"Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me." Psalms 51:10
Tuesday, March 19, 2013
{Compromise}
Compromise. An easy enough word. Doesn't sound threatening, really. But, how wrong that really is we don’t usually see, or want to see.
Was there that time in your life when you were on fire for God? Not the, I’m going to sing at the nursing home every 6 months, but the truly, earnestly, deep {Fire} for God? I know for me, when ever I get back from (SMITE) Missionary camp, I’m on fire for God. Getting back into the everyday routine of chores, school, and family can, I don’t know what it would be called, I guess deflate some of the balloon. You see being surrounded by other Christians and focusing on working for Christ is easy. No distractions, no discouragements. It’s what you do after coming down off that mountain. All the surrendering I did at SMITE, everything God showed me that I was letting get in the way of my personal relationship with my Jesus, all of it somehow starts coming back. Trying to get it’s way back in between my Jesus and I. We have to [STAY] on fire for God!
{Compromise}
That very simple act is very dangerous. It’s compromise that comes between you and your personal relationship with Christ. It doesn’t take away your salvation, that’s not what I’m trying to say. It gets in the way of His voice, His leading, growing with Him, and drawing near to Him.
Compromise, like for me, might be at night before bed I usually read my bible, but the book I’m half way into is calling my name. I compromise and half read through a chapter rush through a prayer and go for the book.
{Compromise}
That 10 letter word can break down your relationship with God.
It’s something God is really trying to teach me. He brings it to me, puts it on my heart, and gives me the choice.
This goes for everything in life. Don’t compromise. God gives us convictions. Those convictions that He gives us are things that He wants us to do or stop doing.
We compromise in different ways. Could be in school, everyone else is doing something, so why can’t you? For one thing, it may be wrong. It may be that your parents don’t approve, they are you God given authorities, and if you’re not under their authority you’re not in God’s will. Don’t compromise to sin. Because in the end, if you look back, and you were saying, “Oh, it’s ok. I can do it this once. God will forgive me.” Yes, God will forgive you, but it’s still sin. Once you do it once, what’ll stop you from doing that sin again? {Compromise is dangerous.}
Eph 3:14-19 “For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, Of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named, That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man; That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love, May be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height; And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God.”
We are His, made by Him, for Him. Even if He has to break me to remake me, I have to keep holding on. He’ll always be there for me. He is the only one who will ever be able to love me unconditionally. His amazing gift on the cross is proof enough of His unconditional love. John 15:13 “Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.” {NO ONE} can compare to my Jesus!! There’s NO need to compromise, we have Jesus! He is the Great I Am, Jehovah, Yahweh, Emanuel “God with us”, He is Alpha and Omega, the Beginning and the End.
And {NOTHING} you confess could make Him love you less.
~Beautifully Created 4 Christ~
~Ephesians 4:6~
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Felice, this is something that we've all struggled with at some point in our walk with Christ. I'd like to say it get's easier as an adult but, sometimes it can be harder. The demands of life tend to weigh down our joy and steal the best from us. A close walk with the Lord today and tomorrow is sure to be the key- to staying in step now and in the future. Keep blogging - it's good for us older folks too!
ReplyDeleteLove, Aunt Celina
Yes it is. A close walk is the key, we won't be perfect, but if we draw nigh to God, He'll draw nigh to us. As long as God calls me to blog, I'll be blogging. :)
DeleteThank you for sharing this with every one!!! I is a really good reminder that Jesus! is the I Am, and there are some of us who will for get that, He is the great I Am...Thank you so much for sharing
ReplyDeleteYour friend Catie
Your welcome. Yes, He is the Great I am. Yes, I struggle with forgetting who it is I serve.
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