1 Corinthians 16:13-14 MSG, "Keep your eyes open, hold tight to your convictions, give it all you've got, be resolute, and love without stopping."
What awesome advice!
*Keep your eyes open (be on alert). The devil is like like a roaring lion seeking whom he may devour. The devil will use whatever and whomever he can to trip us and cause us to fall. But remember what Micah 7:8 says, “Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy : when I fall , I shall arise ; when I sit in darkness, the LORD shall be a light unto me.”
*Hold tight to your convictions. Hold tight to the principles in the Word of God that guide us from day to day. Keep them close to your heart. Psalm 119:11 KJV, “Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.” When we have the Word of God hid in heart, we will follow principles of God more easily. Psalm 119:2 MSG, “You're blessed when you follow his directions, doing your best to find him.”
*Give it all you've got. Living for God has to be all (with-holding nothing) or nothing. Give yourself to Him 110%. Why would you wish to be anywhere else but in the safe hands of an Almighty God…With whom ALL things are possible?
*Be resolute. Be fully committed to God and fully committed to doing His will. Proverbs 3:5-6, “Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.” In all things acknowledge Him…be fully committed to including His in everything that you do.
*Love without stopping. Love one another with an undying, unconditional love. We are repeatedly reminded in the scriptures to “love one another, as I have loved you”. He loved with an undying, unconditional love. He didn’t have limitations on how much He loved or who He loved. Or, that He only loved those in a certain “class or clique” of people. He loved and died for all. We should have this same type of love for one another…it is a commandment for us to do so.
Don't you just love how the Word of God lays it all out for us? It is our map for this journey in life! ♥
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