Are you Jealous

A relaxed attitude lengthens life; jealousy rots it away. Proverbs 14:30

I was in my prayer time and was reading Proverbs 14:30 and I could not help but think of our mission’s trip to Honduras in a week. Because I remember our trip to Belize last year and the impact it had made on me as well as several people on the team. I think that there was so much going on in our hearts for the people over in Belize because we saw what they had or rather what they had a lack of. I couldn’t help but think here we are coming into their country and walking proudly as Americans feeling blessed. It made me think, do you think these people might be jealous of what we have and how we live. I felt like walking on my tip toes not wanting to disturb the people who were less fortunate. What I really was feeling in my heart was sadness for them. But as we moved through the country and were able to share Jesus with them and get to know them, and even go to their church gatherings, it hit me. They are full of joy. These children of God worshiped Him all the time. They knew that what they had was a blessing and they accepted it was what God had given to them. In comparison to our standards it wasn’t much. We based it on what we had that they had very little. I began to see the Holy spirit inside of them and how they worshiped God. I began to become Jealous and to desire their passion for God. We may feel sorry for them and think that Life has treated them unfairly. We may think they may feel jealousy of our material things and lifestyle. But I believe they are content and relaxed about what they have. They are not spoiled like we are. I believe they understand proverbs 14:30 better than we do. I have to admit I am jealous. I am jealous because I want that same spirit living in me that they have living in them.

How Well Do you Know Christ Jesus

How well do you know Christ? I was sitting reading the word and God spoke to me and said How well do you know me? And Of course I said I think I know you well, but probably not well enough. I had to really meditate on this. I had to ask myself what I am missing. Do I know him like He wants me to know Him? If Christ visited today, would I have a close enough relationship with him that I would miss him if he passed by? We all know the Image of Jesus Christ and what the world has pictured him to look like. A gentle man with soft olive skin, long brown hair and soft brown eyes. But what if he came with Tattoos, piercing, and a Harley. What if he were wearing a ragged pare of jeans, torn shirt, and smells like dead rodent. Do we truly know Jesus Christ the way that He wants us to know him? I am not saying Todd Bentley is the Christ of today, But what if. Are we close enough to Christ and do we have that intimate relationship with him that we could honestly see him. I Believe that if we had that type of relationship with Christ, that we could pick him out. I believe that He would allow us to discern who he is and what he would do if he came to Earth in the form of flesh again. After his crucifixion, he appeared to his disciples and they did not recognize him. I think that he had intentions of revealing himself but knew they had not the intimate relationship that He had with his father. Christ desires the same relationship with us as He does with His father. One that we would know him better than his disciples, one that he could build his kingdom. If we think that we know Jesus well enough now, we will not continue to get to know him any further, we will become complacent and satisfied with what we know and therefore we will miss him when he passes by. Do you know him well enough? Could you get to know him better?