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Relationship with God
April 24, 2009
Some of you may know that we were caught in the February bushfires in Victoria, Australia which claimed many lives and damaged many properties in our region.
Over the past few months it has been a roller coaster of ups and downs and through it all I have seen God working in amazing ways.
Tonight I have been looking at where people are at around me, as well as myself. At the moment, everyone seems to be ‘putting themselves first’. Admittedly I too have been guilty of this, unaware of the post traumatic symptoms in myself and others.
But the point I would like to share is this, “It’s a funny thing how in troubled times many feel the need to put themselves first. I wonder what Jesus said about this?”
Opening my Bible I came to read Matthew 22: 36-41
Then one could say, “If the second commandment is to love your neighbour as yourself, how do you uphold that in troubled times?”
Well here is what I think the answer is, we put ourselves first because we are too empty to give out. Jesus was God as man on earth and felt the things we do, but with time alone with his Father often, he was able to give, even giving his life in the end.
When we talk about “meditation” it isn’t sitting there with an empty head, its purposely taking time out and spending it in relationship with Jesus. It makes perfect sense that the most important commandment was to love the Lord with all your heart and all your soul and with all your mind, because without doing that, you can’t possibly uphold the second commandment.
So I just want to encourage you, to push past the distractions of life, push past the excuses of spending time alone with God; I’m too busy, I didn’t sleep well last night, I don’t feel well, I don’t feel like it… and get to know your heavenly Father intimately and I know you will see real changes in how you are able to give even when you are going life’s “stuff”.
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