HEAVENLY INCLINED...: WEDNESDAY'S WISDOM: LOVE IS WAITING FOR YOU!!!

Thanksgiving for the LORD's Favor

Psalms 138 (A Psalm of David)
1/ I will praise thee with my whole heart: before the gods will I sing praise unto thee.
2/ I will worship toward thy holy temple, and praise thy name for thy loving-kindness and for thy truth: for thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name.
3/ In the day when I cried thou answeredst me, and strengthenedst me with strength in my soul.
4/ All the kings of the earth shall praise thee, O LORD, when they hear the words of thy mouth.
5/ Yea, they shall sing in the ways of the LORD: for great is the glory of the LORD.
6/ Though the LORD be high, yet hath he respect unto the lowly: but the proud he knoweth afar off.
7/ Though I walk in the midst of trouble, thou wilt revive me: thou shalt stretch forth thine hand against the wrath of mine enemies, and thy right hand shall save me.
8/ The LORD will perfect that which concerneth me:
thy mercy, O LORD, endureth for ever: forsake not the works of thine own hands... AMEN!!!

One CANNOT earn GRACE, it is HIS own ESSENCE; a gift, still, IF one claims to be IN HIS GRACE, we ARE to, or, OUGHT to, be reflections of that GRACE! 2 CORINTHIANS 6:1, tells us not to take HIS GRACE in vain! This means, living in LOVE, morality, ethics, virtue, righteousness, and, spiritual improvement, TOWARDS, spiritual maturity, WHILE, visibly BEING as LIGHTS, beaming OF *GOD*, beckoning the world, TO THE LIGHT! Righteousness MEANS, conduct in conformity with *GOD'S* WILL, and, "Be HOLY because I AM HOLY!", therefore, indicating that knowledge, wisdom, and, effort, DO, apply TO the righteous!!! NEVER forget, we were grafted in, and, if we do not bear fruit, as a dead branch, we will be pruned out, just as were, the natural branches!!!

We are not saved by works, instead, works PROVE HIM in us: they identify HIS own...

IF I claim ONENESS with *GOD*, through CHRIST JESUS, I am DEAD TO THE WORLD, THUS, LIVING as HIM, which is, hopefully, witnessed IN, and, THROUGH, my every thought, action, and, reaction; MEANING, I am, THROUGH CONSCIOUS application OF THE WORD, HIS COMMANDS, HIS WILL, REFLECTING righteousness, not, merely, FAITH! I become, the TRULY FRUITFUL branch, of THE VINE, the TRUE member of THE BODY/THE CHURCH, CHRIST JESUS, and, TESTIFY, then, GLORIFY, BOLDLY, BY my thoughts, actions, and, reactions, HIS name, because, HE IS WORTHY, and, IN HIS LOVE, has SHOWN me, how I OUGHT to exist, to which, I eagerly, adapt, and, comply!!!

MATTHEW 5:48...
So be perfect, just as your heavenly Father is perfect

1 PETER 1:14-16...
14/ Like obedient children, do not act in compliance with the desires of your former ignorance
15/ but, as he who called you is holy, be holy yourselves in every aspect of your conduct,
16/ for it is written, "Be holy because I (am) holy."

ROMANS 12:2...
Do not conform yourselves to this age but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and pleasing and perfect.

Conduct, in conformity to *GOD'S* WILL, marks the righteous; it is NOT because of guilt, or, ancient Laws, but, because of LOVE; LOVE for *GOD*, self, then, others! CHRIST JESUS gave us Commandments to live by, of which, the first is to LOVE *GOD*, with all of your mind, heart, and, soul; the second is, to LOVE one another!

LOVE COMPELS us to LIVE IN HIM, through conduct which conforms to *GOD*; in other words, morality, ethics, doing good, and, being good, and, ever striving to improve the spirit! It is about REFLECTING THE TRUTH, for ALL to bear witness to, FOR, and, TO HIS GLORY, RADIANTLY SHINING OF HIS POWER, GRACE, and, MERCIES!!!

It IS ALL ABOUT LOVE, baby, all about LOVE!!!

MATTHEW 4: 17...From that time on, Jesus began to preach and say, "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand."

JOHN 14:15..."If you love me, you will keep my commandments.

NOTE: I do not intend to preach, rather to reach; to stir up, awaken, to inspire, and, bring forth, in discussion, that which is, perhaps, dormantly existing in the heart of hearts, thus, little, or, no, sugar coatings, just THE WORD of *GOD*, the TRUTH, along with some of my thoughts. And truth is, I am reminding myself always, as I practice these reminders, in the best of my abilities, and capacities, while RELYING on THE LORD to lead me on that narrow PATH---> MATTHEW 7: 14: "For the gate is small and the way is narrow that leads to life, and there are few who find it... TO *GOD* BE ALL GLORY...

WEDNESDAY'S WISDOM: LOVE IS WAITING FOR YOU!!!

Besides fear of THE LORD, LOVE IS THE LAW; THE COMMANDMENT, which, CHRIST JESUS gave to us, when HE came to ransom our lives from this world, clearly, witnessing, firsthand, the lack of LOVE in this world, and, it's far reaching effects...

HOPE, FAITH, and, LOVE remain, but, the greatest of these is LOVE! 1 CORINTHIANS 13:13...

LOVE CAN cover a multitude of sins, as, it, in TRUTH, removes sin! PETER 4:8...

We MUST LOVE *GOD*, self, and, others, ABOVE ALL else, because LOVE IS LIGHT, which, eradicates readily, the heavy darkness!!!

You see, when one LIVES IN the TRUTH of LOVE, there is little need for other COMMANDMENTS, because, NOTHING IN LOVE IS negative, harmful, nor, unhealthy; instead, ALL thought, action, and, reaction, is MOTIVATED by the PURITY of WHOLESOME GOODNESS, RIGHTEOUSNESS, POSITIVITY, and, HEALTH, IN CONSTANT consideration TOWARDS, and, FOR ALL IN *GOD'S* CREATION, without fail, void of self-inclination, or, expectation, save for the HOPE LOVE provides, and THEN, returns to one with infinite, and, HOLY benefits...

With, or, without us, LOVE SHALL PREVAIL, ETERNALLY! Yet, LOVE HAS the wish to SHARE with us, the entirety of it's benevolent fullness!!!

LOVE isn't a mystery, a paradox, nor, an invented condition of humanity, IT IS *GOD*, *GODLINESS*, and that which, not only was the foundation for CREATION, but, remains the LIFE, FREEDOM, PEACE, HOPE, and, HEALTH OF CREATION, without end, or, failure, regardless of, whether, we conform/adapt/align/adhere to it, or, not! *GOD* IS, LOVE IS, there is NOTHING else more valid, nor, pertinent, and, the ONLY beings IN CREATION to resist, defy, deny LOVE, are the fallen, evil Angels, their workers of iniquity, and, those of us, whom, have been shrouded by deception, YET, we REMAIN the desired recipients by *GOD*, LOVE, that, we can, with HIM, share IN it's full perfection!!!

We seek LOVE in faces, places, things, and, remain unsatiated, BECAUSE LOVE IS FAR ABOVE matters of this world, and, while BEING tangible, is intangible for the unlearned, unappreciative, and, those of darkness; STILL, LOVE AIMS to REMOVE all incidence of opposition, and, oppression!!!

LOVE appeared IN THE FLESH, VOID of carnality, to exemplify it's perfect state, that we HAVE a visible LIGHT to follow, in order to fulfill ITSELF, and, INVITE us to IT'S REALITY, then, suffered the most profound SACRIFICE imaginable, THAT we MIGHT begin to SEE, THROUGH the heavy blanket of the darkness OF untruth! Thousands of years later, we STILL cling to untruth, and, consider the blanket, as security...

LOVE IS THE LAW for extremely SOUND reason!
1 CORINTHIANS 13:4-8...
4/ Love is patient, love is kind. It is not jealous, (love) is not pompous, it is not inflated,
5/ it is not rude, it does not seek its own interests, it is not quick-tempered, it does not brood over injury,
6/ it does not rejoice over wrongdoing but rejoices with the truth.
7/ It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
8/ Love never fails.

LOVE is ETERNAL, LOVE IS ALL there is, and, IS far more than the semblance, we have been given in this life! The GREAT NEWS IS, LOVE IS WAITING FOR YOU; PATIENTLY, WAITING FOR YOU!!!

REV. LWINSOR © 2012
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