Joshua 22:5 (NKJV) 5 But take careful heed to do the commandment and the law which Moses the servant of the Lord commanded you, to love the Lord your God, to walk in all His ways, to keep His commandments, to hold fast to Him, and to serve Him with all your heart and with all your soul.”
It’s easy to say words that are religious or to tell someone that you’ll pray for them or to pretend outwardly that we are walking the Christian walk, but are we really walking in the Spirit of the Lord? Are we really practicing His word verbally as well as with both genuine action and love?
Sometimes I think we get so caught up in “being” a Christian that we forget about walking as a Christian. It’s not just about reading the bible, studying His word or even praying often. Walking as a child of God requires so much more of us, much more than just lip service or being religious. It requires patience and compassion, being a man/woman of your word and showing the love of Christ with all you encounter. It requires a true dedication to His truth in spite of what we may feel, think or see.
God is not a sometime God, He’s not a feeling or a fleeting thought that comes and goes according to what we want or need; therefore being a child of God is not something we do from time to time. We don’t “sometime” take care of our children, just like we don’t expect God to "sometime" take care of us. It can’t be an act or show to try and convince others or even ourselves, but instead a true dedication for Him through our hearts and actions! We are His advocates, He’s representatives for those who don’t know Him or haven’t given their lives to Him and let's be honest….He just flat out deserves it!
We can't make a habit of talking a good game; of saying all the right words that make us sound like we are walking as a Christian, but instead we have to be true to it. I mean think about it, if we are paying lip service then who are we really fooling? Sure, we may be fooling the person(s) in front of us…but, what does that matter, we are not fooling God. He is the one who sees and knows all, we should be trying to impress and honor Him yet we are too worried about looking good to others.
It's not always easy, trust me I know, it requires a true look at myself and the way I live my life. I've learned over the years to set real time aside for God, time for just Him. I pray often that He will purge my heart of anything that is not of Him, transform my mind and align the desires of my heart with His perfect will for my life. He hears me, I know, because I feel a change within myself and my real desire to live life for Him. My desire is that I will be the wife, mother and child of God that He has called me to be, that others will see Him in me. It's not always easy, but neither is what Jesus did for me…so it is necessary!
Mark 10:45 (NKJV) 45 For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many.”
You are blessed because Jesus love you!!
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