One friend of mine told me about the story of a young couple that was about to get married after having been together for 5 years as gf and bf. The man was from a well-to-do family and had a big company business running in their local city. The year they were supposed to get married, for no specific reason, the man lost all his wealth. The whole company stock's went down and their family was forced to sell the remaining stocks to salvage the business.
That was one of the worsts things happened in the life of the man. And nothing will be more painful when he just knew that her fiancee just cancelled their upcoming wedding. The young man realised that he was not really loved by his girlfriend for who he was but only for what he had in life.
Then my friend told me that some of us are like the girl in the story. We only love Jesus for he has all the things. We only follow Him because he can sustain all our need. And we are only after the blessings from him. But not really for what He has done to us and for what he truly is.
Try to ask yourself like what I did when I first heard this story.
Am I loving Jesus becasue I am only after his blessings? Or I really love Him for who Jesus is? for what he has done to me?
Prayer:
Righteous Father in heaven. You are great and wonderful. Thank you for having Jesus in our life, in the midst of our sinful nature, you gave your son, we give you thanks. We pray father God that we would only love you for who you are and not only because of your blessings and rewards. We pray for a clean heart father, a heart that only desires your face and your glory. A heart that is not for ourselves but for others. A heart that does not have its own will but your will father. And a heart that only loves and serves Jesus completely no matter what. In Jesus name, amen.
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