WalterandDebbie
Sabbath Overseer
Continued From: Close To Him: A person must begin with humility. Humility is absolutely necessary to receive God's love, but He would never pressure us to be humble. If today, you were forced to be humble, you would become a robot because you would no longer have a will of your own.
I think you will agree that it is not possible for a robot to enter a loving relationship. Receiving love from another is something we must will to do in our heart-we must put aside the love and concern we have for ourselves to make room for the love of another.
God's love is all around all the time-if we make room, He will surely come in.
You may ask: how can I control this ego of mine and humble myself so that I can receive God's love? In his classic book, The Imitation Of Christ, Thomas A. Kempis puts it like this: "Never desire to be singularly praised or loved; for this belongs to God alone, who has none like Himself.
Neither desire that anyone's heart should be taken up with you; nor be you much taken up with the love of anyone; but let Jesus be in you and in every good man or woman." That is the exact opposite of the desire of the ego. Genesis 3:4-5
The truth is: we were created in the likeness or image of God. We are to be a reflection of Him to be more and more like him. That is far different than being equal to Him.
I think you will agree that it is not possible for a robot to enter a loving relationship. Receiving love from another is something we must will to do in our heart-we must put aside the love and concern we have for ourselves to make room for the love of another.
God's love is all around all the time-if we make room, He will surely come in.
You may ask: how can I control this ego of mine and humble myself so that I can receive God's love? In his classic book, The Imitation Of Christ, Thomas A. Kempis puts it like this: "Never desire to be singularly praised or loved; for this belongs to God alone, who has none like Himself.
Neither desire that anyone's heart should be taken up with you; nor be you much taken up with the love of anyone; but let Jesus be in you and in every good man or woman." That is the exact opposite of the desire of the ego. Genesis 3:4-5
The truth is: we were created in the likeness or image of God. We are to be a reflection of Him to be more and more like him. That is far different than being equal to Him.
