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Slow to Anger

 

Ephesians 4:26-27

²⁶ “Be angry, and do not sin” do not let the sun go down on your wrath, ²⁷ nor give place to the devil.

Everyone faces anger daily with ease. God is not saying we’re not allowed to be angry, He’s saying that watch what you do in that anger because rational thinking and behavior are slim to none while being angry. God knows our nature and weaknesses which is why He wants us to go to Him right away and pray about our anger because the longer we wait to let go and forgive the easier it is for our anger to consume us and “give place to the devil.” When God graciously gives us another day why not start the day right without an angry mind and cold heart.

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How Do You Love?

Ephesians 5:33

³³ However, each one of you also must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband.

As tough as this concept is for the world to understand there is a proper structure that has been put in place regarding a husband and wife and how they should properly work together. As our father loved us a husband should love his wife the same. He should be willing to die for her, make her feel like there is none like her and make her feel so loved that each day she falls in love all over again. With that being said, as wives we need to make sure we are giving our husbands the respect they deserve even if we feel they don’t deserve it.  When we treat them with respect and they show their continual love for us you are always growing stronger and closer to each other. It makes your relationship trustworthy and worth walking through anything that comes along TOGETHER.

 

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TAKING TIME FOR GOD

Psalm 73:26

My flesh and my heart fail; But God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.

 Because of our sinful nature, it is so easy to let our weaknesses tempt us and walk the wrong direction, but because God lives within us and loves us we can lean on Him to be our strength for everything. When was the last time you asked God for strength and direction? Better question is when was the last time you thanked him for giving us that strength. So many times we ask God for something and then when He provides us with it we forget to thank him. We have to remember we are not perfect, but to God a successful day is making time for Him even if nothing else gets done.

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Climbing That Mountain

1 Thessalonians 4:1-2

Finally then, brethren, we urge and exhort in the Lord Jesus that you should abound more and more, just as you received from us how you ought to walk and to please God, for you know what commandments we gave you through the Lord Jesus.

There are many stunning and awe-inspiring landscapes that the Lord has created on Earth and few are more magnificent than the plateau of Mount Roraima. Known as the “floating island” with cliffs rising 1,200 feet and an appearance of a flat surface resting above the clouds is breathtaking not only for the local hiker but even for the novice internet surfer. As beautiful as this plateau is, the Lord did not create it for believers to model in their spiritual lives. Plainly stated, Christians we are not to plateau in their faith.  The Christian faith is a climbing of a mountain which can be difficult at times as we leave the world farther and farther behind us trying to reach the Lord at the top of the mountain. The closer we get to the Lord the more we can see Him and His character and the more we should be molded into the likeness of Christ. Paul’s statement is reminding us that we should be flourishing in our faith not being stagnant. We should be eager to learn new things about the Lord. We should be seeking out for His guidance and instruction. Reading scripture, surrounding ourselves with other believers, prayer, discipleship, sharing the good news are all important elements of flourishing in the faith. Without these components being active in our life we will begin to camp out on the mountain searching for the plateau to easily scale across. Let’s not get into that complacent mode, let’s keep climbing, let’s keep growing, and let’s keep becoming more and more like Christ!

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Proverbs 3:3



Proverbs 3:3

³ Let not mercy and truth leave you;
Bind them around your neck,
Write them on the tablet of your heart

 

Mercy and truth are virtues of God that as Christians we cling to for our strength. His mercy that he shows us on a daily basis is more than we deserve. His truth is absolute, meaning it is not dependent on anyone or anything else. In a chaotic world we need a solid foundation to fall back on, to lean on, when times get hard. Let God’s mercy and truth be that foundation you build your life on.

We are to take His amazing mercy and truth and bind it around our neck. What this verse is referring to is that these things become part of us - outwardly, as in our behavior, for all to see as a sign of our changed nature and commitment to God. We are not to be ashamed of His mercy or truth, in fact we want everyone to know about it!

This outward display should of course be a reflection of a true inward change. God desires a permanent change in our lives, which is why we are to write His mercy and truth on the tablet of our heart - tablets are permanent. Once you write on a tablet, there is no erasing, there is no undoing. As God’s children, we will forever have His mercy and truth written on our hearts.  

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