Looking for Love in All the Right Places

Does your actions reflect your heartfelt love?

Today's Scripture:

Come near to God, and God will come near to you. You sinners, clean sin out of your lives. You who are trying to follow God and the world at the same time, make your thinking pure.

James 4:8

Drawing closer to someone you can't see, touch, or hear in a physical sense is naturally going to be a bit different from any other relationship you've ever experienced. That's why God has given you guidelines on how you can know him better. What makes simple instructions even more important is the fact they come with a promise: if you embrace God more closely, he'll do the same with you.

The two rules the apostle James offered are applicable whether you've allowed God's Spirit to work in your life for years or have only just begun to have an interest in knowing God more intimately. At their core, these rules are not all that different from how you build a relationship with anyone you love. First, you choose to do the right thing. When you love others, you honor them by treating them the way they deserve. You make sure your actions reflect the sincerity of your love.

Second, you also need to maintain a right a right attitude along with right actions. When you choose to follow God, you make a U-turn from following the way much of the rest of the world lives. Returning to a mind-set of greed, lust, and pride, instead of one based on generosity, love, and humility, is like focusing on a old, abusive relationship when you are involved in a new, healthy one. It is a barrier toward moving forward.

Draw closer to God today by allowing your actions and your attitudes to reflect your heartfelt love.

Selah people' and friends consider what you have done to draw closer to God over the past year. Then think about what tangible way you feel God has drawn closer to you.

"Love and happiness be with you and I as we grow closer to Him and His love."

Your pastor,

Rev Patrick Muston (PreacherPatrick)