There are many mysteries to God we will NEVER understand. If we tried to figure EVERYTHING out that happens to us or that happens in our world, at best, we will become frustrated. God is ever molding, shaping, pruning, breaking, bending, etc., us to become more Christ-like. Jesus is our example. He is our God-man who came on the earth to experience life as we know it. Because He is God, He did it without sin! We are still in our humanity. However, with Jesus being our example, he left us a comforter, the Holy Spirit, to help lead us and guide us in the right direction in life and to help us make good decisions. It is up to us if we want to access these things for an abundant life as discussed in the previous blog!
No one’s life is perfect. We all have challenges, struggles and weaknesses. This is why we have to die daily to self and renew our hearts, mind, soul, and spirit and pick up our cross and decide to follow Jesus EVERY DAY! The first step one must take is to have a relationship with HIM. The relationship is important because it is not humanly possible to live the Christian life on our own. WE CANNOT DO IT! The beauty of the relationship with God is the more you learn about Him, Jesus, His son, and the Holy spirit, the comforter, you become transformed. You start to realize in your life that the Trinity is helping you to do things that in your humanity you would not be able to do, which is AWESOME! As we open ourselves up to God we start to develop a child-like faith. One of the ways we open up to God is knowing His word, which is the Bible. It is the main way God speaks to us!
This relationship with God is worthy! As the book, Where Is God!? Blessed Are The Pure In Heart For They Shall See God alludes to, God is so awesome and amazing that He knows how many strings of hair we have on our head! That is pretty intimate! It is an indication of how well He knows us. When you grasp onto that realization, you cannot deny HE IS GOD! On page 15 in the book, it points to Matthew 18:3, “Verily I say unto you, except ye be converted and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.”; hence, this child-like faith. We are to come to God as little children leaning and depending on Him for our EVERYTHING! When you think of God giving you every breath you breathe you REALIZE how much you need Him. Interestingly, this COVID-19 crisis and pandemic affects our respiratory system; the way we breath!
The graciousness of God does not allow Him to be a task master. He is quite the gentleman. He gives us free will and does not wish to control us as robots. He wants us to come to Him lovingly and freely. We are the ones who will decide if we perish or not and be separated from God in the eternal life each of us are destined to. Your child-like faith enables your heart to become pure before God. Again, the process of renewing your heart, mind, and spirit is daily. We have to give our will over to God so he may use us to be His hands, mouth, and feet in this world. It is a beautiful thing! Thanks for joining me again this week. Next week we will explore our next chapter on Kindness… I’ll see you then! Stay safe from COVID-19. Love and Blessings!