1Peter 1:13-14
13 Therefore, preparing your minds for action, and being sober-minded, set your hope fully on the grace that will be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ. 14 As obedient children, do not be conformed to the passions of your former ignorance,
1Peter 1:18-19
18 knowing that you were ransomed from the futile ways inherited from your forefathers, not with perishable things such as silver or gold, 19 but with the precious blood of Christ, like that of a lamb without blemish or spot.
1Peter 1:24-25a
24 for “All flesh is like grass
and all its glory like the flower of grass.
The grass withers,and the flower falls,
25 but the word of the Lord remains forever.”
There is a promise that the flesh will not last... nor the things of this flesh... But the word of the Lord remains forever. Thank you Lord that this world is temporary. That this is not the best that we have to look for. That the evil and the ugliness of this world will pass away! But your promise will be forever!
Friday, August 22, 2008
Tuesday, August 19, 2008
Love for our Savior
Then the disciple whom Jesus loved said to Peter, "It is the Lord!" As soon as Simon Peter heard him say, "It is the Lord," he wrapped his outer garment around him (for he had taken it off) and jumped into the water. The other disciples followed in the boat, towing the net full of fish... John 21:7-8a
One of the passages I was reading this morning is John 21 where Jesus comes to the disciples after the crucifixtion and tells them to cast their nets to the other side of the boat and in turn they catch more fish than they can handle. That has always been the focus of my reading until today. Today what stood out to me was the LOVE Peter had for his lord. When they said it was the Lord he jumped from the boat with no reguard to the catch or the boat. His only care was to be with Jesus. There was a love there that I want to know. To want to commune with my Jesus so badly that NOTHING else matters. Right now so many other things get in my way. My job, my family even spending time with my amazing husband. Although all of that is good and I should show attention to each Jesus should be my waking thought and in my heart as i go to sleep. I want to have a love like Peter. And Jesus loved him back. Later in the Chapter he tells him - do you love me Peter... if you do that feed my sheep." If we truelly love our Lord isnt that what we should be doing... feeding his sheep, caring for his lambs? I find myself to preoccupied with my life to even think about all the people that God wants me to reach. There is TOO much going on in MY life for me to worry with others. IF I am to be a disicple that I must start looking at the lives around me and sharing that love of Christ that we so loosely talk about. Less talking more action. Then the Love I have for my Lord will be the priority of my daily life!
One of the passages I was reading this morning is John 21 where Jesus comes to the disciples after the crucifixtion and tells them to cast their nets to the other side of the boat and in turn they catch more fish than they can handle. That has always been the focus of my reading until today. Today what stood out to me was the LOVE Peter had for his lord. When they said it was the Lord he jumped from the boat with no reguard to the catch or the boat. His only care was to be with Jesus. There was a love there that I want to know. To want to commune with my Jesus so badly that NOTHING else matters. Right now so many other things get in my way. My job, my family even spending time with my amazing husband. Although all of that is good and I should show attention to each Jesus should be my waking thought and in my heart as i go to sleep. I want to have a love like Peter. And Jesus loved him back. Later in the Chapter he tells him - do you love me Peter... if you do that feed my sheep." If we truelly love our Lord isnt that what we should be doing... feeding his sheep, caring for his lambs? I find myself to preoccupied with my life to even think about all the people that God wants me to reach. There is TOO much going on in MY life for me to worry with others. IF I am to be a disicple that I must start looking at the lives around me and sharing that love of Christ that we so loosely talk about. Less talking more action. Then the Love I have for my Lord will be the priority of my daily life!
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