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“Who Do You Identify With?"
January 2010
Psalm
26:2 – Examine me, O Lord, and prove me; try my reins and my heart.
Psalm 51:10 - Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit
within me.
In the
face of life’s challenges this year we have an awesome opportunity to
communicate, with others, who we identify with… the world and its
ungodliness or
Christ and His righteousness? But first we need to examine our hearts and
answer in
all honesty what our walk, with the Lord, is broadcasting to those around
us.
For
instance, when we speak do our words minister grace compassion, comfort, and
kindness to the hearer or are our words peppered with harshness,
criticizisms, complaints, and self-righteous quotes? Do we kick up a fuss
and sport an angry countenance when we don’t get our way? Are jealousy and
comparison driving forces
in our life?
My prayer is that when people observe our walk with the Lord that there will be enough evidence to convict us of being followers of Jesus! But if that is not the case there is still hope and the remedy is found in “God’s Word” where in Romans 6:12-13 it says, “Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof.” “Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God.” Then in Romans 12:2 it tells us, “And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, acceptable, and perfect will of God.” Finally I’d like for us to look at Romans 13:12-14 where it says, “The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light.” “Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering, and wantonness, not in strife and envying.” “But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfill the lust thereof.”
When this year ends the greatest compliment any of us could receive world be for our families, friends, acquaintances, and even strangers to say they noted similarities to Christ in our life! So, our goal in “2010” should be for us to have enough distinguishing marks that convey to everyone we identify with Jesus Christ! – the One and the Only True God.
God
bless you until our next visit,
Until then – Examine Your Heart
Be Renewed
Stay True
Keep Focused
Identify With Christ
Sheila