When You Love the Lord

 

When people love the Lord, they show it by being faithful, doing things for Him, and spending time with Him.

 

It’s just like when a man loves a woman. He’ll do things for her. Sometimes, for no reason at all.

 

That’s how we should be with God.

Amongst the Sheep

 

Some in leadership are so good at hiding among the sheep that they could skip service, and the sheep do not even know they were not there. And often, even the shepherds don’t know the elders are not there.

 

I think about some people in leadership who scream and holler on Sunday mornings, but they are nowhere to be found for bible study.

 

I remember when I worked the second shift, and I was always able to make it to church on Sundays, but I would crave the teachings and fellowship of bible study during the week. My manager usually gave me a day off in the middle of the week twice a month, and you better believe I was at church.

 

And that was when I was still, a visitor, long before I even became a member.

 

I noticed that then and I notice it now.

Are You an Eye Pleaser?

 

Some people place a higher honor on one office of ministry over another. 

It’s like no one wants to work behind the scenes with the children, but they wouldn’t mind being upfront ushering.

 

Churches sometimes have to beg people to help clean the church, but I bet if they said that needed someone to fill in for the pastor while he’s gone on vacation it’ll be a stampede.

Some people are just eye pleasers and don’t realize it (or they do and they do not care).

Why Is Spiritual Truth So Elusive?

Why is spiritual truth so elusive? Why are matters of spiritual significance so hard to verify and validate?

I have been pondering hard on this subject for quite some time. And these are my conclusions.

Spiritual truth is so elusive, possibly because of several factors. They are as listed below:

1. Many seekers are using the wrong modes of seeking. What do I mean by this? First, we try to relate and uncover spiritual truth and reality with our thinking faculty. This will lead us to nowhere because spiritual reality encapsulates our limited thinking faculty. Spiritual reality is ‘beyond’ the normal thinking mode assigned by a personality/self. No offense, but most people do this precisely because such believers can ONLY believe and NOT experience divine spiritual reality.

2. We are conditioned by society’s beliefs. Our upbringing very much demarcated what should be accurate and what’s not. This is supported by a compelling structure based on scientific proof and visual/experiential validation.

3. We think we know it all. When we think we know it all, the thought of ‘I know it all’ will block us from knowing anything deeply. Why is this so? Because a ‘know-it-all’ will not seek to understand deeply and, therefore, will not go deep enough…