1. Cry loudly, do not hold back; Raise your voice like a trumpet, And declare to My people their transgression And to the house of Jacob their sins.
Those of us who know God and follow Jesus are held accountable for how we live. We know that we are to read our Bibles and to be in constant prayer, for this is how we hear from God. How will we know what He has for us if we are not in communion with Him?
2. Yet the seek Me day by day and delight to know My ways, As a nation that has done righteousness And has not forsaken the ordinance of their God. They ask Me for just decisions, They delight in the nearness of God.
Two scriptures that help me to understand this:
Titus 1:16 They profess to know God, but by their deeds they deny Him, being detestable and disobedient, and worthless for any good deed.
James 4:8 Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded.
We seek to know God and we ask Him for righteous judgements, we want to be close to Jesus ... but do we really?
My favorite scripture is James 4:8. When I think of this scripture I am thinking of how much God loves me and wants to hold me in His arms. It gives me a vision of God, with me in His lap, curled up and safe .... like a little girl in her loving father's arms. Less often I think of the second half of that verse which tells us to live the way we should. It states that if we have sinned we need to get cleaned up and we need our hearts to be pure and not of two minds. The original Greek is dipsuchos (dip'-soo-khos) which means literally two-spirited.
We want to be close with God and know His truth but we want it to be comfortable.
Am I really doing what God wants and drawing near to Him?
I want so much to have alone time with God and to hear from Him through His word (the Bible).
I have a litany of reasons that I don't do it:
- I have to get my work hours in
- Laundry, dishes, mopping, cooking
- Do something fun for the girls
- Too tired to think, just want to veg and/or be entertained
God wants to bless me. I say I trust Him but then I go back to trying to do it alone. Why don't I trust Him to help me complete the lesser tasks if I first draw close to Him.
My two spirits:
- Draw close to God
- This world and all the responsibilities I have in it
1 comment:
I like it. Great thoughts. We have a new creation, a born again spirit within us that has the mind of Christ. But then we have our Flesh...our soul man and body that were trained differently through the years. That is why God tells us in Rom 12.2 "to be transformed by the renewing of our mind" (soul man- the mind will & emotions) by the word of God. Then our Soul comes in line with the knowledge in our born again spirit and we begin walking in the spirit instead of the flesh.
I like the comment about letting God be first in our thoughts throughout the day. "Keeping our minds stayed on God."
We have to know God & his word to walk as he walks and think as he thinks- as Christ did by example.
Blessings to you!
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