Our
Personal Blessing From God
God
will praise each one of them first Corinthians 4:5
what an incredible word
from the Lord. God will praise each one of them. Not just “the best of them,” nor
“a few of them,” not “the achievers among them,” but “God will praise each and
every one of them”.
You won't be left out. God
will see to that. In fact God himself will give the praise! When it comes to
giving recognition, God does not delegate the job. Michael will not hand out
the crowns. Gabriel does not speak on behalf of the throne. God himself does
the honors. God himself will praise His children!
What is even more amazing,
the praise will be personal!.... Awards
aren't given a nation at a time, church at a time, or the generation at a time.
The crowns are given one at the time. God himself will look you in the eye and
bless you with these words, “well done, My good and faithful servant!” (Matthew
25:23).
Can you imagine how awesome
that is going to be to have the Lover of our soul give us our crowns
personally? So many times people concentrate on the wrath of God rather than
our loving Father. When you stop to think just how much He loves us with that perfect agape love.
Agape is love which is of
and from God, whose very nature is love itself. The apostle John affirms this
in 1 John 4:8: “God is love.” God does not merely love; He is love itself.
Everything God does flows from His love. But it is important to remember that
God’s love is not a sappy, sentimental love such as we often hear portrayed.
God loves because that is His nature and the expression of His being. He loves
the unlovable and the unlovely (us!), not because we deserve to be loved, but
because it is His nature to love us, and He must be true to His nature and
character. God’s love is displayed most clearly at the cross, where Christ died
for the unworthy creatures who were “dead in trespasses and sins” (Ephesians
2:1), not because we did anything to deserve it, “but God commends His love
toward us in that while we were yet sinners Christ died for us” (Romans 5:8).
The object of God’s agape love never does anything to merit His love. We are
the undeserving recipients upon whom He lavishes that love. His love was
demonstrated when He sent His Son into the world to “seek and save that which
was lost” (Luke 19:10) and to provide eternal life to those He sought and
saved. He paid the ultimate sacrifice for those He loves.
Today, as we go out into
the world, it is so important that we share that love with other people. You would be amazed at how much just a smile
can change a person’s whole day. I hope
that each and everyone of you have a Simply Heavenly Valentines Day!!!
2 comments:
I hope you had a wonderful Valentine's Day too!
I had so much fun with my husband. He bought me the most incredible lei to wear to our favorite restaurant for dinner!!! I hope that you had a Simply Heavenly Valentines day Rosie!!!:):):)
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