““Even now,” declares the Lord, “return to me with all your heart, with fasting and weeping and mourning.” Rend your heart and not your garments. Return to the Lord your God, for he is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in love, and he relents from sending calamity.”Joel 2:12-13 NIV
The Lord is looking for the inward change not a performance. Many believe that because they attend church they are safe, or because they are a particular religion they are safe. However, if we read the scriptures we can see there is more than an outwards show of contrition. Our God is looking for the heart to change and genuinely seek Him.
Last night I had a dream about a person who sold their company, it was a small building amongst many tall buildings. This person had decided to serve the Lord instead of business. Someone asked why they had sold the business and they said something lame and the other person persued the question and asked a deeper question about the Lord, and the person selling said, ‘yes I am selling it all to go and serve the Lord’.
Why do we have difficulty confessing God and His goodness? If we are His and serve Him let the whole world know. His kingdom is more powerful than business and more important. Eternity rests with our God, success in business is an earthly, carnal thing.
If God we serve then God, is everything! Amen!
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