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WELCOME TO GOD FOCUS THIS MORNING

The title of today’s episode is: CHOSING YOUR MOUNTAIN

Imagine how life was for the Jewish people after the day of Pentecost. More specifically the Jewish disciples. They had been taught the Law of Moses their whole lives. Now there was a new way. Some rituals and things no longer needed to be done because Christ fulfilled the law.  The Messiah had already been on the earth and was crucified. While on earth, he taught his disciples what the new church would look like, then they went and prayed until God’s Spirit fell and the church was born.

But we see in different places that there were things that they disagreed on, some felt like the Gentile males should be circumcised as they had been under the law. It took time to unlearn the things that they had been taught. Some were God’s commands to the Jewish people; others were laws added by the religious people to supposedly help them keep the original ten commandments.

Every denomination has traditions of men that they were taught. Like I spoke of a few days ago about the church that always closed one of the window blinds. They did that for years before every service, as part of their routine. But no one knew why, it had always been done. The new pastor finally asked an elderly lady in the congregation, and she explained it kept glare off of the sheet music. The pastor looked at the piano and questioned how that would help. She laughed, well the piano used to sit in the other corner.

It is high time for there to be unity in the body of Christ. It is time for us to take a hard look at what we do and what we really believe. Do we believe it because that is what the word of God really says and really means? Do we believe it because we have always been taught certain things?

People are willing to fight and die on a mountain they were never meant to stand on. These same people will overlook the real deep things of God and the mountains that we are supposed to stand firm on and not be wishy washy.

I know a woman that believes it is a sin for women to wear pants. It is a mountain she has chosen to plant her flag, acting like that is the worst thing in the world. She and those like her will run sinners off, before they can get them saved by listing their rules. They are bound by legalism. However, this same person goes around the entire congregation gossiping and sowing discord. She is judgmental about everything everyone else is doing and says to the point of spreading lies to make her point. This is where I choose to plant my flag. Spreading lies, rumors and gossip is all talked about at length in the word of God. One verse goes as far as saying the liar shall have their place in the lake of fire. In light of these things, which mountain should we plant our flag? One of man’s opinion that doesn’t mean anything. The other is serious.

I hope she has the best of intentions, like the early Jews trying to circumcise the new Gentile converts. This is something she really believes to be God’s plan. However, she is so wrapped up in that one thing, she is missing the bigger things. One is man’s traditions, and the other is what God calls a sin. I don’t want to miss the move of God because I am stuck in my traditions or my ideas.

It is like when Jesus told them to remove the beam from their own eye before trying to remove a splinter from their neighbors eye. If you see me doing something that you believe is wrong, don’t gossip about it. Pray about it. Ask God to show me that I am wrong. If I am praying, like I have been for God to search my heart, then He will show me. That way we can prevent hurt and the dimming of our light.

Our journey should be all about shining our light for the world to see. It is about the cross of calvary. It is about walking in the Spirit and not our flesh. It is about showing the world love and respect. We will never win anyone from the stance of judgment. I have people in my life that I don’t agree with and pray they change their ways. But me being all judgmental and in their face about it, will not change them or help them find God.

I understand we cannot adopt the do what you want, live any way, all roads and all gods lead to heaven. That is a liberal fairytale and is contrary to the word of God. That is a completely different subject.

But if someone new comes in, just starting their faith walk and is trying to live for the Lord we cannot put too many rules on them. It is like a heavy yoke on a young ox. They will break under pressure.  It is a balance; we have to live holy and as right as is within our power. But we have to remember the grace of God. We didn’t start out as instant perfect Christian. I am still not perfect. But I have grown by leaps and bounds from where I started. We need to give people room for God to grow them too.

This post today is a long way of saying, If we do all we can to walk in the ways of the Lord. If we desire above all to do His will and be what He created us to be and ask him to show us the next step on our journey, God will not hide the truth from us. Ask him for HIS Truth, not man’s truth. Not traditions of a denomination. God’s truth. Because he is the only one coming back someday. The only one returning for a unified body. I want to be ready according to His ways.

Until next time,

BE BOLD, BE BRAVE AND KEEP YOUR GOD FOCUS

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