I find I have been doing some thinking recently about the way I live my life. As an unfinished human specimen I find I still have to be honed! My Debs can confirm that for you if you like!
In particular thinking about something that I stumbled across that Jesus said
“Anyone who is not for me is really against me; anyone who does not help me gather is really scattering."
Matthew 12:30 GNT
Quite a challenging statement that he fired at some Religious nit pickers who had taken issue with him for healing on the sabbath.
I believe Jesus is talking to people with faith and saying if you are not helping him by gathering people into the "Kingdom of God" you are actually dispersing them.
Jesus came in order to build the Kingdom of God. This is not a temporal or physical Kingdom. It is a spiritual Kingdom where God reigns in a spirit of loving kindness.
Maybe you don't know that there is such a thing as the Kingdom of God? Let God speak to your heart on this. Love is not a tangible thing. We cannot touch love. Yet it is the most important thing in our life. Pure, true, honest love is what makes us joyful. God is love as it says in the bible. If we found our lives on a foundation of loving actions we become "gatherers" - by our decisions we become builders.
It is better to build, it is better to bless than to curse
Love builds slowly but can be demolished quickly.
For reflection:
Psalm 94:16 NIV
Who will rise up for me against the wicked? Who will take a stand for me against evildoers?
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