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| In that selfie.....it is just you they see or ......? |
On July 14, 2017, there was a woman
taking selfies and caused $200,000 worth of damage at an art exhibition at Simon Birch in Los
Angeles when she leaned on a plinth knocking it and causing a domino-style
chain reaction that knocked at least 12 other exhibits over.
My husband had brought this to my attention and thought it would be a good title to write about. So I prayed a lot!
So in bringing this together, I thought of our days and asking the Lords' plan that His will be done in us and through us.
Just a thought as I go through the day, either at home or out is that we are most likely going to be seeing people so enthused with the camera and selfie thing. Yet, I am amazed that some are still living from the dangerous feats they tried or of the out of control maneuvers applied and then I wondered again how they had come out alive from their active picture taking fiasco.
Now I certainly know it does not happen to all, but some seem to invite danger into their lives and their homes. They certainly walk on the "danger zone" for some of their fiascoes. And some had cost them some big bucks!
My husband and I were watching the Funniest Home Videos last night and I guess I was surprised to see how some things so dangerous are funny to some. I always wonder what amount of hospital time some of them had acquired from like being thrown from a horse to being kicked in a really bad place and this was children like 3 and 5 years old. YIKES!
If the technology had been available to Jesus do you think He would have used it to the extent it is today? My husband and I saw a driver the other day that could not stay in his lane. We either surmised him to be drunk or trying to text something. Either way is not good but only harmful to them and those they collide with while enjoying answering from the wrong lane of traffic. Someone had asked how our day was gong and we shared the ride over to the city. We told of the driver ahead of us and how they seemed to need both lanes to drive. The gentleman we shared this information thought we might have been mistaken but still either way, any distraction is bad and especially to those it effects.
I heard something the other day that I wondered about too! The woman stated she always thought herself overweight and when going back through some old photos, she found she did not appear fat at all. In her view, she wished she were the size that she had when she thought she was terribly overweight than what she actually is today in the overweight category.
No I do not believe Jesus would be the Selfie person! I believe Him to be satisfied in Who He was, Is and will always BE!
Jesus said this in John 5.
John
5:44 Amplified Bible 44 How is it possible for you to believe [how
can you learn to believe], you who [are content to seek and] receive praise and
honor and glory from one another, and yet do not seek the praise & honor
& glory which come from Him Who
alone is God?
Are we seeking God’s praise?
In this
question Jesus is addressing those who accused Him of blasphemy. While His
desire is for them to be saved, yet they are unwilling to accept His offer
of life (believe). Jesus was pointing to the truth that: one
cannot honor the Father apart from honoring the Son….He was obeying the
Father’s commands!
Jesus told us that those who come to Him will never hunger............SO.....…what hunger…is there a facet of our life that
that needs food…is there something we crave….to fill some hungering need….as
love, acceptance, attention, praise
Believe
in Him and never thirst to dip into that well of life… what well do we dip into: Facebook, E-bay, or maybe Cell phones to text another.
But
Jesus said this:
John
14:6-13 NKJV 6 Jesus said to him, “I am the Way, the Truth
and the Life:. “No one comes to the Father except through Me. 7 “If you had
known Me, you would have known the Father also; and from now on You know Him
and have seen Him.” 8 Philip said to HIM, “Lord show us the Father & it is
sufficient for us.” 9 Jesus said to him, “Have I been with you so long and yet
you have not known Me, Philip?” He who has seen Me has seen the Father; so how
can you say, ‘Show us the Father’? 10 Do you not believe that I am in the
Father, & the Father in Me?” ‘The words that I speak to you, I do not speak
on My own authority; but the Father who dwells in Me does the works.” “Believe
Me that I am in the Father and the Father in Me, or else believe Me for the
sake of the works themselves.
No one
gets to the Father without first acknowledging Jesus
1. This passage should epitomize our
lives: that encapsulated within the Father and the Son in us so that experience
the same works…
2. Jesus was pointing them to the Father
always
3. He was pointing them to truth and life
4. The Authority Jesus spoke was from the
Father
5. The works were from the Father…the
Creator…
So in view of the Selfie: what are we pointing to? Jesus always points to truth and life. Jesus had authority that was from the Father. And certainly the works were from the Creator!
In the
HONOR: Jesus knew who He was….”I AM”…..it was given to us in:Exodus 3:14 God
said to Moses: “I AM Who I AM—thus you shall say to the children of Israel…”I
AM” has sent me to you!
Recognizing
the True: That which is of REAL Value…Let’s look again at: .John 5:44 Amp Bible
44 How is it possible for you to believe [how can you learn to believe],
you who [are content to seek &] receive praise & honor & glory from
one another, and yet do not seek the praise and honor and glory which come from
Him Who alone is God? We must dip into
the well of the Living Water to believe…..Jesus and the Father are ONE..
Everyone
that crosses our path or within where we reside and abide should know in whom we give our boast! Wherever you or I work, play or travel; others should
know our love for the Lord! We should look different, act different…….bold in
speaking truth and stand for Jesus.
In our sphere of influence: we will
carry Jesus….He is “I Am” & He is in our midst…..
God is personal, living, active,
all-knowing, He is all-wise, and all-powerful! We can know God the Father and do as Jesus did by proclaiming boldly of the confidence we hold in our relationship with the Father as well as in a prayer life
that is built on the cornerstone of Christ's work & words as shown by the
prophets& apostles we saw from Moses
and Paul!
Honoring God should be so important that the
praise of men or from men for it is by the BLOOD OF THE CROSS…was the
Sacrifice for all who would believe.
May we truly get beyond ourselves to see that we are to “ “Let nothing be done through selfish ambition or
conceit, but in lowliness of mind let each esteem others better than himself. 4
Let each of you (us)
look out not only for his own interests, but also for the interest of others. (Philip 2:3-4)
May we pray
to be those who will sit at Jesus’ feet like Mary did and learn of Him always,
and serve like Martha.
In this time of the Resurrection of Jesus from the dead, may we be the thankful to the Father of lights in whom there is no variableness or shadow of turning. Let us be thankful for Him who was not consumed in Himself but chose to give of HIMSELF TO GIVE US LIFE THAT WE MIGHT LIVE UNTO THE FATHER.
Father thank YOU
for the sacrifice of your SON….the Sacrifice for all who would believe, may our
whole spirit, soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus
Christ. Amen
Jesus must increase and we must decrease! Self -infatuation has no room for God. For Jesus came to save that which was lost, not to refine our flesh creature. Reading Romans 6: and Galatians 2:20 affirms that the flesh is to die. Galatians 2:20 Amp. Bible I have been crucified with Christ [in Him I have shared His crucifixion]; it is no longer I who live, but Christ (the Messiah), lives in me; and the life I now live in the body I live by faith in (by adherence to and reliance on and complete trust in) the Son of God, Who loved me and gave Himself up for me.
Until we choose to be willing to crucify our selfie-mindset, we cannot and will not be His true disciples!
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