“Whoever
has my commandments and observes them is one who loves me. Whoever loves me
will be loved by my Father. I will love her
and reveal myself to her…Whoever loves me and keeps my word, My Father will
love her. We will come and make our
dwelling with her.”
John 14:21, 23
A simple formula
for being in God’s Presence is loving and obeying God by loving and obeying
Jesus. Jesus’ words are the fulfillment
of the Law of God and the Prophets.
Nothing has changed since the beginning of time. God’s words are Life and those who love God
and obey God will dwell in His Presence.
That state of
being is available to all. It is a
choice put before all. God desires all
to make the choice of Life in Him. It is
the choice of being born again of the Spirit.
It is the choice to follow the wants and desires of the flesh or follow
the Spirit. Following the Spirit will
require a crucifixion of the flesh and will result in eternal life with
God. The choice is mine to make.
There is a scene
in the movie Philomena where she asks the journalist working with her on her
story if he believes in God. He answers
by saying that is a complicated question and would take some time to discuss
all the issues around it. Then after a
bit of silence he asks her if she believes in God. Immediately she simply says “yes”. I smile every time I see that scene because
it rings so true. Human beings try to
make belief in God so complicated; books upon books and sermons upon sermons
have been written and spoken about it over the years. But the Truth is really as simple as
Philomena’s immediate and short response; “Yes”.
A simple formula
for being in God’s Presence is loving and obeying God by loving and obeying
Jesus. The choice is mine to make. I choose Yes.
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