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12 de dezembro LOVE IS NOT SELF-SEEKINGLove (God's love in us) does not insist on its own rights or its own way, for it is not self-seeking Of the definitions I've given in this study of Love, this is one I probably don't need to give. But for the record, Self-seeking means: Concerned only with oneself: egocentric, egoistic, egoistical, egomaniacal, egotistic, egotistical, self-absorbed, self-centered, self-involved, selfish, self-serving, or wrapped up in oneself. In our very first study on this journey through Love, (see Blog titled, This Thing Called Love) we found "together" in the scriptures that, to Love God and one another is the most important thing to God. Now that you know love is most important to God, then understanding what Love is should be our most important search and here we are in the teachings of God concerning Love. Consider the following also: 10[For my determined purpose is] that I may know Him [that I may progressively become more deeply and intimately acquainted with Him, perceiving and recognizing and understanding the wonders of His Person more strongly and more clearly], and that I may in that same way come to know the power outflowing from His resurrection which it exerts over believers], and that I may so share His sufferings as to be continually transformed [in spirit into His likeness even] to His death, [in the hope]( Philippians 3:10 ). In this verse, and many others like it, we see that on one hand our personal relationship is most important,... But also what He wants and is doing is now important to us as well. Reconciliation or restoring of the relationship between the Man and God, is what Jesus came and ultimately died for. Putting it back to what God designed it to be,... Fixing the lost connection betwween created and The Creator. This is what Jesus Christ did in redemption (on the cross). I cease to be loving when I become self-seeking, only interested in the development of my own needs and desires. I see this is true because, "if Christ committed His life for this cause, and now I have decided to live for Christ, then reconciliation of the human race is now what I want. Note: Reconciliation is sharing Christ with everyone through being an example of love, witnessing, sharing the good news about Christ, and bringing everyone you can into a personal relationship with Him. Jesus Christ sent apostles and teachers for this very purpose. We are not here to develop a spiritual life of our own, or to enjoy a quiet spiritual retreat. We are here to have the full realization of Jesus Christ, for the purpose of building His body... Bringing those He (Christ) sends us into a relationship with Him. OK, so, to fulfill God's perfect design for me requires my total surrender— complete abandonment of myself to Him. Whenever I only want things for myself, the relationship is distorted. And I will suffer great humiliation once I come to acknowledge and understand that I have not really been concerned about realizing Jesus Christ Himself, but only concerned with knowing what He has done for me. So, Here is the bottom line, If I Love God then I MUST TRUST IN AND RELY UPON HIM FOR MY NEEDS. IF I DO THAT, THEN I NO LONGER NEED TO BE CONCERNED WITH MYSELF. NOW THAT I AM NO LONGER CONCERNED WITH MYSELF, I CAN LOVE EVERYONE THE WAY GOD LOVES. Love is not self-seeking. I Love you. ComentáriosPara adicionar um comentário, entre com seu Windows Live ID (se você usa o Hotmail, o Messenger ou o Xbox LIVE, você possui um Windows Live ID). Entrar Você possui um Windows Live ID? Inscrever-se TrackbacksA URL de trackback para esta entrada é: http://prestonpittman.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!179060FDC5FA23CA!183.trak Weblogs que fazem referência a esta entrada
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