DIVINE ORDER
Praise God for His word! Without His word we are lost. Without the Holy Spirit we are without true discernment and understanding of His word. We might have a limited knowledge, but without the Holy Spirit enabling us we have zero power to apply the whole truth to our lives and circumstances.
I was having dinner with a friend last week. Our conversation started out with a short discussion on divine order. How necessary it is for us to grasp the simple basics of the gospel that we might know our place, and function properly as a member of the whole Body of Christ.
If you're feeling lost or overwhelmed, LOVE is a good place to start. It is a good measuring line when you are examining yourself to see if you are still in the faith.
The specific details we were tossing around over a ceasar salad was: an individual not providing for his own family. The divine order that God has set up is MAN as a husband and father, protector, provider, and head of his household. WOMAN as helper, wife and mother, caretaker, and keeper of the home.
Loving God is obeying His word. His word instructs on how He would like us to conduct our lives in this world. If we claim to have a 'ministry,' but do not obey His words (like providing for our own family members when there is a need or honoring and respecting the authority that God has given a man or loving your wife)...we negate and make worthless any possibility for ministering.
We must not rely on others to do what we should be doing ourselves. It is not someone else' responsibility to provide for you or your family. It is not alright to have occasional attitude problems and be unkind to your husband. It is not acceptable to ignore your wife just because you would rather not deal with the issues. Why on earth would you expect your children to have right behaviour and great manners and all the right responses; when you do not take the trouble of training them or bother exemplifying right behaviour yourself?
The Word of God encourages us to work with our hands, to lead quiet lives, and to work so that we have some left over to give to those in need. It teaches us to train ourselves for godliness. To do all as unto the King. That in this life we will have hardship and difficulty...but we can take heart, HE HAS OVERCOME THE WORLD! You want something divine in your life? Follow God's word and experience the freedom that comes from simply obeying His word. Doing what God says will bring divine order to your life.
I was having dinner with a friend last week. Our conversation started out with a short discussion on divine order. How necessary it is for us to grasp the simple basics of the gospel that we might know our place, and function properly as a member of the whole Body of Christ.
If you're feeling lost or overwhelmed, LOVE is a good place to start. It is a good measuring line when you are examining yourself to see if you are still in the faith.
The specific details we were tossing around over a ceasar salad was: an individual not providing for his own family. The divine order that God has set up is MAN as a husband and father, protector, provider, and head of his household. WOMAN as helper, wife and mother, caretaker, and keeper of the home.
Loving God is obeying His word. His word instructs on how He would like us to conduct our lives in this world. If we claim to have a 'ministry,' but do not obey His words (like providing for our own family members when there is a need or honoring and respecting the authority that God has given a man or loving your wife)...we negate and make worthless any possibility for ministering.
We must not rely on others to do what we should be doing ourselves. It is not someone else' responsibility to provide for you or your family. It is not alright to have occasional attitude problems and be unkind to your husband. It is not acceptable to ignore your wife just because you would rather not deal with the issues. Why on earth would you expect your children to have right behaviour and great manners and all the right responses; when you do not take the trouble of training them or bother exemplifying right behaviour yourself?
The Word of God encourages us to work with our hands, to lead quiet lives, and to work so that we have some left over to give to those in need. It teaches us to train ourselves for godliness. To do all as unto the King. That in this life we will have hardship and difficulty...but we can take heart, HE HAS OVERCOME THE WORLD! You want something divine in your life? Follow God's word and experience the freedom that comes from simply obeying His word. Doing what God says will bring divine order to your life.
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