I spent some ten days of May intentionally loving God's people and the lost. What I learned from it is that people remember a day of love more than several days of no love. People remember a moment of kindness more than multiple days without it.
No wonder people who broke up with their ex-es need time to heal and repair their memories from those days of "love." But that is not the kind of love I am talking about. Just an analogy..
People remember love. It makes a mark. It gives them hope, joy and comfort. It gives them light in a dark world. Some people say that love makes the world go round. I still think though it is about Jesus' love. The world will go round with or without love. It is God's love for us that overcomes the ways of this world.
The world is fleeting and passing. We're marching to a different drumbeat. We're marching to the drumbeat of heaven when we love.
Why do I say this? I walk around a place or in a bus and I know the drumbeat of God's heart is different from the world. It is so different. Following God is like marching against the tide and the flow of the world.
That's why He said that the church is the light of the world. He encouraged us to be the salt and light even if it runs a different drumbeat. Even if you're the only one doing the right thing.
You were made to be different. Because you don't belong to this world. You belong to another world. You belong to God.
No wonder people who broke up with their ex-es need time to heal and repair their memories from those days of "love." But that is not the kind of love I am talking about. Just an analogy..
People remember love. It makes a mark. It gives them hope, joy and comfort. It gives them light in a dark world. Some people say that love makes the world go round. I still think though it is about Jesus' love. The world will go round with or without love. It is God's love for us that overcomes the ways of this world.
The world is fleeting and passing. We're marching to a different drumbeat. We're marching to the drumbeat of heaven when we love.
Why do I say this? I walk around a place or in a bus and I know the drumbeat of God's heart is different from the world. It is so different. Following God is like marching against the tide and the flow of the world.
That's why He said that the church is the light of the world. He encouraged us to be the salt and light even if it runs a different drumbeat. Even if you're the only one doing the right thing.
You were made to be different. Because you don't belong to this world. You belong to another world. You belong to God.
The world will give you desires that are fleeting and passing. Heaven's marching beat will call you to follow the ways of God eternal.
"For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me and for the gospel will save it."
Mark 8:35
The thing is people do not necessarily sense this. The flow of life goes on. A lot of times. God has to open our eyes to reveal it.
“Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. But small is the gate and narrow is the road that leads to life, and only a few find it."
Matthew 7:12-14
Wide is the gate of the world and its desires. Narrow is the road to life.
The good news is God gives us the power to walk in His ways in this world. God already thought about this dilemma and He died on the cross because He saw the world needed redemption.
"For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son that whoever believes in Him will not perish but will have everlasting life."
John 3:16
At one point in our lives, God will give us the decision to march to the drumbeat of heaven and follow Him. To live differently because God is in us.
But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law (Galatians 5:18).
For the flesh desires what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the flesh. They are in conflict with each other, so that you are not to do whatever you want. But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law" (Galatians 5:17-19).
"For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me and for the gospel will save it."
Mark 8:35
The thing is people do not necessarily sense this. The flow of life goes on. A lot of times. God has to open our eyes to reveal it.
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“Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. But small is the gate and narrow is the road that leads to life, and only a few find it."
Matthew 7:12-14
Wide is the gate of the world and its desires. Narrow is the road to life.
The good news is God gives us the power to walk in His ways in this world. God already thought about this dilemma and He died on the cross because He saw the world needed redemption.
"For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son that whoever believes in Him will not perish but will have everlasting life."
John 3:16
At one point in our lives, God will give us the decision to march to the drumbeat of heaven and follow Him. To live differently because God is in us.
But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law (Galatians 5:18).
For the flesh desires what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the flesh. They are in conflict with each other, so that you are not to do whatever you want. But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law" (Galatians 5:17-19).
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