Today I want to talk to you about living righteously.
I was thinking today before I got up, and was thinking about how God wants us to live.
I went to a workshop about depression, the other day.
It was very helpful, I went along to know a bit more about it, I know there are many levels of depression, and many different kinds of depression.
I know there are many well meaning people out there, who say many hurtful things.
And i know there's a lot of people out there wanting to help, and will.
The best thing we can do, is listen to people, to just love them where they are and where they are at, that will speak volumes into their lives.
And not to try and fix things.
And do you know what? it's ok to feel sad, and low, that's us being human.
Not everyone in the bible had it all together, infact the leaders of nations were low, and a lot of them suffered things.
Moses, when he got called to go back to the land he knew, didn't know how to approach the subject to Pharaoh, in fact he was so caught up in the task, that God lay before him he had to take Aaron, to speak for him. God never lets us to big things by ourselves, he always sends a helper.
Hannah made a promise when she had Samuel that she would give him back to the Lord, and hand him over to other people to raise him up, Samuel, not only was a great leader, but also taught Eli somethings as well.
Do you understand?
God never leaves us alone if we care.
We are also called not to be a door mat for other people, but to be strong.
The saddest thing is, when we just leave others bleeding, and not help, but also be cautious with that as well, to have boundaries within ourselves.
God had boundaries as well, in fact he was so annoyed with the great sin that the Israelites did in the book of Jermeriah, that he actually handed them over to their enemies, until the knew that they should only serve God, and not other gods.
At the moment we might be serving other gods, not dogs, but we might be.
We might have a secret addiction, that no one knows, perhaps you don't know, but only you yourself.
We hide so many things, particularly things that harm us, why do we do that?
Well perhaps it has to do with our up brining, or perhaps we want to be that ''someone''
But who are we trying to trick in the end?
We need to know that God has made us human, but he also makes us to fellowship with others, but we need to make sure we don't get stale.
I've titled this post, Where we will be living there will be no evil, found.
Heaven is amazing, heaven is the place where no evil will be found, no sickness or sadness, or other trials.
There seems to be more things happening in the world, we're not as blameless, we can't say we didn't know. If we knew the crimes others are committing, we can't stand by and turn a blind eye.
God is so powerful, we read in the early verses of Psalm 97, but we also calls us to worship him.
What does it mean to worship God?
Well lets just look into the meaning of worship, we esteem things, now this society is pretty good at esteeming, sport, like rugby, houses with amazing views, big fancy cars, big fancy holiday homes, being rich, and all of that.
So we worship them, we want them, we will do anything to get them, we become desperate to have them we will give up ourselves so that, we will have them in the end.
That's what it means to worship, it first becomes an idea, a good one, but it becomes, something more than that.
SO we put that in front and high priority on our to do list.
But what if we put God first, as our high priority, we might not get the house we wanted or that holiday home, but we will get a better deal, in heaven.
Being hands and feet to the people who need us, support communities, or christian groups that actually make a difference.
We are called not to be part time Christains but full time ones.
And if we are getting a bit stale, what is causing us to be like that?
Take a piece of paper and physically write down, your thoughts about where you are right now, what you are doing, what you want to do for Christ, get people around you that will help you, get some ''Aarons'' around you to guide others to God.
The more we hear, ''That can't be done'' the less we will try and do it.
God calls us to do something with our talents, to reach out to others, and if you're doing that, well done, it might be helping that disabled person, do their jobs, to make a meaningful difference in their lives, they might not talk, but they will be so pleased inside that someone has a friend, someone cares.
For along time, I felt awkward, for along time, I thought that God is calling me to journal, I'm not doing it for others I'm doing it for myself, and yes have a laugh.
We all need laughter, we can't always be right you know.
We have lies told about us, we have back stabbing, we have people who take sides, we have people in outlives we think we know how they work, then boom, something happens, a ball right out of left field comes. Be very careful of others, be kind but with caution.
God never gives you a tough hand, my friends, it might be hard at the moment, it might be so hard that you have to rely on others prayers, and other churches, that is why it's so important not to get to closed up in Christian circles.
Don't just live inside a box, and all closed up with little peep holes to look outside of.
If you need a break, go and have one, you don't need to tell the whole world, that you're on a break, just go, if you feel spiritually dry, go for a walk along the beach and talk to God like you're going for a walk with a good friend.
If you're thinking ''I'll never get there'' don't give up, God is there with you.
And you will get there, because when we get to heaven we will be there.
You will hear, ''You've done extremely well, my friend, come to the place where there is no pain.''
That's all that God requires of you, he wants you to plod away gently, and carefully, listening out to his whispers, to guide you to his light.
To give your all to him, that's true worship.
Chloe
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