Is He calling you?

I wondered for a very long time what God's will & plan for my life truly is. I wondered if He wanted me to sing again; I think I have a pretty nice voice & I love to sing so I thought perhaps I should be a blessing in the vocal arts lol. I went over the idea in my mind a million times but it didn't seem right. I couldn't figure out what He wanted me to do.

I was in my bathroom one evening & the Lord told me to run the race. Simple right? How could that simple task be my life's mission? How could a God so big have nothing for me to do except run a race? Nonetheless, I obeyed. I began to study more & that's when I realized that running this race was soooo much more than I assumed! In studying the Word I remembered that what God called me to do, as He has all of us, is to be obedient to His will. He called me to share His word with others & live my life in an acceptably pleasing manner to Him!

Once saved...

Earlier, my sister in the Lord, whom I love dearly & have never even met, said that people go to church yet still live like the devil. She also said that going to church is not a guarantee of salvation so people need to get it right because Christ is soon to return (I'm paraphrasing, though I'm sure she wouldn't mind a direct quote). I love her boldness & what she's saying is soooo true! God never told us that once we get saved that we can live any way we choose  & still be alright with with Him. He never said we can get to heaven this way. On the contrary, He actually said "if MY PEOPLE WHO ARE CALLED by My name will humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land", 2 Chronicles 7:14.

Jesus said, in Matthew 6:24 & 7:18-23, that good trees cannot bear bad fruit & vice versa. And every bad tree will be cut down & thrown into the lake of fire! Not everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will enter heaven & just because they are doing things in the name of God means they are actually doing the will of God! You cannot serve two masters - you will either serve God or Satan, but it cannot be both. Many people don't like to hear this but if you are not serving God (not saved, etc.), you are serving the Satan!

If you love Me...

Everyone, at some point or another, has heard the scripture that says "it's easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven" (Matthew 19:24). I'm sure everyone knows something about 1 Timothy 6:10, but the way it's quoted couldn't be further from the truth! The scripture actually says "the love of money is the root of all evil", not "money is the root of all evil". How can money be evil? It has no soul, no spirit, no conscious! People use money for evil purposes; they attempt to gain money for the wrong reasons, but money itself is NOT evil!

Many people try hard to gain money thinking it will solve their problems, only to find that in their pursuit of wealth, their problems have surmounted. The bible says in James 4:2-3 that we kill for what is not ours and are envious of others because of things. If we don't ask God, we won't get it and when we do ask God, we ask with wrong intentions so we still don't get it! But if we would only set our minds on things above, that is to say the things of God, and not the things of this world (Colossians 3:2), things that can be lost, destroyed, stolen, then we'll have treasures stored up in heaven (Matthew 6:19-20)! Don't you know that whatever we concentrate on most, that is the thing that becomes most important to us. That is the thing that becomes a part of our being & takes over our lives! Where your treasure is, there your heart will be also (Matthew 6:21)!