Jas 4:8 Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to
you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded.
Jas 4:9 Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your
laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness.
Jas 4:10 Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord,
and he shall lift you up.
People want to be
happy, we go to great lengths to be happy, to NOT be afflicted, to not mourn,
to not weep. People will say God wants
us to be happy, not sad and they're right, but God also wants us to recognize
that being RIGHT with HIM is more important than any happiness.
All the happiness we
find without God is worth NOTHING.
We are better off
being afflicted, mourning, weeping than being without God!
Our happiness is NOT
the key to life. Our happiness is NOT what we have to seek. We seek GOD first. We humble ourselves before God.
We cannot afford to
be double minded. Being double minded is fence sitting, choosing no side,
choosing neither good nor evil. In being
double minded you choose evil over good, by not choosing God.
We truly have to
purify our hearts and cleanse our hands!
We have to choose
God first, self second. And it's only
through our Savior this is possible. By
His grace and mercy we have HOPE, by HIS righteousness we have HOPE. Please, Father, bless us, teach us to humble
ourselves so that You will lift us up!
All in YOUR
name! Amen.
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