You Are Accepted

Therefore, accept each other in the same way that Christ accepted you. He did this to bring glory to God. Romans 15:7 (GW)

Most of us spend our entire lives trying to earn acceptance. We want to earn it from our parents, peers, partners in life, from people we respect, maybe even from people we envy. The drive to be accepted is a deep drive that can influence the kind of clothes you wear, the kind of car you drive, the kind of house you buy, even the career you choose.

Remember as a kid you wanted so badly to be in the in-crowd that someone would say to you - "I dare you to do this" - and they’d suggest something that was either stupid, or that put your personal safety at risk. But, you did it anyway because your desire to be accepted overruled the desire for safety.

We do it because we love the feeling of -- "I'm OK, I'm accepted; somebody accepts me." When you’re accepted, it does tremendous things for your self esteem. The truth is – Jesus accepts you and that acceptance is not based on your performance. In fact, you may have received Christ and accepted Jesus into your life, but do you realize that you’re able to do that because Jesus accepted you? You don't have to earn his acceptance; you don't have to prove yourself to him.

We need to stop thinking, “I've got an unpleaseable God up there and I've got to be a good boy, or good girl, to be accepted." God, through Jesus Christ, has already accepted you. That’s the Good News!

An Unconcious Sin

We've all heard especially as christians that flirting is a very nasty thing to do, It basically means to court trifingly or to act amoursly without any serious intentions, in easy words: playing with love. Now generally speaking we're always so careful of whats in our hearts that we completely and totally neglect what our actions convey. As its said that actions speak louder than words and this thought just utterly slips off our very minds. Thinking what only matters is whats in our hearts, we foolishly let go and selflessly jump into the unknown, unprecedented circumstances of our inglorious actions that would lead us no where but into conveying the wrong message. Sometimes unintentionally, yet on the same page.

Too often we settle with our emotions so much that we dont really care about our physical actions, not knowing the fact that it conveys more. It could be a little pat on a boys shoulder who you apparently consider as your brother in christ, sometimes playing with his hair, a little giggle a little shoulder hug a little rub and thats how it keeps going, now even if its done without any bad objective its still noticed by people around you, most importantly what looks to us like ' just playing and having fun' won't look the same to someone else, as a matter of fact that would'nt look appropriate to anyone especially when you're a child of God setting the standard for people around you. Sometimes we might just convey the wrong message to the other person we're fooling around with and thats completely compromising with God's word that asks us not to lead our other brothers into sin or even worse make him develop feelings for us.

Our unconcious mistakes or ignorance can create a huge impact especially effecting our relationship with God. What this is, is a sin, unconciously but yet a sin. Lets be more aware of our actions, be more wise in them because the little mistakes have a huge price tag.

Differing weights and differing measures-

the Lord detests them both

Even a child is known by his actions

By weather his conduct is pure and right

Prov 20: 10-11

The Breakthrough

I slept but my heart was awake.
Listen! My lover is knocking:
"Open to me, my sister, my darling,
my dove, my flawless one.
My head is drenched with dew,
my hair with the dampness of the night."

-Song of Solomon 5:2

God waits for us to open our hearts for him.
He lovingly, heart-fully knocks on our hearts doors waiting for us to let him in,
He expresses his love by calling us His sister, His darling, His dove, His flawless one.
He is our everything and everything in us is perfect in him.
Let us let our lover in today, Lets enjoy the love/romance and joy that he has for us
Lets cherish in him today and be glad in him.

Identity

Our identity and our personality leads us to our calling that God has for us. It's never about changing ourselves or setting ourselves the standard of this world to achieve all that we are to and to welcome a sense of belonging and humanly pleasure utterly to fit in. Instead as God people setting our-self the "God standard" having in us the "God factor" is the most important thing that changes everything in and around us.

But with improvisation in our lives and a strife toward excellence There comes a sense of acceptance that softly rests in our hearts like a strong confirmation that we belong to someone higher than all and that there's a greater Love in our lives that comes to be the ultimate reason for our survival and everything else just seems nothing compared to the greater call in our lives. Now that calls us to be the change that would lead us to the water, to our resting place, to our calling.

God did not make you the way you are for you to find and adapt to a new personality, instead recognize it, live it and multiply in yourself the talents and the gifts that he's already poured out in you.That's what makes us conquerors in Christ and help us not to go afar but to draw closer to his calling, to walk in the path chosen by him drawing us into his ever enduring love that will overflow in our lives. This calls to be a new year of a new beginning, lets live it with a new perspective and with a fresh start.

Tape Safe

Our past pushes us down and situations seem overwhelming, sometimes the power of God seems unpredictable and weakness brings us in our little shell. Joy seems lost somewhere far away fading. The power of God so vivid at the same time inside of us. Life seems powerless with fear thumping in our hearts and a question weather the situations convey the truth in distress. When fear and incapability rises deep within, the courage to live with ourselves fades and the truth about creation is questioned, maybe there's something pulling me down I feel, maybe there's something in me I need to change I question or maybe I'm not supposed to act this way I convince my self to believe. I believe there's a season that is on its way a season of thanksgiving and a season of pouring out, pouring out what God's invested in us.

I believe its a season of replacement, a season of substitution. This is the season of God's people strategically placed in areas of royalty in a mission of influence to the maximum. This is a season of harvest and its the time of God's voice being heard clearer than ever before, a season of overflowing Joy. And in this time it is our choice of weather we allow ourselves to let go and let God, letting go of our hurts and pull downs can be tough but God says He completely destroys the yolk if given to Him and in this situation Faith works. Our overwhelming fear of questioning our identity can cut us off from God's glorious call and plan for our lives.

Lets rise above them, I think its time to let God take over, unseen yet true, questionable yet faithful our God never fails us, just like he rose David back up when life seemed drowning in nothingness, He surely will raise you above your iniquities and depressions and will give you strength and victory in your challenges only if you have the faith and courage of going back to him, submitting, confessing.... David did the same every single time he felt distressed he went to the Lord, when he felt weak he went to the Lord in all times he seeks God and FINDS Him and God raises him to be Bold, full of Joy, Successful, Valiant and Victorious in everything he did. He was the man after God's own heart. And how much more would He love US after all that he did for us...

How many times to we run to God in depression?, heartbreaks?, failures? knowing he can heal we still run to the Seen as faith doesn't exist- not even as a mustard seed Its time we go back to our salvation and regain what we lost, its time to go back on our knees and lay it all down, its time to regain our faith and let our hearts open to his light so darkness eliminates from our lives and that dreadful eerie vanishes to EVERLASTING JOY which replaces our boldness, trust and empowers us for all that God has in store for us Its time to Receive and Replace and jump to a whole new level of faith! Its time to rise above our storms and regain what is ours that was stolen and it all can happen if we faithfully, earnestly and deliberately seek him cuz' sleeping and slumbering isn't His piece of cake!

A PSALM OF DAVID
He turned to me and heard my cry.He lifted me out of the slimy pit, out of the mud and mire; He set my feet on a rock and gave me a firm place to stand.

psalm 40: 1-2

Fact to the Supernatural

An alert mind indeed observes the rejections and the misconceptions that take place and registers it to the human mind perhaps results in a slow pace of observing, reacting and causes the mind to develop a lower self esteem.

Recognition and encouragement transforms a dull introvert and makes him turn a page to extroversion & high level of alertness takes over dull and slow pace of response. But as observed, through an external supernatural power that surrounds the outer cavity of the brain enforces the mind to think faster. A higher level of encouragement and an upliftment of self esteem seems to be one of the main causes of renewal and an inexperienced and an unfounded energy taking over, giving ground to perfection and releasing the brain to a higher level of thinking, faster brainstorming and all the dull minds are renewed.

Damaged caused by the outer world happens to suspend and a raise of renewal and extra wisdom steps in creating a high level of understanding, response, knowledge & a high rise in unspeakable unfound yet proved wisdom

The Creators Touch

Never let those who prosper in their wicked ways ever be a threat to you, instead take situations as they are and learn from them. Learn how betterment and improvement can brought though by you when those situations come your way and how much of a better leader would that make you. To learn to rise above and beyond the brim, that what comes with you flows through and beyond and falls on the unreached, the ones around and under you.

God tells us not to fear the ones who are a threat to you as it only brings harm (PS 37: 8) .. more like the ones who constantly bug you, who keep accusing you of the things you haven't done, and those people who constantly keep absorbing negativity into others about you. Those people are around, believe it or not but they are and you have no choice but to deal with them! the first things on our minds is to get mad at them. But then we miss the Big Picture!

In (Pslam37), God continually asks us to be patient & righteous in our every step, he further mentions committing our ways to Him, keep doing what is good, keep walking in the footsteps of righteousness and the Bible mentions in (Deut6:25) that a man will be called righteous only if he carefully observes and keeps all the commandments of his Lord. That law is the 10 commandments so following them, living according to them will be our righteousness. He adds to continually keep his ways, wait on him and delight in him and he will grant all the desires of our
heart (Ps37:4).

He also asks us to walk in an upright conduct as he knows their days and their inheritance will be forever (V 18). He continually mentions that he watches over us and loves justice for his saints (V 28) In a matter of time it will all be cut off, the bad weeds anything and everything surrounding you to bring you down will disappear. He always has his eyes on you and considers you for who you are, He watches your every step and watches over you, those little things that no one sees- He does and knows your heart and mind intimately.

There is always someone there to justify you. That's when He tells us to do what we can and the rest He does. That's the beauty of our LORD, He loves His people, His saints, His righteous, His upright and His long suffering.

COMMIT YOUR WAYS TO THE LORD, TRUST ALSO IN HIM AND HE SHALL BRING IT TO PASS, HE SHALL BRING FORTH YOUR RIGHTEOUSNESS AS THE LIGHT
AND YOUR JUSTICE AS THE NOONDAY (PSLAMS37:5)