No King BUT Christ no. 5

“See that no one repays evil for evil; on the contrary, always try to do good to each other, indeed, to everyone. Always be joyful. Pray regularly. In everything give thanks, for this is what God wants from you who are united with the Messiah Yeshua” (1 Thessalonians (1 Th) 5:15-18). Do good, be joyful, enter communion, and give thanks. A rather simple solution to life’s problems, situations, obstacles, temptations, and trials. BUT it is an effective solution that is not so easy to achieve despite its simplicity.

Do good. What a great idea and a wonderful principle to live a life, “Always try to do good to each other, indeed, to everyone.” How much better would our home be if we always tried to do good? How much better would our communities be if we always tried to do good? How much better would our nations be if we always tried to do good? Instead folks always talk about choosing the “lesser of two evils” or “the ends justifying the means”. That is the way of the Goyim and gets us exactly where our homes, our communities, and our nations are currently. Places without goodness. Places where goodness is seen as outdated or liberal or effeminate or weak. If doing good is so weak, then why do folks have such difficulty with doing good? Well, that is what following God in an upside-down Kingdom looks like, “For God’s ‘nonsense’ is wiser than humanity’s ‘wisdom.’ And God’s ‘weakness’ is stronger than humanity’s ‘strength’”(1 Corinthians (1 Co) 1:25). Don’t let the Goyim or worldly Christians tell you otherwise. Do good.

Be joyful. Give thanks. There is no better way to start your day than with praise and joy for the days behind us and the days to come. “I give you thanks with all my heart./Not to idols, but to you I sing praise” (Tehillim (Psa) 138:1). Never underestimate the power of starting the day with positivity. Giving thanks and praise reorients your mind to see the joy and wonder that God provides. I am thankful for the salvation that I have received which brings myself and others joy. What reason do I have to not be joyful? “May God, the source of hope, fill you completely with joy and shalom as you continue trusting, so that by the power of the Ruach HaKodesh you may overflow with hope” (Romans (Rom) 15:13). Be joyful. Give thanks.

Enter communion. Christianity is all about a relationship with God. And you can’t have a relationship with someone to whom you do not communicate. So, “Pray regularly”. Giving thanks and being joyful are important components of prayer. I also need to ask God for help. “But God already knows my needs.” He sure does. BUT He needs me to surrender those needs to Him. Prayer is an action that shows how committed I am to God being in control. I need to talk to God about my problems if nothing more than to get things straight in my own head and allow Him to provide the solutions. Prayer allows me to understand that I am not in charge of the day, He is. Prayer aligns my thoughts and actions with His Will. Enter communion.

Do good, be joyful, enter communion, and give thanks. A rather simple solution to life’s problems, situations, obstacles, temptations, and trials. BUT it is an effective solution that is not so easy to achieve despite its simplicity.

Grace and Shalom to your home. The Kingdom of God is now!

I love you. I forgive you. Have a blessed and abundant day!

#ThinkBetter #BeBetter #NoKingButChrist #EmbraceTheWithin #NotMyWayYHWH

No King BUT Christ no. 4

“Those who keep sowing in the field of their old nature, in order to meet its demands, will eventually reap ruin; but those who keep sowing in the field of the Spirit will reap from the Spirit everlasting life. So let us not grow weary of doing what is good; for if we don’t give up, we will in due time reap the harvest” (Galatians (Gal) 6:8-9). Daily I have a choice of not where my day will lead BUT who will lead me through that day. I can rely on my own understanding or I can listen to Him.

I enjoy the agrarian metaphors in The Bible. The idea that I can sow the field of my old ways or sow in the field of Spirit is a metaphor that I can readily imagine. When the plague hit and I started sowing out of fear, a lot of my seeds didn’t grow. Some of those seeds began to grow and the crop was eaten by rabbits and deer. That first sowing was not very successful BUT it didn’t stop me from planting again. And this time, I planted with a purpose. I expanded my garden boxes and my efforts and sowed a lot more. If I would have relied on my success from the first sowing to influence whether I was going to sow again, then I wasn’t going to find anything promising or rewarding about my efforts. BUT I trusted in the process of expanding my garden and protecting my garden.

I was not tired of doing the right thing. I did not give up. I continued planting and began reaping the rewards of planning and perseverance. So, just like my determination to be successful in planting, I was dedicated to being successful in my change during the plague. Fixing my body and mind were not simple tasks BUT I continued with sowing a better future by working on each day. I persevered through the commitment to working out physically. I persevered through giving up poisoning my body. I persevered through studying about Him. I persevered through all the temptations to just quit and go back to the rut I had carved out as a life. The point is that I did not, “. . . grow weary of doing what is good”. And because I continued making positive changes, I did “reap the harvest”.

The power of changing my routine to take time to exercise each morning, read the Word, and pray have made all the difference in declaring who is going to lead my day.

Grace and Shalom to your home. The Kingdom of God is now!

I love you. I forgive you. Have a blessed and abundant day!

#ThinkBetter #BeBetter #NoKingButChrist #EmbraceTheWithin #NotMyWayYHWH