Loving Not The World! By Nanyamka Boyer
Good day to you my beloved brother or sister in our Blessed, Mighty Savior and Lord Jesus Christ, our El-Shaddai, the All Sufficient One, our God Almighty! It is my prayer that this devotion finds you well, you and your loved ones, both spiritually and physically, and filled to overflowing with the Holy Spirit, so you can remain on fire for God. For remember what the Lord through His mighty servant John the Baptist tells us in the Gospel of Luke about the Holy Spirit to those who believe in His name and are born again in Luke 3:16 "John answered, saying unto them all, I indeed baptize you with water, but one mightier than I cometh, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to unloose: He shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost and with fire:.."
And if you are finding yourself lacking the joy of the Lord, through the infilling of the Holy Spirit, ask the Lord to send you a fresh breath and a fresh anointing, so you can have the spiritual strength to go on. For a form of godliness will not do, as it is a religious spirit, but the walking with God daily and the abiding in Him, through His Holy Spirit will do.
For this is why the Apostle Paul wrote about those Jews and religious people who do not obey the Lord and do not believe in His Son Jesus Christ to Timothy and to us the Church to turn away from those in 2 Timothy 3:5-7 "Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away. For of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive women laden with sins, led away with divers lusts, Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth."
So keep your fire for God burning in your heart and life and be as the wise virgins that the Lord tells us in the Gospel of Matthew in Matthew 25:1-13, who kept their lamps burning, because they had oil in them. For remember that the Word of God is a lamp unto our feet and a light unto our path, and as you daily abide in it and obey it, the Holy Spirit will remain in you, as He is the oil or anointing of God, as it is written in Psalm 119:105 "Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path." And also you are His mighty vessel that carries His presence and mighty anointing.
On this day let us also remember to not love the world nor the things of the world, as we are commanded by the Lord through the Apostle John in John 2:15-17 "Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever."
And he or she that is a friend of the world is the enemy of God, as we are told by the Lord through His brother James in James 4:4 "Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God." For we must remember that this life or this world is only temporary and not eternal, as the people of the world live as if it was permanent.
For our eyes should always be focused on the Lord and on eternity, for the Lord has put eternity in all of our hearts, as He has told me and has reminded me, so I could let you know and what He says through King Solomon in Ecclesiastes 3:11, in the New King James Version of the Holy Bible, the NKJV. "He has made everything beautiful in its time. Also He has put eternity in their hearts, except that no one can find out the work that God does from beginning to end." For we must take care of our souls and not neglect them or take them for granted, as our souls live and will live forever, as the Lord made man to be a living soul, as it says in Genesis 2:7 "And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and man became a living soul." And we must choose the way of God, before we perish in hell along with those who refuse Him.
For the way of the world is the easy way, the broad way that the majority of humanity follows after, but it leads to destruction, as the Lord says in the Gospels and in the Gospel of Matthew in Matthew 7:13-14 "Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, the leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat: Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it."
For as the Lord says, and I agree that what if we gain the whole world, what is it worth unto us if we lose our own soul? As He says in the Gospels and in the Gospel of Matthew in Matthew 16:26 "For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?" And there's absolutely nothing and no one in this world worth for us to go to hell for, for remember that all things belong to God anyways and we just borrow them from Him to assist us in life. For as Job knew and understood about God, that the Lord is a God who gives and takes away and that all the silver and the gold are His, as well as the cattle on a thousand hills, as the scriptures tells us. So my point is that no-thing and no one is permanent or lasts forever in this world, for we are all passing away.
So don't focus on worldly things, but on Jesus, the author and finisher of your life, for you do not know when your last breath is on this earth and if you are found partying, drinking, smoking, at the wrong place and at the wrong time and with the wrong people or with the ungodly, you will be judged according to your works or rebellion and sins against Him, as the Lord says in the Book of Revelation.
For this is also something that He warns us about in Matthew 24:48-51 "But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, my lord delayeth His coming; And shall begin to smite his fellowservants, and to eat and drink with the drunken; The lord of that servant shall come in a day when he looketh not for Him, and in an hour that he is not aware of. And shall cut him asunder, and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth."
Go with God, have a blessed, joyous and peaceful week, remembering that those who keep their minds and hearts stayed on Jesus, have perfect peace, as the Prophet Isaiah knew and understood, when he wrote it in Isaiah 26:3-4 "Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusted in thee." For the wicked have no peace, as the Lord says in Isaiah 48:22 "There is no peace, saith the LORD, unto the wicked." And also as Isaiah the Prophet wrote in Isaiah 57:21 "There is no peace, saith my God to the wicked."
So abide in the Lord's rest or peace and do not love the world nor the things of the world that the lost seek after and have as their god in this world and neither go into the world to help you, but seek first the Kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all things that you need in this world He will give you, as He commands us to do in Matthew 6:33 "But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and His righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you."
And seek the Lord for His guidance and council in prayer and in His Word, for remember that He commands us to acknowledge Him in all of our ways, so He can direct our paths in Proverbs 3:6 "In all thy ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct thy paths." For as we do He establishes our path and our thoughts, so we know what to do, according to His perfect will for our lives, as He promises us in Proverbs 16:3 "Commit thy works unto the LORD, and thy thoughts shall be established."
For more words of encouragement and admonition from the Lord Jesus Christ, and for a worship experience, visit the author's website at: https://tboyer34.wixsite.com/boyer Or to purchase her books on Kindle or Paperback about teachings from the Word of God, visions and encounters with the Lord Jesus Christ, God the Father, Heaven and of the Spiritual Realm, visit the auhor's page at: http://amazon.com/author/nanyamkaboyer
Comments