August 13, 2019

August 13

Running with Jesus  

Acts 2:43-44 “And fear come upon every soul and many wonders and signs were done by the apostles. and all that believed were together, and had all things common.”

     These verses follow the steadfast verse and we can see how remaining steadfast in all the teachings helped form the first church of Christianity that is still impacting our world today centuries later.  If we intend to impact the world we live in, we must also remain steadfast.

     So often we wonder why we do not see more happening in our body.  I must ask how much fear of the Lord does the body of Christ have today?   We must examine our own lives this morning.  Revival can begin with one person.  Let us go back into our memory file, think about when you first accepted Christ.  Just a few weeks ago Mike preached on the church of Laodicea in Revelation.  This church had lost it’s first love.  As I think about marriage I think about losing our first love.  Marriage will not be sustained by first love over a period of time.  We come to a point where all the goose bumps and tingles go away so how do we maintain our love.  First of all, we have to realize love is a choice.  I must choose to keep loving.  Then we have to maintain our love by spending time together and creating an environment for love to grow.  I know my love for Mike is more precious now than ever before after forty-two and one half years.  We don’t question our love when we disagree, we just love.  We are able to express our own opinions and move on.  We have deeper love and a lasting commitment.  The minute one of us were to stop being steadfast we would cease to be where we are.  So, it is with our love with God and He knows we are in this for the long haul.  Fear of God and staying in His will is what holds us all together and then we will begin to see miracles happen in the body.  Each person must examine their love life with Christ. 

     Are we truly in love with Christ?  Are we committed to His will and work?  If you can’t answer yesf these then we must ask ourselves, “Am I the reason we don’t see more things happening in the body of believers I live among?”  Maybe today we need to renew our vows and commitment to God.

Father, we confess our lack of commitment to You and we come before You asking You to forgive us and help us to know and understand what it really means to love You.  Help us search for ways to serve You in the body of Christ and live like there was no tomorrow so we can see and impact in this world while we are living here.  We want to love on You today.  Help us feel Your heart beat and let us move with Your beat. 

      Let’s spend some time doing our first dance with Jesus this morning.  Let’s remember that day we were united and rekindle the fire that was between us. 

Singleness of heart, in the morning, be sure and come back!

Judy Hollaway

Originally penned 2015