Wednesday, September 20, 2017

Greater Than Our Heart.

1Jn 3:20  For if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things. 
1Jn 3:21  Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, then have we confidence toward God. 
1Jn 3:22  And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight. 
1Jn 3:23  And this is his commandment, That we should believe on the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, as he gave us commandment. 

God is greater than our hearts.

We think we are everything, we do. Even a lot of people who think they are nothing, nobodies, no good, worthless they are judging themselves to be that way because they are under the misconception that they should be something special to themselves and the world. We have standards the world has set and when we don't meet those standards we consider ourselves substandard. The idyllic life, we see it all the time as we look at other's lives and hear their amazing stories about how wonderful they are. Giving, kind, wonderful, lovely, charitable, ….  the list goes on. We see these people all the time and we hold ourselves up against their achievements and in their light we feel so dark.

Our hearts do condemn us and God is greater than our heart! God knows all things.

What light are we to measure ourselves against? The light of our Savior and in that light we KNOW we are revealed as wretched, spiritually poor, blind, naked sinners. And when our eyes are opened to the truth of ourselves- every single one of us -from those we consider the greatest to the least, we know there is only one true standard and that is Christ! He will stand in OUR PLACE for us! We aren't supposed to shine on our own. We are supposed to live in the light of Christ!

More on this tomorrow by the GRACE and MERCY, the WILL of our LORD and SAVIOR, JESUS CHRIST!!!

NOW and FOREVER!

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