19th March 2019

Checking into God's Presence... "He answered, "'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind'; and, 'Love your neighbour as yourself.'" Luke 10:27 Generally, the pursuits of man contradicts the simple journey they should have taken into the heart of God. Such knowledge may be limited due to ignorance in the true word of God. Where such obscurities are less obvious; men can pretend not to know what God says about love concerning Him and their neighbours. A journey with God first starts with loving Him with all our hearts. The second relates very much to that same principle which encourages us to have and to show similar love to our fellow man. In the field of love, God equipped men to be able to define what love is. It means men's love towards God and their neighbours will always be defined by men's character. I once heard a very young man quipped as he preached that "the journey men decides to undertake in life often leads to nowhere", these of course includes all attributes. Upon these assessments men can only base their true love for God upon the love they have for their neighbours. Loving God therefore requires having a healthy relationship with Him. Absolutely, no one can do this without first loving their neighbours as themselves and your love for God depends largely on the true love you have for your neighbours. Similar message was spelt out in John 13:34-35 which states- "A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another. By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have loved one to another." Are you one of Christ disciples? What is forgiveness to you and how much hatred is eating you up? Why act using the Mind of God? Let it be known that God will be God; irrespective of your castigation and your opinion towards your neighbours and that cannot define what God will do in his/her life. God is not a man that He should lie. Teach us Thy ways Father and uproot all foreign objects that may debar or denounce our true worship with You. Give us the power to truly love our neighbours and the ability to forgive them rightly when we think they have wronged us. We beseech You oh God; to allow our journeys in life to be free from any hurdles capable of destroying the pattern of our relationship with You. And we also pray that You do not permit the way we lead our lives through the love we have for our neighbours to contradict the power of your love for us in Jesus name. Amen Just Checking into His Presence...