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Have you been in the dark?
Posted by Lev/Christopher on June 27, 2009 at 7:21am in Inspirations / Devotionals
1 John 2:15-17 Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of Elohim abideth for ever.
Once upon a time, Aesop wrote, the beasts and the fowls were engaged in war. A doublehearted bat was trying to belong to both parties. When the birds were victorious, he would fly around telling everyone he was a bird, and when the beasts won, he would walk around assuring everyone that he was actually a beast. His insincerity was soon discovered and the devious bat was rejected by both the beasts and the birds. From that time on and forevermore, the bat would be banned from the light and would be only allowed to appear openly at night.
So often, we try to hold onto the world with one hand and Yahweh with the other. But clearly, Yahweh will not have it! If we want to be filled with the love and peace and joy of the Master, we must let go of the things of the world.
Let's give up the worldly things we've been holding on to! Those things are merely counterfeit but what Yahweh offers us is the real deal -- so let's grab it with both hands and hold on tight!
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