1 John 2:3-5 3And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments. 4He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him. 5But whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of God perfected: hereby know we that we are in him.
Praise the Lord…the above scriptures was spoken by my pastor today as He gave us questions for thought in our walk in the Lord. Do you really know the Lord? Do you live for Jesus? Would you sacrifice it all for the Lord? How are you living? These were the main thoughts that I took from the sermon. First, just getting to church this morning was serious prayer. The roads were bad this morning and yet we went on to church. The number of people was small but the blessings of the Lord were big. Service was truly a blessing that the Lord moved and His presence was there. It truly showed that where two or three are gathered in His name – He will be in the midst of it! AMEN! We got out of service and the roads were clear! Praise the Lord for that! It is something how if you just step out there and trust in the Lord – He will meet your needs.
I have been in the blah blah – laid back mode for a few weeks, and it has been refreshing but the Lord is calling me out of that and into a place of doing even more His will. We have some great things coming up with WL4J and doing some workshops along with trying to get things together with grants and funding from the government. There are goals and plans that I have to start moving on and though it is a long road ahead…I know it is going to be a fun road. Yet I listened to my pastor today and started thinking even more on my relationship with eth Lord…do I know Jesus enough? Do I have a practical and intimate relationship with the Lord? When I say that I trust the Lord do I really trust the Lord? Do I call on Him for all things or just something? I started looking at my relationship with the Lord and what I am doing in trying to build my relationship with the Lord. It was yet more self evaluation and I thought…Lord this is the walk, I should always be looking to the Lord for all things and not taking it for granted in Him. I started thinking about what God has done in my life and my walk with Him and I started thinking about what I have done for Him. Hummmm…man my list was so short – it was like two seconds long while the Lord’s list lasted my entire life.
Thank you Jesus for your love, for your guidance and for showing me just how awesome you really are, as I listened to my pastor, I thought of my walk with Him and how I know that the Lord will always keep me. I strive to live for the Lord and though sometimes I think I am falling short of the glory of the Lord and that I am not doing as I should as I slip in Him, YET HE LOVES ME! THANK YOU JESUS FOR LOVING ME! I laugh as I think of my sisters Casandra and Bev who talk about being a hot mess…we are all hot messes and yet He loves us! What a blessing it is to serve Him – to live for Him and to know that in all things that God is keeping us!
Hummmmmm…..just thinking about the goodness of Jesus….thank you Lord, it is something to know that we are covered by Him in ALL THINGS! How great is God – He is awesome in all ways!
Okay – well the question for you today is inspired by what my pastor posed to us…Do you really know Jesus? What is your relationship with the Lord based on? How much do you work on building your relationship with the Lord? Do you talk to Him all the time, some of the time, only on Sundays, only when you need something or just when you feel like it? How often are you reading His word? How are you building up your relationship with the Lord?
Until tomorrow,
God Bless,
Love your sister in Christ,
Sister Alissa Lynne
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