Relationships Are a Two-way Street
Excerpt from Battle Cry Good vs. Evil, Chapter 1, Spirituality:
When we accept Christ as our personal Savior, we begin a personal relationship with a living, loving, and almighty God. If you’re making little or no effort in the relationship, how would you expect the relationship to grow? Is this the way you approach your earthly relationships? Relationships are a two-way street. No relationship can flourish without an effort from both participants. Fortunately, God has fully and completely done His part. It’s up to each of us to do ours. Our part is to first choose Christ. Then, we must make the personal effort to spend time with Him and His Word. We can then experience how the Spirit will move in each of us. First Corinthians 6:19–20 says, “Don’t you realize that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit, who lives in you and was given to you by God? You do not belong to yourself, for God bought you with a high price. So you must honor God with your body.” Do we consider and treat our bodies as a temple, a shrine, a sanctuary, a holy place? Do we give any thought at all to the high price Christ paid by physically dying on the cross? Instead, don’t we just take our bodies for granted? So if you don’t feel the Spirit, if you don’t feel His Love, who is failing to make the effort, God or you? Don’t you think He’s done enough?
Author’s comments: If you have the habit of comparing your walk with Christ to what you think others are experiencing, stop doing that. Everybody’s walk is uniquely different. We all find God at different times, different ages, and different circumstances. Some find God when they are children, others as teenagers, and some as adults. Sadly, some never find God at all. It’s not as important when you find God. What’s most important is that you do eventually find Him. Physical death without God is spiritual life eternal without Him!
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