Wednesday 7-22-09

Matthew 10

Matt 10:37-39 “He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me. And he that taketh not his cross, and followeth after me, is not worthy of me. He that findeth his life shall lose it: and he that loseth his life for my sake shall find it.”

“He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me” Jesus refers to a love that almost everyone can relate to: it is a love that is sacrificial, very forgiving, a love that will sadden your hearth when the loved one is sad, and will bring joy to your heart when they are happy. However Jesus said that if your love for him wasn’t greater, and more ferocious then the deepest love that you had, then you weren’t worth of him! I believe that God wants me to have a love for him that is so great nothing can compare to it, I think God wants me to have a love for him that is greater then I have for myself. You see when I’m thirsty I get myself something to drink, when I’m sitting there and am uncomfortable I’ll adjust myself until I’m comfortable again. If I’m really honest I love myself more then I’ll ever admit! However God wants me to have a love for him that is even greater then the love I have for myself!!

Matt 10:39 “He that findeth his life shall lose it: and he that loseth his life for my sake shall find it.” If I give up my wants and plans for my life for what God has for me, then I get his life that he wants for me. I don’t know a whole lot but form what I do know I can very assuredly say this: that between God’s plans and my plans, I defiantly want God’s plans!

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Lord God please give me a love for you that I can’t even comprehend… Make me so sensitive the your spirits leading that it is though me are one… Help me to each day pick up my cross and follow you, immediately and completely…. Thank you for doing a work in me.. please don’t ever stop…. Thank you