WHO to GIVE your HEART to

 

1 Samuel 16:7

King James Version

7 But the Lord said unto Samuel, 

Look not on his countenance, 

or on the height of his stature; 

because I have refused him: 

for the Lord seeth not as man seeth; 

for man looketh on the outward appearance, 

but the Lord looketh on the heart.

Are you giving your heart to the right person?

How do you know they are the right person?

How do you know you are?

Who's to help us figure it all out?

Can you trust your heart?

How trustworthy is your heart?

How trustworthy is the other person?

Love is given to family, friends, spouses, children, or someone you wish to share your life with.

Is there something missing from that equation?

Who did the world forget?

Or tried to scrap out?

The most important part of all, in fact.

The world does not want you to include GOD.

When He matters the most.

Blessed are those who grew up with Scripture.

For they were taught who to give their heart to.

Right from the start.

It can only be offered to JESUS.

Who loves you, enough to give up His life for you.

Colossians 1:14

King James Version

14 In whom we have redemption through his blood, 

even the forgiveness of sins:

Our first love should be our Creator.

To be grateful for our life, our family, our friends.

For everything we have.

That's another missing part of the equation.

We don't thank GOD enough.

But what about those who don't know GOD?

Or those who don't care to know Him?

Who's to tell them?

How are they to know GOD?

Share this post, and they'll know.

Let our hearts be in the right place.

Unless we seek the LORD FIRST, we can't get things right in this world.

JESUS taught us about LOVE.

Mark 12:29-31

King James Version

29 And Jesus answered him, 

The first of all the commandments is, 

Hear, O Israel; 

The Lord our God is one Lord:

30 And thou shalt love the Lord thy God 

with all thy heart, 

and with all thy soul, 

and with all thy mind, 

and with all thy strength: 

this is the first commandment.

31 And the second is like, namely this, 

Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. 

There is none other commandment greater than these.

JESUS added:

Matthew 22:40

King James Version

40 On these two commandments 

hang all the law and the prophets.

How can we not love GOD?

How can we not be grateful for everything?

Without JESUS, we could do nothing.

John 15:5

King James Version

5 I am the vine, 

ye are the branches: 

He that abideth in me, 

and I in him, 

the same bringeth forth much fruit: 

for without me ye can do nothing.

GOD desires we believe in His SON.

JESUS desires we love His FATHER.

GOD allowed His SON to die, that we may live.

John 3:16

King James Version

16 For God so loved the world, 

that he gave his only begotten Son, 

that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, 

but have everlasting life.

The HOLY SPIRIT, the THIRD person in the TRIUNE GOD, teaches any born again that.

We have much to learn about love.

How about we start with this foundation:

1 John 4:7-10

King James Version

7 Beloved, 

let us love one another: 

for love is of God; 

and every one that loveth is born of God, 

and knoweth God.

8 He that loveth not knoweth not God; 

for God is love.

9 In this was manifested the love of God toward us, 

because that God sent his only begotten Son 

into the world, 

that we might live through him.

10 Herein is love, 

not that we loved God, 

but that he loved us, 

and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.

Giving your heart to JESUS doesn't mean you'll be a nun, or a priest.

Or that you'll never marry.

Giving your heart to the LORD means He will teach you HOW to love.

He'll lead you to the right person, for friendship, for marriage, for work.

Who greater teacher, than the LORD JESUS?

We're only able to love GOD, and others, because GOD loved us first.

1 John 4:19

King James Version

19 We love him, 

because he first loved us.

If you're reading this post, whether you're a kid, or an adult, please share this post.

I'd greatly appreciate it.

We could all use Scripture truth.

Related material:

JESUS

GOD's LOVE

GOD's GRACE

GOD's TRUTH

GOD's DELIGHT

GOD's GENEROSITY

GOD's MAGNIFICENCE

Video:

Be Careful Who You Marry |Billy Graham

Image source: Img Bin

KEEPING you self-absorbed

 

Psalm 14:2

King James Version

2 The Lord looked down from heaven 

upon the children of men, 

to see if there were any that did understand, 

and seek God.

What seems to occupy us mostly, these days?

It's the universal gadget.

Everywhere you look, young or old, they've got phones.

People don't look at each other anymore.

They don't talk.

Families face their phones at the dining table.

They go to their rooms, to have more of the same.

They give it to their babies, to stop them from crying.

They even make animals watch.

They drive, they commute, they walk -- all heads bowed over their phones.

May we bow before GOD instead.

The enemy's really crafty.

He always knows how to go around God's commandments.

And if you do not know GOD's WORD, you'll be taken in.

The new idols are not graven images, of wood, stone, or metal.

They're our phones.

They're sports, fashion, and entertainment idols.

The so-called masters of finance.

The masters of cool.

But JESUS said, there is only ONE master:

Matthew 23:10

King James Version

10 Neither be ye called masters: 

for one is your Master, 

even Christ.

The deeper we go into technology, the more God is scrapped from our lives.

We think we're in touch, but we're not at all.

The more you seek the world, the more you forget God.

Wasn't that the enemy's strategy?

To make you so self-absorbed, so vain, so proud, so distracted, that you forget God?

Surely, you're aware of that.

Surely, you can feel some emptiness within.

For when you post your pictures, others will outdo you.

When you earn your first million, others have earned their second.

When you think you're pretty, there will always be someone prettier.

We're all seeking approval from the world.

We seek likes, and accolade.

How very neurotic of us.

In the meantime, God observes:

Romans 3:11

King James Version

11 There is none that understandeth, 

there is none that seeketh after God.

Romans 3:12

King James Version

12 They are all gone out of the way, 

they are together become unprofitable; 

there is none that doeth good, 

no, not one.

And JESUS wondered:

Luke 18:8

King James Version

8 I tell you that he will avenge them speedily. 

Nevertheless when the Son of man cometh, 

shall he find faith on the earth?

Where are you in your walk with JESUS right now?

Are you with JESUS at all?

Related material:

EMBRACE GOD, not technology