I have often heard born again believers speaking of what they are "giving up" in order to serve the Lord. I have heard others who feel that those who ignore the God of the Bible sometimes appear to be living a better life than we do. Notice the word "appear" there! I want to encourage you to NOT fall for the lies of the enemy! It does NOT ultimately cost to serve the Lord, it pays rich dividends! Rewards and responsibilities in the next life AND right here! Look at Psalm 119:1-2:
1 Blessed (happy, fortunate, to be envied) are the undefiled (the upright, truly sincere, and blameless) in the way [of the revealed will of God], who walk (order their conduct and conversation) in the law of the Lord (the whole of God’s revealed will). 2 Blessed (happy, fortunate, to be envied) are they who keep His testimonies, and who seek, inquire for and of Him and crave Him with the whole heart.
These verses say that those who will serve and obey God and His Word will be in position to be envied by those who observe their lives! Not only that, but we will be blessed and happy! Are YOU ready for the manifestation of THAT in your life? I know that I am! So, let's get ourselves in position for these Truths to be active and observable! People must be going to "see" something if they are going to be tempted to envy us! What DO we do? We order our lives by the Word of God, confessing sin and receiving forgiveness when we need to! We also put His Word first place and seek to have intimate fellowship with HIM every day! The more time we spend with Him, the more time we will WANT and DESIRE to spend with Him! We will begin to "crave" His presence! And THAT is what "craving" means! Here is Hillsong Worship with a new song called "In God We Trust":
Shalom in him!
