on the seventh day of fasting, my true love gave to me…
“Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness’ sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.” -Matthew 5:10 (KJV)
“But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost: In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.” -II Corinthians 4:3-4 (KJV)
“These things have I written unto you concerning them that seduce you. But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him. And now, little children, abide in him; that, when he shall appear, we may have confidence, and not be ashamed before him at his coming.” -I John 2:26-28 (KJV)
the first scripture was so great to find… i really needed that one after the week i have had.
the other two i had just remembered… but i always have to look up where they are.
it says in the bible that i will be attacked especially because i claim:
(1) God as my father;
(2) Jesus as my savior;
(3) and the Holy Spirit as my guide.
and it’s not that i am surprised. i shouldn’t be.
i was speaking about this to a friend today.
and i must confess… sometimes i just don’t want to have to defend myself.
and sometimes i don’t think i should have to.
and sometimes i am inadequate in my knowledge.
i believe that i need to be sensitive to when i share my beliefs…
i never want to misrepresent who i am in Christ.
and i especially do not need to rely on outside sources for the truth.
all i need is the Word because the Word is truth.
and it’s really so incredibly simple.
lies are so complicated.
think about it…
you start a lie.
how many times do you have to tell the lie until you yourself start to believe it?
how many more lies do you have to tell to keep the initial lie going?
so you’ve built this intricate web…
and you may be able to trick a few innocent people to walk into it,
and you might be able to catch a good amount in this complicated contraption,
but light and water will soon reveal a web, no matter what size it is.
and later it will fall apart.
so… why work so hard to creating such a mess???
you could have simply started with the truth. and left it at that.
satan is a master in the art of lying.
he is the prince of darkness.
he is the god of this world.
but light will reveal what is in the dark.
Jesus is the light of the world.
Jesus is the living water.
and i am joyful knowing this.
let’s just say that me, liz, aaron and the diabolical hot dog had way too much fun in the sonny’s bbq parking lot.
4 comments on “on the seventh day of fasting, my true love gave to me…”
Leave a Reply
Blog at WordPress.com. Theme: Duotone by Automattic.
aw how fun, i haven’t seen liz in a really long time. probably since i was in middle school.
i will tell her you said hello!
You should never have to defend yourself.
I’m going through that as well…and I realize that whatever it is inside of me that WANTS to stand up and defend myself…isn’t Christ.
Christ never defended Himself. He did as the Father told Him.
And when He was before kings and those who hated Him and wanted Him crucified…He stil didn’t defend Himself or strive to explain why He did the things He did.
He was mostly silent…save a few words that didn’t make sense to those around Him.
You should know hun….that just your presence makes people see Christ…which is why they tend to fight against it. Flesh hates Spirit.
And as you walk in the Spirit, any flesh around you is going to fight as much as possible.
We as Christians just need to learn how to not only die entirely to ourselves, but to ressurect in newness of life WITH Christ.
And LIVE as thought we are new.
Ressurected people don’t have to defend themselves…nor do they get offended….or hurt….or angry. They died…and rose again anew.
It’s so simple…yet so hard to attain. But I want it.
So bad.
Love you much.
i love you, too.
thanks for that.