Are you in a relationship that is going on for years now? Are the words still as sweet? Do you still have a lot in common? Are you still having fun together? You agree on almost everything but one thing…..You’re ready for a commitment but he, or she is not ready, and sadly to say, some people never are. They never seem to grow up. I hear it all the time from people who are in long relationships and feel like they wasted so much time. No, that isn’t true. Take what you have learned and trust God as you move on.
Definition of flattery…. Excessive and insincere praise, especially that given to further one’s own interests, or win favor. I pray that you don’t fall for someone because they speak the words that you love to hear. Have you ever heard the saying, “flattery will get you nowhere.” That’s because words don’t last. Oh, and be careful for those crocodile tears. They may keep the relationship going for a long while, but eventually they fade. True love commits. True love grows up and takes responsibility.
Love is a commitment, a surrendered life. When I said “I do” to my husband, I was giving him my life. That was the beginning of a lifelong relationship. That’s what most of us want eventually, and it is certainly what God desires of us. Not just knowing Him, or even agreeing with everything in the bible. That still isn’t commitment.
We can’t flatter God into a relationship. One of the scriptures in the bible that I find very unsettling, is when Jesus says, “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord’ will enter the Kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of my Father Who is in heaven. Many will say to me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord’ did we not prophesy in your name….performed many miracles?” But Jesus will one day say to those who have not committed their life to Him, “I never knew you. Away from me.” Why, because love doesn’t just do and say the right things, love commits.
When I listen to the lyrics of this song it fills my heart with such contentment. I feel so secure and at peace knowing every word is so true. “He is the love that never leaves, the friend that won’t deceive. He’s the One sure thing. And all I am, and all I’ll ever be, is all because He loves faithfully. How deep how wide the love, that pierced His side the love. Redemptions mine oh love, THAT WILL NOT LET ME GO!” That’s love, that’s my Jesus!
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Kim
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