CRUSADERS DEVOTIONAL
02-11-2013/ Monday
It never ceases to amaze me of the things taught to be by the word of God and then shown to me by the actions of the animals in my life. Nature has so much to say but we rarely are still and quit long enough to look and listen. Annie, my Australian Shepherd, who goes to bed when I go to bed. Gets up when I get up. Will go for a walk whenever I want, Helps me bring in the horses for feeding time, usually by running the horses directly at me at a dead run, but she is trying and that’s what counts. She’s the first at the door when I come home, shows her love in her way. Or the horses, as one stands guard over the rest as they lay asleep in the late morning sun. Ya go for an afternoon ride and the stall mate of your horse is worried and upset, running the fence line when you’ve taken away their buddy. Then, as you return the horse left behind runs around with joy that their friend is finally back safe and sound. All this is love. An unspoken joy of just being in the presence and comfort of the one like no other.
Much is written about love in the book. When I say “book” I mean the bible (I ‘am a man of but one book).God knew about you and planned your creation before he laid the foundations of the earth. There is a place in God’s heart that only you can satisfy. Love is one of the most used words but here is the irony; it is misunderstood and is impossible to define, and yet we all know it when we see it and feel it.
When we are in love with someone, love becomes empowering. It weakens the spine and easies the heart. It gives us courage and strengthens us like no other and yet can bring us to our knees in pain and tears. It can give us all we ever wanted and it can take away all we ever had.
Doing something out of love for someone is doing something for God. Love is Gods greatest tool and gift to all believers. Love is what God wants most from us and at the same time it is the great blessing he gave to all of us. It’s the little piece of himself inside of each of us. Love is the seed that must be watered and acknowledged. Ignore it and you will suffer beyond imagination. Receive it and release it you will be blessed beyond imagination.
“Love one another as I have loved you” (John 15: 12). These words were not spoken in idle talk but it is a great commandment from your savior. Love casts out all anxiety, fear and doubt. Love God before all others then love others above yourself. Have you ever loved and not been loved back? Hurts don’t it? That’s what God feels whenever we do an unkind or uncaring act. We are doing something that we were not made for and the creator feels it.
All efforts of worth and excellence are difficult. Sometimes it is hard love. Sometimes it is hard to love us, but God does. We as Christians must live outside our selves and trust in what the Lord has told us to do and most of the time it is not easy. That is why he chose you and believes in you because you can absolutely live your life without fear of harm, because that is what he promised and that is what we lean on.
Remember: Opportunity knocks once; temptation bangs on your door forever
May you receive the blessing of God’s love today and everyday.
In the name of our savior Jesus Christ of the Nazarene.
Cowboy Pastor Ty
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