So my second goal is something that God has placed on my heart for years – yet I still struggle to live it completely. Goal 2 is to love everybody. 1 Timothy 2:1 I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men;
I remember when God first told me that He loves everybody. It was perfectly timed when I was dealing with who I thought was an unloveable person. The truth is that we find the key to loving everybody right there in the letter to Timothy. Supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving thanks… When I see that it unlocks what my POSITION is supposed to be in relation to people. I am to be the Christ to the them. Think about it, Chris is our intercession, He is ever praying for us, He sits at the right hand of the Father making intercession on our behalf. His entire position is to be the support and life-support to our success in life and in love with God. Now that Christ is in us, when we allow Him to be in our thinking – we naturally will begin to react to people in a life- support way. When I really think about the phrase – some people are hard to love (which is completely true) the fault isnt in them – its in me. The hard part is always our pride.
Nice little zinger there at the end.
God, here I am. You have been challenging me to live another level of loving people, I accept the challenge. I see that my next level is to pray. Not just react right, or make it about them in my relationships – but to literally pray for all, give thanks for all, and to stand in the gap for all. I want to be Your servant and Your extension of love in all I do. Here is my day, everything I am, think, or speak – help it to be a reflection of You. Help me to be the most loving, hardest working, deepest pursuing, integrity driven person for You today. Im in love with You and…thank You for everything!
I am Yours
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