These verses, due to the fanciful language, were quite tricky to grasp its message, but this is what I understood (so I think) or took away with me.
Imagine you're in love with someone, wouldn't you want to do anything & everything to make that someone happy? Wouldn't you want to spend every waking moment with that someone? To be a part of that someone's life?
How about if you're a die-hard fan of a music artist or band? Wouldn't you do anything to meet your idol? Wouldn't you be proud wearing clothes bearing their images & listen to their songs repeatedly? So much so that you'd want others to love them as well cause they're just too awesome?
Now think about a smoker, someone who is addicted to smoking. One knows smoking does nothing good to your system & yet it is so addictive that it is so hard to quit. You want it before & after every meal or let it be your after waking & before sleeping habit. I'm just using smoking as an example because I know it'll be a bad terrible habit to quit if I started so this is in reference to myself, no offense to any smokers out there.
Okay, now my point is, these verses point out the same thing. If we were FOR God, we'd do everything & anything for Him that everything comes naturally to us. We'd be so in love & so proud & would want to spread the Word to others. However, if we indulged in sin, we would be so caught up in the sin to notice anything or anyone else.
God lives in us, and we are His temple. Are we doing what is right to purify the very space God resides in us? Or is the space too cluttered by everything else that it has lost its born purpose? We are God's heirs to the kingdom of heaven, would we really want to jeopardize that eternity for the sake of small simple pleasures?
We are God's children, wouldn't we want to do right in His eyes so as to not shame Him? The thing about parents & how God created them is amazing because they're filled with so much love for their kids that forgiveness comes with.
Anyway, the whole point of this long-winded post is me trying to make sense of these verses cause truly it is really confusing for me. Sometimes it happens this way, the message may not come thru right now, but it will eventually make itself clear to me some day. Think of it as horoscopes, the God-ly way =P
No comments:
Post a Comment