Get Your Jesus On!

      Ever feel in a rut? Feel like doing the same thing each day isn't tapping into your full ability to glorify God? Frustration that maybe your daily routine life of church, work, home...church, work, home isn't as important as that amazing friend in the mission field? Well let me reassure you..maybe you are or are not tapping into your full potential with God, either way...each day is a new day, and even tapping into God already...we can always better it even more!
This morning our family did a Bible study on these verses in Romans. This to me, in a sometimes routine world, is a nice reminder about where we need to be in our walk with Christ, and the example to those around us in those daily routines.
Romans 13:8-14 NKJV
8" Owe no one anything except to love one another, for he who loves another has fulfilled the law. For the commandments, "You shall not commit adultery," "You shall not murder," "You shall not steal," "You shall not bare false witness," "You shall not covet," and if there is any other commandment, are all summed up in this saying, namely, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself." Love does no harm to a neighbor; therefore love is the fulfillment of the law." 

11 "And do this, knowing the time, that now is high time to awake out of sleep; for now our salvation is nearer than when we first believed. The night is far spent, the day is at hand. Therefore let us cast off the works of the darkness, and let us put on the armor of light. Let us walk properly, as in the day, not in revelry and drunkenness, not in lewdness and lust, not in strife and envy. But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no prevision for the flesh, to fulfill its lusts."

     So in the first paragraph, this is nice reminder of how we should lead our walk. The first thing, it says  "owe no one anything." why do you think that is? If we are known for always asking for stuff, or borrowing, then we are not showing God to them. When they see us coming and say to themselves, "They must want something." That hides the Love of God that they should see. It can make them start dreading us being in their presence. So next it talks about loving our neighbor. Who is our Neighbor? Well, that is everyone. If you see they also refer to it as "another", showing that neighbor is not just limited to who lives beside of us. Is this easy? NO! This is a daily self check, that requires God's wisdom and guidance in every step of this path. Without Him, this is not possible. But if we are able to lead with love, and start our day with that concept, then following God's Law will naturally happen. You can't force yourself not to want something someone else has, unless you can love them, so that when they are blessed, you are truly happy for them. (Instead of wishing it was yours.) This is motivated by love. Remember love is the mindset, "what can I do for you," How can I bless you?" Lust is the mindset, "What can I get out of this," or "what about me."It is important to understand love to enter the next paragraph.

     In the next section, verses 11-14. It tells us "and do this" This? Yes, love. Like said above, by loving and serving others, following the Laws of God happens naturally. Do this...LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF, because the time is near. It says to WAKE UP WAKE UP!! Wake out of your slumber. Stop going through motions! You can have a routine that never changes, and still wake up and be on fire for the Lord! This is NOT an emotion that someone said something just right to make you "feeeel" like being on fire. This is a daily CHOICE! Your choice! THIS IS THE DAY THAT THE LORD HAS MADE, WE WILL REJOICE AND BE GLAD IN IT! Notice the word Will, that shows a daily choice, not a feeling. Feelings wear off, fade away, and get forgotten. A choice, is a commitment. Choose to WAKE UP, choose to REJOICE, choose to WALK DAILY for God ,choose to RECOGNIZE those desires and wants that are not God's Will, and choose to CAST them aside for God's Will.

    The day is at hand for Christ's return, look around you. Even in a mundane routine, you have a chance to shine for God! You can walk properly and place on the the armor of light. Armor...Place on your armor! Helmet of Salvation, do your coworkers look at you and say, they are saved and a Jesus follower? How is your Sword? Is it sharpened? Are you in your Word? Start your day by what? Putting on the Lord Jesus Christ. Placing your flesh desires aside, and not feeding them. "Get your Jesus on!" No matter the routine, CHOOSE TO WAKE UP! You don't have to be an amazing missionary to represent Jesus in your full potential. You can represent Him, and do great things for Him no matter where you are. You just have to DO it!

<3 Cat