What Truly Counts?
Text: Romans 8: 28 – All things work together for
good.
We all have what we call
Religion and each of them have different beliefs and doctrines, some are using
the Holy Scriptures and believe God, and some worshiped Idols. We go to church
diligently and even gave tithes and offerings. We do good works and
participated in religious activities. But the question is, Are we doing it by
heart?, or we just do it because this is our obligation as Christians?
In this blog I will focus on Christianity and our lives as
Christians in reality.
As a Christian, we believe in the Living GOD, and we follow his
words through the Holy Scriptures or The Bible, But we Christians sometimes
fail, yes we believe in him but sometimes our faith is not that big. We pray
for the things we want but we didn’t give back what HE had given us. We go to
church every Sunday, but do we really listen and get the point of the message
that he wants us to understand?We participate in church activities, but we only
enjoy meeting other people and we forget the purpose why we are there. We
volunteer in some outreach program because for you helping others can give you
a place in heaven. We can teach people about the Bible but we judge others
because they live differently among us. Then that is Hypocrisy.
We have our responsibility as Christians but we have to serve the
LORD unconditionally, just like what HE did for us. Yes we read the Bible but
we also must understand those verses in it. We go to Church every Sunday but we
must reflect with the messages that HE wants us to know. We pray to HIM for HIS
guidance and blessings but we must return the favor that we ask because not all
prayers are answered, we often lose our FAITH, if our prayers were not
answered. We do volunteer to do good works, but we are boasting it (Eph 2:9).
We easily judge unbelievers, because we think we are perfect. Nobody is perfect
in this world, There is no righteous no not one (Romans 3:10), we are all
SINNERS.
GOD don’t want us to live perfect lives, but he wants us to live a
life that we know HIM as our Father and Savior (John 14:6), Blessings are just
coming your way if you follow HIM genuinely, be humble and don’t be proud
(James 4:6), Christ the son of God humble himself (Phil 2:8), and He died on
the cross to save us (John 3:16).
GOD gives the toughest battle to HIS children, but it’s up to us
if we Trust HIM. He will never fail us for HE has plans for each one of us. Blessings
will come for those who are willing to wait. Let’s learn how to perservere
ourselves, for He also shows patience to us, and despite that we all have
sinned HE still willing to forgive and embrace us. HE is Faithful enough to be
misunderstood.
He alone is
faithful and true
He alone
knows what is best for yourselves
God is too
wise to be mistaken
God is too
good to be unkind
But when you
don’t understand
When you
don’t see His plan
When you
can’t trace His hand
Trust His
heart.
- Bobbie Mason-