Thursday morning, and we are ready to walk with the Lord on this new day! Each day we arise and re-commit ourselves to the Lord's work and to follow Him on the pathway He leads us on. That resolution to walk closer with the Lord, to get to know Him better each day, has been a long time in sinking in with me. Many of us have a tendency to rest on salvation. We are saved and once the celebration dies down, we kick back and get up each morning asking the Lord, "what's happenin' mate?"; meaning that we are ready to sit back and let the Lord do everything. One problem with that: the Lord has a plan that involves each of us doing the work we are assigned in building His kingdom. I am grateful that the Lord has a part for me, but I have also been slack at times when there is work to be done.
Another fault, that old self criticism bothers me at times too. While we do need to get going on the Lord's work, we must remember that He loves each of us and created us specifically for His purpose. When it is time to get to work, get to it, but let us each resolve to stay away from that harsh self criticism the world trains us to apply. Jesus commanded us to love our neighbors as we love our selves. Many of us find it easier to love others, we think, but can we really love someone else or even our Creator when we hate our very self? Probably not, this year let us each resolve to love the beloved creation of God, the person created to fulfill His purpose in your own life and my own life, you and me!
Trust in Jesus when the world caves in (a nod to Switchfoot for that one!)
Bucky
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