Wednesday, October 1, 2014

He will lift us up.

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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