Today I read a rather popular statement "the best gift a father can give his children is to love their mother", I think I have used similar statements in sermons and counselling etc... It is posted around the web in a variety of forms and what I posted here is my version. How wrong I have been to say such a thing.
You see this is not a true statement, though well intended it is not true. The Truth is that the most important thing in a persons life should be their love for God, their relationship with the Almighty, their life as a disciple of Jesus. So instead I think my sayings and teaching will be more like this...
The best gift a man can give to his wife is to love, honor fear, respect, know, follow and submit to God through the person and work of Jesus, the one who is his Savior and Lord. This is the best gift a man can give to his wife, children, friends, neighbors, co-workers, employers, business, community, Church, country, etc...
If a person walks and lives as a disciple of Jesus then they will follow His teaching and the instruction found in the Bible. They will then treat people properly and manage their time and energy better. We will never be perfect at it, if we could be then we would not need Jesus. Instead Jesus through His perfection has enabled us to live desiring to follow Him and be like Him, recognizing our failures and repenting of them a swe continue forward.
Your life is to be wholly and completely submitted to Jesus. You are to live for Him and you are to be directed by His Word so that you can grow and mature to be the person that God has designed you to be.
Let us be people who follow God and His Word, and not depart from it to create our own ways.
Lord help me to be the man you designed me to be so that I can follow you with a greater degree of humility and obedience. I pray that my life as directed by You will have a positive imprint on those who are around me. Thank you Lord for transforming me by the Grace given through the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
Amen
Pastor Bruce
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