As today is Valentines Day the universal theme for today is Love. Love for our significant others, love for our children, our family members, and even friends. But what about love for our enemies? What about Love for the poor, hungry, homeless, less fortunate? What about love for those we may not always agree with? Love towards strangers?
I believe we’ve come to a point where we’ve forgotten about love. Love for God, love for one another. Today is a day for love, but hatred is permeating on all ends of this earth. It is so easy for us to blame one side or the other, whose views are different from ours. We blame each other when we disagree, we focus on finding every fault in someone else or some group. In this blame game we lose empathy for our fellow humans, we lose our logical mode of thinking. We are acting out of emotion and no decision ever made on emotion has ever been well thought out or calculated. And once emotions die down and we have the time to actually reflect, time to think; we can come up with a million and one ways of what we could have done differently. This atmosphere that we are in has set the tone for the devil to run rampant. The chaos and confusion is his play ground. The anger and hatred spirits are running wild seeking whom they may devour. So where do you stand in this midst of all that is going on? Where is your heart? Where is your mind?
Are you consumed? Are you unable to function? Have you found your self unable to pray? Are you unable to have Love and compassion towards your enemy? Unable to think straight and unable to carry a conversation without your blood boiling when discussing differences? Unable to think of nothing other then the chaos? If so you are right where the devil would have you to be. Does the thought or suggestion of peace, forgiveness, or God in the midst of this chaos bother you? Do you find yourself saying “No but,…. In response to someone suggesting anything about calm, peace, love, long-suffering, gentleness meekness. Are you angry, are you annoyed? That’s the devil; that is the enemy.
Matthew 6:23 “But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness. No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one and love the other: or else he will hold to the one and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God an mammon.” In the NLT version the versus reads “but when your eye is unhealthy, your whole body is filled with darkness. And if the light you think you have is actually darkness, how deep is that darkness. No one can serve two masters. For you will hate one and love the other: you will be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and be enslaved to money.” As the latter scriptures reference money I think we can reasonable interchange the vice of greed with the other vices that the enemy places before us. What is the purpose that drives you for the things you seek? What motivates your actions? Through what lens do your eyes see the world? Through the lens of love in spite of others behaviors? Or is it hatred that drives you and brings you into darkness stopping you from seeing what is really going on?
The darkness will blind you and blot out your true purpose. Darkness will have you think and behaving unreasonably and calling it reasonable. The darkness will have you torn between conflicting opinions of lies and drifting further away from the truth. The word says be ye transformed by the renewing of the mind. The renewal of the mind has to occur daily. With so much information, so much sadness, so much darkness how do you maintain your light in these days of evil? In times of turmoil pain and anguish how do you look towards the hill from which cometh your help? How do continue to walk in the light and in love?
The devil will try to stop you and hinder you anyway he can, but only if you allow it. Only if you give up and throw in the towel. The word says put on the full armor of God so that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. For we wrestle not against flesh and blood but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places. Do not be deceived that this chaos is the actions of man, the true causes of it all is the ruler of darkness, satan, the wicked one.
Don’t allow yourself to be consumed in your spirit by the tricks of the enemy. On this day of love don’t be blind. Don’t allow yourself to fall for the trap and walk in ignorance and darkness.
Don’t ever find your self in a position where you don’t want to pray. Don’t every find yourself in a position unwilling to forgive. Don’t let no devil in hell or on on this earth block your blessings and your salvation. Don’t allow your heart to be hardened. Don’t close your heart to love for others. Don’t close your heart to forgiveness. Don’t change who you are. Don’t allow love to leave you and hate to rule you.
Peace that surpasses all understanding is what the living God offers, “my peace I leave you” said Jesus. Love, kindness, and joy wrap yourself in the fruits of the spirit on today not in the poison of the enemy. Don’t lose yourself to this world. Tomorrow is not promised for any of us, and I refuse to leave this earth unfinished, unforgiving, angry mad, or tortured in my spirit.
Vengeance is mine saith the Lord. Don’t let the devil convince you that God won’t do it, don’t let the devil convince you that even in the midst of chaos that God is not with you. God is omnipresent. He is with you always and his promise is he will never leave you nor forsake you. God is still here with us. You have to continue to trust in and acknowledge him in all your ways so that he can direct you path.
I don’t know about you but I want to hear well done my good and faithful servant. Don’t let the enemy take away your faith. Don’t let the enemy steal your joy. Don’t let the enemy consume your life, your home, your spirit, your children, your attitude, and your heart. Do not let love leave your soul. Don’t continue to walk around with the heavy weights of this world. Don’t continue to carry hatred in your heart. Give it to God, all of it. Whatever it is that concerns you give it to God it concerns him too. Your well being is his concern, you have to put your faith and trust in him. Whatever hurt you feel give it to God so that you may obtain peace. Whatever decisions you need to make put it before God so that you can walk in the authority given by him for his word says he will go before you and make crooked places straight. He will guide you on the right path. Let him be the light in the darkness. Let him guide you in Love on today and everyday. For the word says if my people who are called by my name will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways then I will hear from heaven forgive their sin and I will heal their land.
After you tried everything else, after all else fails in your limited human power what consequence is it to try God. Try God’s way of love, peace, forgiveness and kindness. You can’t put your faith in the judicial system, you can’t put faith in politicians, you can’t put faith in man. You can only put your faith in God. Don’t deny God, don’t allow satan to keep you from love or keep you from praising. Don’t allow the devil to keep your mouth sealed; you give praise and you shout to the God who is able and continue to give him glory even in the midst of the chaos in this world. Allow yourself to be transcended to a new level in Christ jesus, allow his peace to take over and remove you from what is around you. From what your eyes see as impossible. The impossible is made possible with God. Love for your enemies is made possible with God. Peace may seem impossible but that is a trap of the enemy. There is nothing too hard for God. Man may say change can’t come, but it can by God, and it may not happen when we want it to or how we want it to but all things, ALL things work together for the good of those that love the lord.
So where do you stand? Where do you stand in this chaos, in this race war, in the civil unrest? Is your faith in a hand gun in your closet? Is your faith in your own ability, your own knowledge or is your faith based on God’s word and God’s promises? Don’t be consumed by hatred, but walk in love. Don’t be devoured and consumed. Don’t die and lose your soul to the evil of this world. Stand in the light and praise God any how. Praise him before it happens, don’t allow the rocks to cry out for you. God is love. God the God of peace. God can cause the winds to shift, waves to cease the rain to stop. God can change the heart of racist, God can change the heart of a narcissist, God can change heart and mind of a drug addict, God can change thoughts of a rapist, God can remove your addiction problem, God can change your hearts and cause you to walk in forgiveness.
He can heal your body and your mind. He can defeat depression and sadness. Don’t let the enemy over take you. Don’t let the evil of this world consume you. Don’t continue to live in past pain, past judgment, past mindsets, or past behaviors. Look forward to a new life in Christ, look forward with expectancy in-your heart for better days, do not settle for mediocrity in your faith, in your praise or in your prayers.
Don’t lean unto your own understanding of what is going on in this world, but seek God first for knowledge and direction. Walk in love and spread love. Walk in joy and peace despite what you may see. You rejoice evermore and pray without ceasing, pray like justice has already been served, you pray like you already see true peace among every race, color, creed and religion, you pray until you see it manifested. You pray until you see yourself out of poverty. You pray until you see your body healed. You pray until your mindset is changed and the darkness is removed. Because no weapon formed against you shall prosper, every tongue that rises against judgment shall be condemned. Let God guide the words of your mouth and the meditation of your heart and watch as everything around you will begin to shift. I feel a shifting in this atmosphere, but we have to call it in. Claim it and use the power of your tongue given by the creator to speak life not darkness, to speak peace not destruction, to speak love and not hate. To speak for change in your spirit first. Come holy spirit and fill this place, this home, this city, this state, this country, this world. Do you know where your light is? Do you know where your life is? Do you know where you spirit is? Do you know you are a child of God?
Where is the love? It’s in Christ Jesus.
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