More important that Vision is Direction.
Knowing who I am and Whose I am determines my direction.
There are only 2 Identities
There are only 2 Motives
There are only 2 Choices
There are only 2 Results
1. Identity (character, nature, being).
I am a child of God or a child of satan.
2. Motive (heart, desire, want, why).
Love: I want to give love (self-giving), what can I do for you
Sin: I want to get, self-first, self-gratification, what you can do for me.
3. Choices: To give love or to get love.
4. Results: Life (living) or Death (dead).
Here’s a very important point for those who would say they are believers … it’s only possible to be one or the other. A person cannot be both (otherwise they would be double minded or have two identities). If my identity, motive, and choices are not of God and for God then I will be of self (the absence of love, of the devil, which is sin). I can’t be a child of God and a child of the devil.
I can’t be a saint (perfect) and a sinner (not perfect). I can’t be alive in Christ (dead to sin) and be a sinner. Knowing who I am, because of Whose I am, is key to me living out who I am. Don’t let yourself be deceived that you are still a sinner. I don’t believe you wake up in the morning with the intention of being selfish or sinning. A heart, mind, and will of God is of love for others. A heart that gives.
The truth is you will live out who you believe you are. You are born of God. The old has gone and the new is here, and you are alive in love. (2nd Corinthians 5:17, 1 John 4:17). You do not have to work at being sanctified or transformed. Keep it top of your mind, knowing that you are sanctified and transformed (Romans 12:2). God’s grace made you new and moreover made you His. Know it, do it, live it, and reap the fruit, of the love you have in you, to give to God and one another.
However, if you haven’t given your life and heart to Jesus and you want to, then you can let him know that you give your heart and life to him. That you believe God’s love for you in Jesus. That He gave His only Begotten Son for you, so you could be His forever and live with Him forever (John 3:16, Eph 1:13, Col 1:26-28).
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. John 3:16
In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise. Ephesians 1:13
Even the mystery which hath been hid from ages and from generations, but now is made manifest to his saints: To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory: Whom we preach, warning every man, and teaching every man in all wisdom; that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus: Colossian 1:26-28
Believing in Jesus as your Lord and Savior and giving your life to him is a choice you make. God’s love for you is amazing! His amazing grace gives you everlasting life with Him and in Him (now and forever).
You are born again when you are filled with His holy Spirit, after you believed in Jesus as your Lord and Savior. God draws you to Jesus through His holy Spirit; John 6: 35-65.
Love is a choice, that naturally flows from you, because of knowing God’s love for you. There are two choices, but only One Way, that leads to life. That Way is God’s Love. Jesus is Love (the Way, the Truth, and the Life). Love = Life.
“There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death.” Romans 8:1-2
But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his. And if Christ be in you, the body is dead because of sin; but the Spirit is life because of righteousness. But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you. Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh. For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live. For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God. For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father. The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God: And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together. Romans 8:9-17.
For as one man’s disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous. Romans 5:19.
You are righteous (perfect love) in Christ.
“Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law.” Romans 13:8.
“Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.” Romans: 13:10.
“For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.” Galatians 5:14
As God’s love (Spirit) lives in your heart, mind, and soul, you love others with that love.
This is what happened to me on September 17, 2008. I didn't want to be here anymore. I lost everything (my 26 year marriage, my 100 million dollar company, and my daughter didn't speak to me for six months). And for some reason I sat down to the little burgundy Bible my great grandmother gave me and opened to the book of John. I wasn't a church goer or bible thumper. I read out loud every word Jesus said, for 3 hours, reading and re-reading. I remember him saying to me, If you have seen me you've seen the Father, I am in he and he is in me and you are in me. I finished the book of John and I closed the Bible from from to back and I said, "This is the book of love, God is love. I was floating in golden light for two days and had absolute peace. I went from total wreckage to absolute peace. I knew His love for me and I knew Him. When ever I'd see anybody I would say, "Just let them know You, just love them, let them know You... because I knew Him.
Jesus didn't just come to give me a ticket to eternity, he came to change my heart and who I am. So I could have a loving heart. I am his. I am Whose I am. Thank you Father. Thank you Jesus.
Blessed are the Givers.
Happy is a Giving heart.
Joy is Giving.
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