June 11, 2012
1 Corinthians 3:3- “You are still worldly. For since there
is jealousy and quarreling among you, are you not worldly? Are you not acting
like mere men?”
Interpretation: So this is God speaking right to me.
Jealousy and quarreling are still a part of me, and so I am acting as mere man.
I think that the devil gets you to believe lies- minute by minute- that draw
you back to worldliness and away from the life God wants you to live. We forget
that we have been saved by grace- we don’t deserve anything we have. We look
around at the church and try to match up ourselves to their standards; We put
ourselves in a hierarchy and try to climb to the top. We still want to be
number one. But Jesus says in John 13:14, “Now that I, your Lord and teacher,
have washed your feet, you also should wash one another’s feet.” There should
be no jealousy, there should be no quarreling, these things are a result of
keeping the flesh alive and not fully surrendering to the Spirit of Christ, who
died to live in us. We all know that living by the Spirit bears the fruit that
leads to life, so why do we get suckered into living as worldly when we already
know living by the world bears fruit that leads only to death? God, help me to
abide in you, so that you will abide in me. Help me to continue to die to
myself daily in order that your everlasting love can shine through me to the
world for your glory. Thank you Jesus for your word, Amen.
Application: I will stay off facebook this afternoon and
instead spend time reading and doing productive things for the Lord.
Love the title ;) and you, too!
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