Today it is a beautiful Friday! The sun is out, however it is supposed to rain later today and my back feels it. Last night a dear friend came over and mowed our lawn. Our home looks so pretty on the outside. And I am working as much as I can to make the inside look just as nice. There is just something wonderful about having a clean and organized home inside and out. The same goes for us a people. Do you just look good on the outside? Are you all messed up on the inside? Have you ever gone to Church, heart broken into a million pieces and you are ready to just throw in the towel? But the first greeter at the door asks, "How are you today?" You then LIE, smile and say fantastic! Why do we hide what is really going on? Especially at Church? That should be the place you can share your heart and try and heal. Why is it when we are going through something in our lives we cry out to God. But as soon as the situation is over and we think we survived it, we take back over and tell God, "I got this!" But on the outside we try and ALWAYS appear like everything is just fine. We don't share our hearts. And others watching us wonder how it is that everything is always fine and beautiful. Little do they know inside our house looks like a tornado just went through.
In my reading I was learning about the Parable of the Lost Son. The son who had spent all the Father's money and lived wild and crazy. When the son came back the Father had a celebration. The son who had been loyal was angry because he had stayed and served and obeyed and his Father had never had a celebration like that for him. The father explained that the loyal son is always with him and everything the father has belongs to him because of his obedience and loyalty. He then explained he had to celebrate the son who had been lost, thought to be dead and is now alive and found. We get lost in seeing the people in this world being awarded. It appears that God loves them more, why aren't we being blessed like that? Maybe we should live like them ... their life seems better than ours. But in reality they are being blessed her and now. All that God has for US we will get in Heaven. I don't know about you, but those rewards sound a lot better than the one's we get here on earth.
Psalm 81 A call to obedience. In Psalm 81 God is just asking us to obey Him. If we rely on our own strength then God will just take His hands off and give us over to our stubborn hearts to follow our own plans. However, God is saddened because He wants us to listen to HIM, follow HIS direction and then HE would quickly subdue our enemires and turn HIS hand against all our foes.
Proverbs 13:1 A wise son resonds to his father's discipline, but a mocker doesn't listen to rebuke. I love this verse. If we are WISE, we will listen to our Father when he disciplines us and change our ways. We will have a humble spirit and a tender heart listening to God's call for our lives and direction for our walk.
Galatians 2:20 says, I have been cruicified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live int he flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.
In order to have our inside house to be clean and organized we must remember that we are cruicified with Christ. It is not all about US anymore but all about HIM. Does He live in your house? Are you following and obeying Him? Or are you looking at people around you wondering why God isn't blessing you? Remember you are only looking at the outside of people's houses. You do not know what is really going on in the inside. But, don't worry about everyone else. Just focus on how you can follow God and be used of Him.
Today let God work through you so that you can be a blessing in someone's life today. And be open to the blessings God has for you today as well! Happy Friday. God bless you!
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