‘no.’ Messages and books teach us to say yes to God and the needs in the Church without teaching us that to say yes to God’s call over your life and live fully in it, you have to say no to some things. Although all things seem right to jump into if they have a Church or God tag on them, it doesn’t mean they are not wrong for you.
As a Church, we must not allow ourselves to be complacent in our sins under the guise of acceptable brokenness. Instead, we should be encouraging one another to seek God and repent of them. I, too, am guilty of this, finding solace in hiding my faults under the umbrella of my imperfections.
The appearance of Jesus to two of the disciples as they walked to Emmaus paints a picture of what it’s like to walk with Him. Although He doesn’t physically appear at all times because He’s omnipresent, He remains faithful to the end. Baffled by Jesus’s question of why they were sad, Cleopas described Christ, “who is” right there with them, as one “who was” not there.