Sunday, January 5, 2020

THE BEGINNING

"In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth."

Genesis 1:1
King James Version

Have you ever wondered why God created the heaven and the earth because He is God and He needs nothing or nobody? I wondered that for many years and one day I asked Him why He created the Heaven and earth. He spoke to my heart and said "I am God. I need nothing or nobody but I desired fellowship."

If God desires fellowship, it is also very important that we have fellowship with one another. Just think, when we confess our sins, ask God to forgive us and invite Jesus into our heart to be our personal Saviour, we become part of the family of God.

One of my pastors preached a sermon about the family of God and he said "You'd better be kind and loving to one another because you are going to spend eternity with each other." How sad it is and how it must break the heart of our Saviour when we who claim to be Christians allow unforgiveness to remain in our heart and refuse to forgive those who hurt us.

How dare you and I go to a Holy God and ask Him for anything if we're not willing to forgive those who have hurt us? None of us are perfect and that includes me. All of us hurt one another at times. Hopefully, we don't hurt each other on purpose. If we would do what Jesus has commanded us to do, we would make Him very happy.

Jesus has commanded us to love one another unconditionally. We read in the Bible. "A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another" (John 13:34). Can you honestly say you always love unconditionally? I can't because I get upset when someone hurts me and then I have to tell God I'm sorry and ask Him to forgive me. May God help us to love unconditionally as Jesus has commanded us to love.


Joanne Lowe
January 5, 2020

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