We live in a strange time.  I’m not complaining about it mind you, there are plenty of things in our day and age that I love.  Whether it’s our ability to travel to the other side of the world with relative ease or the fact that on my phone I’m able to check email, surf the net and use GPS (never mind actually making calls).  We are a brilliant people, shrinking the world, increasing our ability to communicate and tackling all sorts of the world’s problems with things like medical advancements.

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This verse has been killing me lately.
Here’s why:

I love myself more than God sometimes.
I may not say it.
I may not even consciously think it.
But my actions show otherwise.

I’ve been faced with multiple decisions in the past few weeks where I realized just how much I love myself more than God.

And if you think about your life, maybe you might see the same thing.
Maybe not though. Maybe you’re sanctified.
I’m not quite there yet. Still on my way.

All I know is that I need to take careful heed to myself; to daily put my heart in check and actively seek to love the Lord more than myself.

It really does change the way I do things.
I need to put God’s will before my own.
I need to put holiness before my sinful desires.
I need to put other people before myself.
I need to care for the orphan, the poor, and the needy in my own midst.
I need to have compassion on people who I wouldn’t normally have a heart for.
I need to see myself and others through God’s eyes.
I need Jesus Christ.

I hope for the next week, this verse eats at your conscience. I hope that it breaks your heart like it did mine. I hope that through this verse, Jesus can turn your heart from yourself to the Living God.

PJ