Tuesday, December 8, 2020

LOVING THIS WORLD

 

LOVING THIS WORLD

I John 2:15 Stop loving this evil world and all that it offers you, for when you love the world, you show that you do not have the love of the Father in you.  NLT

       Have you stopped loving this world and what it offers to you?  You cannot be right with God until you do.  Let the Lord show you today where your attachments are.  Let Him show you who, or what, you value more than Him.  Let Him show you how unreliable and unfulfilling the things of the world really are.  Let Him show you that all the promises of the world to satisfy the soul are empty lies from Satan. 

       The bottom line is that when you long for the things of this world and strive to obtain them, you really don’t love the Father.  You strive to obtain that which you love.  Our actions speak louder than our words.  You can claim to love God but if He is not your passion, your words do not mean much.  Your soul cannot be divided on this.  You cannot love the Father of truth and the father of lies at the same time.  God will not share our affections with the world. 

      Loving the world is an act of treason for those who claim to love God.  It is declaring that what God promises is not true.  He promises to satisfy the soul.  He promises to give us something worth living for.  He promises to reward those who are faithful to Him.  He promises to meet our every need.  He promises to break our attachments to the things of the world.  When we grow attached to the things of the world and rely upon them to make us happy, we are denying that God can meet the needs of our souls, that He is not enough for us.

      You cannot live for the things of the world and love God at the same time.

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