2) The Force of Loyalty - Guarantees Divine Remembrance
In the previous session, we wrote on the Force of God's word - His promises. In this session I'll be sharing on another force that guarantees that you will be remembered by God, for good. The Force of LOYALTY!
Loyalty is defined as a feeling or attitude of devoted attachment and affection. Devoted implies commitment. Loyalty to God - a prerequisite to being remembered by Him for good cannot be achieved and sustained without determination and resoluteness of heart - the reason? There will be trials and temptations that will attempt to push us off the edge. That form of resoluteness shown by Esther in the book of Esther in the Bible "...If I perish, I perish..." will be necessary to guarantee unfailing loyalty. Still talking Loyalty...It will be tried thoroughly. Incidentally, to stay loyal to one another in relationships of all kinds will require a determination to stay put, to hang on in there, to hold on. When his family, business and health were destroyed by the devil, there was no explanation to Job as to who was doing it (Job 1:20-22, Job 2:7-10) or why he was going through all of that but, his loyalty to God stayed in tact. Ordinarily, when there are differences, either in our views, lifestyles, expectations, etc, loyalty to ourselves suffer but Job even while in terrible pains and sorrow he wrote "...I know that my Redeemer liveth..." (Job 19:25-27). His loyalty to God was unwavering even when he couldn't understand what will be be achieved by the destruction of all that he valued...The end result of his loyalty? God remembered him for good (Job 42:10-17). Let's practice unwavering loyalty in our relationships, particularly our marriages...Differences will show up as we journey through life but let's remember, it takes determination to stay in there. As we stay determined, our homes will succeed! God will work things out for our joy! See you on the side of success. God bless you.
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Sunday, April 18, 2010
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