With all that I am…

With all that I am I honour you…

Do I Lord? With ALL that I am? With EVERYTHING that is within me? It’s scandalous that I would even think that I do, or even could!

I know I cannot live without you! I cannot see a time in my life when I  could, or would, ever renounce you or reject you. BUT…

What if this was my spouse. If I committed to him with marriage vows that said, “With all that I am, I honour you,” and then he said the same to me? That is a solemn promise and if I then wanted to keep going out partying, or living my life as though I still had the freedom of being single, my spouse would be deeply wounded. It would threaten our relationship, because although my life circumstances had changed, my heart had not.

We are in a marriage relationship with Jesus. We are betrothed, which is as firm an arrangement as marriage, and just because we cannot yet physically be together, does not mean that we are free to flirt with others!

My church fellowship is focusing on, and praying for, revival. We recently had a day of prayer and all the Lord kept saying was, “Come back beloved! Come back to your first love.”

When we flirt with the world, when we keep scrolling, through social media posts or videos, that are not honouring to the Lord, even though they may seem harmless in man’s eyes, we have stepped away from him. Our love is not directed toward him. We are not thinking of him or longing to spend time with him… waiting eagerly for the day of his return to sweep us off our feet and into his embrace!

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“Come back to your first love, with joy and expectation! He is the Prince of Peace, the Conquering King, the Good Shepherd, the Lamb of God. He will replenish you and fill you with His Holy Spirit. Come back, beloved! Be enveloped, wrapped in His embrace, filled with joy and gratitude and excited about your journey together, for when He is your all in all, His first commandment is fulfilled – “Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, with all your strength.” And then, the second commandment to “love your neighbour as yourself” is easy.

Love starts at the Cross and flows outwards…  This is revival!”

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So many in this world are lost and hurting. They seek true love, but they look for it in all the wrong places…

Lord let my love for you overflow like a great waterfall. Let it be so real and so deep that it can be seen and felt by every person who is called my neighbour. Holy Spirit, draw everyone in my circle of influence to the foot of the cross to find unconditional love and the gift of life, freely given. Send revival, Lord!