"For the love of Christ compels us... that those who live should live no longer for themselves, but for Him who died for them and rose again." 2 Cor 5:14
I have always regarded this verse as one of the most important verses in the Bible, especially pertaining to our relationship with God. To me, nowhere else is the call of God more clear- the love of Christ motivates, compels us to live not for ourselves, but for Him. Easy to say, but terribly hard to do. Only when we, compelled by the awesome love of Christ, commit ourselves to live for Him, do we slowly begin to realise how much we really are living for ourselves, and how difficult it is to tear ourselves away from the bonds of our selfish nature.
But do not give up. One of the awesome things about God is that the God who calls is the same God who supplies. We can go wholeheartedly into our relationship with Him and pour our heart and soul into serving Him knowing full well that He will also take care of all our needs and desires. "But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added unto you." Matt 6:33. A divine promise from the Lord Jesus Himself. That being said, the difficult part is getting to that point where we have the faith to trust Him to take care of all else in our lives, even those things that we hold so dear.
Another awesome thing about God is that He meets us where we are. He comes with no expectations or demands, but knowing everything about us- He created us after all. He knows our weaknesses, our strengths, our concerns, our worries, our hopes, our dreams, our fears; everything. And He will build our faith up and mould us from exactly what we were to exactly what He wants us to be. No matter how low or weak our faith and trust is, the author and perfecter of our faith will take it and build it up. That being said, the question is, are we desiring to have that kind of faith today?
I have always regarded this verse as one of the most important verses in the Bible, especially pertaining to our relationship with God. To me, nowhere else is the call of God more clear- the love of Christ motivates, compels us to live not for ourselves, but for Him. Easy to say, but terribly hard to do. Only when we, compelled by the awesome love of Christ, commit ourselves to live for Him, do we slowly begin to realise how much we really are living for ourselves, and how difficult it is to tear ourselves away from the bonds of our selfish nature.
But do not give up. One of the awesome things about God is that the God who calls is the same God who supplies. We can go wholeheartedly into our relationship with Him and pour our heart and soul into serving Him knowing full well that He will also take care of all our needs and desires. "But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added unto you." Matt 6:33. A divine promise from the Lord Jesus Himself. That being said, the difficult part is getting to that point where we have the faith to trust Him to take care of all else in our lives, even those things that we hold so dear.
Another awesome thing about God is that He meets us where we are. He comes with no expectations or demands, but knowing everything about us- He created us after all. He knows our weaknesses, our strengths, our concerns, our worries, our hopes, our dreams, our fears; everything. And He will build our faith up and mould us from exactly what we were to exactly what He wants us to be. No matter how low or weak our faith and trust is, the author and perfecter of our faith will take it and build it up. That being said, the question is, are we desiring to have that kind of faith today?
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