Living Life for Christ Alone

Are you comfortable? A sense of being comfortable had crept over me as I would go before God with my requests. No longer was there fear of a holy God. No longer was there a sense of awe. His love had been the emphasis so much that it was getting old.  I mean, can't we come before God "as we are"? To an extent, yes...  Our church culture of today emphasizes God's love so much today that we forget a very important aspect of our God and His love seems to be something we can just take advantage of any time we want.  But, don't you remember the God of the Old Testament? The God who was jealous of His people because they went after other gods? The God who fumed with hatred towards sin and evil? Isn't He the God who doesn't change?

This morning in my time with the Lord, my eye caught a couple of verses that always touch me, I had underlined them, but I knew it was time to return to them again and take up meditating on them again... Psalm 91:1-2 (NLT) "Those who live in the shelter of the Most High will find rest in the shadow of the Almighty. This I declare about the Lord: He alone is my refuge, my place of safety; He is my God, and I trust in Him."  I had to look at it in KJV too: "He that dwelleth in the secret place of the Most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. I will say of the Lord, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in Him will I trust."   I knew it was for me this morning. God wanted to tell me something, so I went to writing in my notebook what He began to show me as I meditated on it:

A timid Christian stays in the shadows. He doesn't know the light, or understand it's beauty. After all, if he goes to it, what will happen? Will he be forced to do the worst possible thing? He's afraid, inching deeper into the shadows. What could possibly be in the light that he wants? The only thing to hope for there is discomfort.  Ah, but he doesn't know! When the light shines on something -brilliant sunshine- it makes it beautiful! It covers up dark shadows, making color appear more brilliant! There is nothing so beautiful as something that is being covered over by sunlight!

There is a mass genocide going on in Sudan, and we, as Christians, need to take action. The government is trying to eliminate these people, because they are Christians and non-Muslims, by means of starvation. They are bombing their crops, which is their only means of sustenance.  Please take the time to watch this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=maFbG3niMsI We MUST do something! Please check out their website: www.savethenuba.com and sign the petition.