What do you like to do the most? (Part IV)
- 14
- Apr
- 2016
Do you see how your desires seek self-honor and self-glory? Do you see why God teaches us to serve Him and to stay away from any personal greed?
You can see that the things of God have nothing to do with the “world” in which we were created, or what we think is best for us; it has nothing to do with the fact that the we feel good about what we do, or the feeing of being “all-powerful” because we have grown in certain areas.
We all have something considered “beautiful” in our own eyes and we set our own priorities. These priorities can be many things, such as: beauty, fashion, fame, the security of being well seen and accepted by all, etc.
“… that the sons of God saw the daughters of men, that they were beautiful; and they took wives for themselves of all whom they chose.” (Gn.6: 2)
The beauty of those women in which the children of men were attracted to can be referred to as the “gold” and not the altar. That is, when you nurture any intention other than just to serve and honor God.
Further ahead, the Bible states that God repented in creating mankind precisely because of the wickedness of his heart. The same corrupt heart that sometimes you say is new, wants to take the place of God. So the Bible says: “The heart is deceitful above all things, And desperately wicked; Who can know it?” (Jr.17: 9)
We can only receive a new heart when we are sensitive to God’s voice not to the “beauty” of what our eyes covet.
And I am the one who makes that choice!
Do not put your eyes on anything or anyone other than Him. Being close to me or anyone else, won’t guarantee you any type of assurance. That’s why, sometimes, it’s better to be alone even if you think no one is sees you, because this way you will only draw God’s attention. And that is the best thing… much more than getting the attention from others, because when we call the attention of the Father, He honors us!
Continued next week…
Prisca Baloyi
28th April 2016 at 20:20
Good day.I think the mistake we make when we serve God is wanting to make a pastor or a bishop to ‘trust’ us.We forget that one can only pretend for a limited time.People do all the pretending just to buy the face of someone.Some Christians end up being hypocrites where they act like this in church & very different out there.I should know because I used to be a hypocrite.You are so right when you say sometimes is better to be alone even if you think no one sees you because at the end of it all, our salvation is more important than any praise I can get from other Christians.Thank you.
Cristiana Abiodun
28th April 2016 at 14:01
Thank you,
Beauty fade away but the Altar can not fade away, my intentons has to be to serve and honor God.
Natalie Cerda
28th April 2016 at 12:53
Thank you Mrs.Viviane. If we learn to be sensitive to the voice of God then we will always be guarded. Because He is always willing to help us and guide us.
Ligia
28th April 2016 at 12:08
Amen! Our eyes need to be focused only on the Lird and what pleases him! When we live for him, our actions revolve around pleasing him!
Jacqueline Deus
26th April 2016 at 1:10
We should CONSTANTLY seek alone time with our father so that we may renew our mind and our heart. We may be blinded by what we see in the world but by renewing of our mind and heart, we can turn our attention to him. It’s all about GOD and that’s all that matters to me.
IsagoSeane
22nd April 2016 at 12:38
Good-day.
I have learnt that I shouldn’t let my eyes wander around,looking for the desires that are exposed to human nature but only seek the eternal desires..