God's kind of love

Philippians 1:9-10
⁹ And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and in all judgment;
¹⁰ That ye may approve things that are excellent; that ye may be sincere and without offence till the day of Christ;

With God's love comes assurance that you are in the will of God. When God's love abounds in your life, YOU can approve things that are excellent.

In verse 10 the word sincere means "the sun's ray". It is thought to mean judged by sunlight. Meaning when you are in the light there is nothing to hide. No shadows to cover anything up. You are exposed in the rays. When you operate in God's love, you will not be able to have ulterior motives. You won't be able to be in the dark. This is IF you abound in love. In Psalms 37:4 it says to delight (be soft, pliable, delicate) yourself in the Lord, and he gives (puts, or makes) the desires (requests) for your heart. In Darren's version of the bible Ps 37:4 says, "Let God mold you, and He will create desires for you heart.

I'll try bring up Romans 12:1-2 briefly :)

Romans 12:2
² And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

The will of God can be translated as "God's will". The word "will" is talking about choice, about desire, about purpose. These two verses are summed up as God's desire.

Now read Romans 12:1 ¹ I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.

The part I underlined isn't mandating that you be holy and acceptable unto God. It is describing your body. You are Holy. You are accepted by God.

"which is your reasonable service" Reasonable is the word logikos: having to do with LOGIC. This goes back to Phil 1:9 how your love abounds through knowledge and judgment. IF you are giving yourself to God, you will be logical. God's logic may look incorrect or confusing to others, but NEVER allow that to stop you from God's calling in your life.

Three greek words are used for "which is your reasonable service". They could be wrote like this "Concerning your logical ministry to God" Ministry to God is serving. It is also worship. He is worthy to be ministered to. God is worthy of our praise.

Being a living sacrifice, and conforming to God as God's will desires is worship to the Lord. It is serving Him.

Then it goes on to say that serving the Lord, worshiping the Lord, will transform you. You will renew your mind. That word mind is implying "meaning". Do you want MEANING in your life? God's kind of transformation is a renovation to your meaning. Do you feel lost? Like you blew it? Like you can't continue messing up, so you shouldn't even try to continue? Let God give you a new meaning. Let Him take hold of you. Let Him just hold you. Worship the Lord, (which is your reasonable service) and He will renovate you. Give you purpose: satisfy you: assure your heart.

God's love does that. It reveals to you what is right. It gives you desires for your life. It gives you meaning and motivation. 1 Cor 13 talks about without love, ANYTHING you do is wrong. Without love, you CANNOT accomplish God's will. That tells me that in order to reasonably serve God as Rom 12:1 says, I have to have love.

What happened to your love? Where has it gone? Why is it not there?

Let God be your love. Let God be your meaning. Let God be your desires. Let God abound in your life. Let God be your approval. Let God be your life.
He takes care of the rest that is in Christ.

The peace of God is in my life. I know He loves me. I understand that. I can't fully comprehend the love of God. But I don't need to in order to have peace. I will never in this life grasp my Father God the King of kings, the Loving Father, Lord of lords and on and on and on and on! But I can, and I do, have full assurance of the meaning in my life. I can, and do, have the knowledge to walk in that Love no one can understand. I can, and do, worship the Lord in spirit and in truth. I can stand in the light and walk the path God directs me.

If you are delighting in the Lord, if your love abounds, if you are a living sacrifice, then you will know what is better to do. You won't be able to hide in the dark. You won't lead yourself into the dark. Your desires will be direct from God. You will prove what is good, perfect, acceptable: The will of God.

God is responsible for you. God is responsible to direct you. You are responsible to allow Him. Fully submitted to the desires He has given you. Take the time to drown out the noisy opinions of your family, friends, and in your mind. Study the word of God. It shows you how to be confident of this very thing: He which began a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ.

Thank you for listening what was on my heart. May the love of God in Jesus Christ be made a reality for you.
Love abounds indubitably.

Summer times

I was prepared for missions across the world. Istanbul, Calcutta, St. Petersburg, etc. I was ready to be unleashed upon the masses. After all, I graduated. I'm a licensed minister now. What's holding me back? God was the last person on my objection list, or so I thought.

God has called me to patience this summer. No where in particular. Just patience in Colorado Springs. EEEEEEEK! This is not what I wanted. But God had been speaking to me for over a year on what to expect THIS SUMMER! haha. Shows how much I listen :)

I was saddened my friends left town and was feeling inadequate because I wasn't ministering, or in a leadership position. Plus, I realized God doesn't want me in a leadership position right now and He wants me in a relational position.

The very fact that I would feel inadequate period is means to step back and reconsider what's going on. INADEQUACY comes from a lack of knowledge of the love of God. That's what I want to talk about. The love of God.

Ministry is relationship to and with God. That's it. Simple. Relationship with God. My ministry is not where I go or who I speak to. My overflow of my relationship with God blesses others, but my ministry is purely a relationship with God.

I knew that. I know that. I knew I knew that. BUT I FORGOT! I had to be reminded of that. My Father's love trumps every situation, every circumstance, and every problem.

For this summer time I am going to be in ministry full time. Ministering to myself daily. Ministering to God daily. I feel amazed that God says I get to minister to HIM! How does that work? I don't know! But think about it... He created us because He loves us. And He wants us to love Him. When I give God love, He is ministered to. When I praise Him, take time out of my day, worship Him, I am blessing God!

If you don't see that, I won't argue with you. I love the Lord :) Besides that, the love of God is said to keep you in perfect peace. Do you believe that? The bible says it will. Do you believe that? I do.

I can't explain every question you might have. I know the word is truth, God is love, and I have Christ's righteousness. I was in fear and anxiety because I went there in my mind and allowed myself to be that way. I cannot explain the entirety of God's love and I have a horrible time explaining this. That's why I'll take the next blog to talk more about it. It'll be more illustrated and have scriptures and what not. It'll be a good summer