Reading the blog of Bishop Macedo, I came across a thought that left me shocked. The share is to understand what he spoke:
A man comes into the church. He has no legs, but he can crawl...
He makes his way up to the altar...Amazed, everyone watches in silence.
With tears welling up in his eyes, he asks the pastor:
- Pastor, do you think God would accept half of a man?
Everyone wonders what the pastor's answer will be.
At that moment, God spoke through the pastor and said:
- Yes, God accepts half a man, if he surrenders himself wholly to Him, but He does not accept a whole man who is only willing to give half of him!
How have you presented yourself unto God?
After reading it I thought about what is delivered in half or wholly to God.
When meditating, I realized that it reflected what was my life for some time and if you wonder why? I will tell you.
When people spoke to me to accept Jesus as my only Savior, and so change my life, I liked the idea very much, I was excited, but there was a small problem (or so I thought) it was not just asking and expecting things God, but also to give my life totally to Him
I started attending church and there, men and women of God guided me on how to give my life to God.
The main thing was to accept it as my only Lord and Savior, and subsequently abandon the things that displease God, like lying, hatred, bitterness, resentment, bad temper, envy, bad words, selfishness, and so on.
Yeah, it was easier to say than done, my way to accept him as my God, but it remained the same, still lying, hating people, saying bad words, my character was awful nervous.
I was just a person claiming to have God, but my life was completely different from what it should be, in fact, was far from having an intimate relationship with God, my attitude did not reflect a person born of the Spirit of God was apparently only a Christian, not even intended to have a commitment to God.
Because my life did not change was the same and in some ways worse, went to church just to go, my life remained a mess.
When meditating, I realized that it reflected what was my life for some time and if you wonder why? I will tell you.
When people spoke to me to accept Jesus as my only Savior, and so change my life, I liked the idea very much, I was excited, but there was a small problem (or so I thought) it was not just asking and expecting things God, but also to give my life totally to Him
I started attending church and there, men and women of God guided me on how to give my life to God.
The main thing was to accept it as my only Lord and Savior, and subsequently abandon the things that displease God, like lying, hatred, bitterness, resentment, bad temper, envy, bad words, selfishness, and so on.
Yeah, it was easier to say than done, my way to accept him as my God, but it remained the same, still lying, hating people, saying bad words, my character was awful nervous.
I was just a person claiming to have God, but my life was completely different from what it should be, in fact, was far from having an intimate relationship with God, my attitude did not reflect a person born of the Spirit of God was apparently only a Christian, not even intended to have a commitment to God.
Because my life did not change was the same and in some ways worse, went to church just to go, my life remained a mess.
After some time, came problems that simply were too much for me, left me depressed and out of breath to carry on, my burden had become very heavy and difficult to bear.
It was at that moment I decided to go back to that Almighty Being so wonderful and he had often heard such a great way to transform lives.
This time take seriously give my life completely to God, stripped of evil, and love to follow it.
Sure, it was not easy to abandon the old life he had led for years, but this time the decision to please God, was stronger than anything else and eventually succeeded.
There was a change from one day to another, was a process that resulted in a transformed life.
There were struggles, sacrifices, trials, temptations, but this time God backed me and that gave me the strength to keep going every day.
It was at that moment I decided to go back to that Almighty Being so wonderful and he had often heard such a great way to transform lives.
This time take seriously give my life completely to God, stripped of evil, and love to follow it.
Sure, it was not easy to abandon the old life he had led for years, but this time the decision to please God, was stronger than anything else and eventually succeeded.
There was a change from one day to another, was a process that resulted in a transformed life.
There were struggles, sacrifices, trials, temptations, but this time God backed me and that gave me the strength to keep going every day.
Now he has filled my life with joy, peace, love, joy, has completely transformed me, everything I was before, there is nothing, I am a new creature, he gave me one of the most precious gift is salvation.
I currently have my experiences to help people speak of God to those in need, proclaiming his Gospel, because there is a longing in me that just as He became a new person, you can change your life.
Do not "deliver" in half, not as I do not miss your chance to be happy, today and now, give your body, mind and soul to Jesus, He will take care of you and what you need.
And after this, will you still delivered to you given half or full? The decision is yours and nobody else.
"In regard to your former way of living off the old man who is corrupted by its deceitful desires, renewed in the spirit of your mind, and put on the new self, created according to God in righteousness and true holiness." (Ephesians 4:22-24)
... And to know the love of Christ which surpasses knowledge, that ye may be filled with all the fullness of God. (Ephesians 3:19)
I currently have my experiences to help people speak of God to those in need, proclaiming his Gospel, because there is a longing in me that just as He became a new person, you can change your life.
Do not "deliver" in half, not as I do not miss your chance to be happy, today and now, give your body, mind and soul to Jesus, He will take care of you and what you need.
And after this, will you still delivered to you given half or full? The decision is yours and nobody else.
"In regard to your former way of living off the old man who is corrupted by its deceitful desires, renewed in the spirit of your mind, and put on the new self, created according to God in righteousness and true holiness." (Ephesians 4:22-24)
... And to know the love of Christ which surpasses knowledge, that ye may be filled with all the fullness of God. (Ephesians 3:19)
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