trACker number474
The e-Devotional helping
to keep you on-track
17 January 2014
Dear God-tracker
God-tracking
is building relationships upon God’s precepts
Megan’s heart was breaking. She was being confronted the
greatest decision of her young life. Megan had grown up in a church environment
and had given her life to Jesus at a young age but, like most youngsters, she
had drifted from her faith and had ceased attending church. But recently she’d
had a fresh touch from Jesus. The Lord whom she had discovered as a child was
indeed real and revealing his love to her in ways she would never had imagined.
His love was so personal and so unconditional. Though she had rejected him and
even ridiculed others who loved him, he had forgiven her and gently wrapped
invisible arms around her with a promise of a new fulfilled life. Unfortunately,
Megan had entered a compromising relationship with Clive five years earlier and
was now faced with the dilemma of acknowledging God in the relationships. Sadly,
Clive mocked her new found faith, after deciding that he didn't "do
God." Megan knew what the scripture says about Christians being unequally
yoked in relationships and needed to make a choice.
Love
is the most powerful emotion we can know, but I have discovered there are two
types of love: right love and wrong love. As a Believer I believe that right
love honours the ethics of God’s word - his principles and purposes – while
wrong love disrespects the precepts of our faith in Christ. For instance, a
married man may fall in love with another woman. He may experience real and
sincere love for the other woman but this love violates the principle: “You shall not commit adultery.” Therefore,
though genuine, adulterous love is wrong. Sometimes we need to stand strong by
God’s grace that empowers us to act upon and obey God’s precepts and crucify
wrong love.
Megan
broke up with Clive. He was her first love; she believed he would be her only
love. However, Megan had discovered, as she drew closer to the God of love,
that her love for Clive was wrong. This love was not based upon God’s
principles and it violated the teachings of his word. The love she had for Clive
was genuine but tainted by moral compromise and was not inspired of God. Megan
had a new ambition in life. This ambition was to acknowledge God in all her
ways and trust him to direct her paths. However, she was not able to do this in
her walk with Clive. Megan never stopped loving him as a person but needed to
move on in following the plans and purposes of God for her future.
God-tracking is
building relationships upon God’s precepts
Every blessing
Dudley
(NOTE:
The principle I am
attempting to apply here involves un-married folk. If you became a Christian
after marriage and now find yourself unequally yoked to an unbelieving spouse
then do not seek separation. Please read 1 Corinthians 7:10-17 for guidance on this situation.)
It’s all in the Book…
2 Corinthians 6:14-18
Exodus 20:14
1 Corinthians 7:10-17
V\o/W
Verse of the Week
1 Corinthians 13:6
Love does not
delight in evil14 but rejoices with the
truth
Quote of the Week
A Sample of Dudley’s
Fave Quotes
“Nothing can
separate you from God's love, absolutely nothing. God is enough for time, God is enough
for eternity. God is enough!” --- Hannah Smith
Don’t Give Up, Look Up!
Look up and Fix Your
Eyes on Jesus!
Help me to become unyoked from the world so that I may
take up your yoke, fully. I love you Jesus
Pray:
“Heavenly
Father, I realise now that there are some relationships in my life that do not
honour you. Forgive me, Lord, for compromising the principles of your word. I
repent of any wrong love that I may have and ask that you help me – by your
grace – to undo this wrong love. Be my strength. Be my hope, my peace and my
love, O Lord. Help me to become unyoked from the world so that I may take up
your yoke, fully. I love you Jesus. Amen.”
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