I have been doing quite a lot of reflection in my life and also closing doors that were not good for me and it is at times easier to fall back in habit than to follow through and do what is right, but then I am reminded of the scripture “Obedience is better than sacrifice”, I don’t know if you have ever heard about Francis Chan a pastor of Cornerstone Church in Simi Valley, South California, I have been listening and watching a lot of his video pod casts and audio’s and I have been taken of a journey of self discovery, this man is such an awesome man of God and he speaks the truth of God as it stands in the Bible and it is so real. One of his quotes that has had me thinking was this:
"I believe He wants us to love others so much that we go to extremes to help them." Francis Chan
When I was reading this I was thinking of the scripture that says “Love your neighbor as yourself” and I realized that to love my neighbor as myself I would have had to gone through a process where God had actually worked with me in that area, I would have had to experience so much love from Him, that I wouldn’t have an issue to love unconditionally what I am getting at is, for me to love and to go to the extremes for someone else God must have had to deliver me from some issue I was facing and He having to carry me through that and working in and through my life I have such confidence in Him that loving my neighbor wouldn’t be a major obstacle it would comes naturally, and to love someone you would need to spend time with someone, you need to build into that person’s life of vice versa, but spending time with that person would be most important because you find fulfillment in that relationship and therefore you would want to nurture that relationship right?
How do you feel when you are pursued by your husband / boyfriend/ friend it is an awesome feeling to know that someone wants to spend time with you, to get to know you and make you feel special and for me loving someone so much that I would go to extremes means that I need to love the source of all love so very much that I would do anything to please Him, and the source is God and God is love! So how do one get this love you simply start spending time with God, get to know Him, pursue Him and He will make Himself known to you and when you have been won over by His love you will want to do nothing else but please Him. In my journey with God I have made friends with complete strangers and I have sowed into their lives with the Love I have received by Him, whether it be maybe just by listening, or giving of my time to encourage and give of my money, just maybe smile and really listen to someone, when I say that I mean looking at the person making eye contact and when you talk on the phone to listen so intently that you hear the cry of their hearts and being able to share the simple words of “you are not alone, God is with you” “don’t give up, God will not give you more than you can handle, just stay at His feet” simple stuff like this changes lives, but many give the excuse of ‘I don’t have time’ quite frankly you will never have enough time unless you make time.
Speaking a word of encourage to someone will take less that 10 min, you can time yourself, I am just kidding. When you get to know God in all His infinite wisdom you will make time to be a blessing you will cease the moment, you will try and find every opportunity to be a blessing and to put a smile on someone’s face. And it all stems from the scripture:
“Seek first the Kingdom of God
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