Sunday, October 27, 2013

What Would God See?

If you could imagine our Lord stepping in your front door and taking a look around your home, what would He see? Would He be pleased? Would the environment radiate His glory? Would He be disappointed? Would you be embarrassed? Would you be excited that He chose your home to visit?

Beginning in Genesis, God established a relationship with a man and a woman that we call marriage.  This relationship was designed for His creation to love each other, to have children and build families that would serve him.  It would only take our Lord a few moments in our homes for Him to see exactly how we're doing.  In the following few weeks we will be looking at marriage and parenting to see if our homes are really filled with godly love.

1 Corinthians 13:1-8 "If I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal.  If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing.  If I give all I possess to the poor and surrender my body to the flames, but do not have love, I gain nothing.  Love is patient, love is kind.  It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not pound.  It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth.  It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.  Love never fails."

I'll see you Sunday morning,
Dean