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Lady Beulah Davis
Put Your Trust In God... Not Man Looking at my life and all God has brought me through, has taught me how not to compromise my walk with God now that I’m older and wiser. Sometimes in life, I put more stock in what people had to say and what they thought and it has caused me to error in my walk. However, once I learned and understood that my walk with Christ wasn’t about anyone or anything but HIM, I was able to understand that I am not my own; I was bought with a price! (I Cor. 6:20, KJV) In the times we are living in today, it appears that people are doing what they want and how they want. For example, the Christian community is living beneath their privilege due to lack of reverence and understanding, that we are not our own. I’m asked how do I stand in the midst of all the chaos going on around me and not compromise my walk? First, I have to be quiet in order to hear what the Lord is saying about the situation and study His word according to what may be going on in my life. Have I always been in this place of maturity? Absolutely not! How did I get here? I decided to love God and His word more than anything attached to me: no matter the pain. Today, a lot of us don’t want to go through our process due to the pain and shame attached to it. Not realizing Christ set the example for us on Calvary as how to go through pain and shame and die that others may live. We won’t have a physical death meaning to actually die, be murdered, or put to death like Christ. Here is a spiritual death to become dead to the things of the world, sexual immorality, hatred, discord, jealousy, anger, selfish ambition etc. We are to become alive to walk out the purpose God intended for us from the
Food for thought-2014 beginning of time. Christ wants us to live virtuous lives of love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control etc (Galatians 5, NIV) This is done in the hope that others can come to know Jesus through us, and become an image of HIM on this earth. I do understand this text is talking about sex outside of marriage but I use it for my whole being. My spirit and body belongs to Christ who now owns my life once I accepted Him as Lord and Savior. (Rom 8:9-10) My thoughts are no longer my thoughts but Christ Jesus’ thoughts! Many say Lady B how do you allow people that can’t stand you to be in your space or how can you love people that seemingly don’t love you? I’ve come to realize that everyone has their own process and I understand that I once was these same people until I found Jesus for myself. In closing, let me give you practical ways to keep it moving in this walk with Jesus. You have to acknowledge Him in everything. My children think I’m crazy because I thank Him for the littlest things and the most painful things all at the same time. Why, because I have not always been good that’s why. I can’t judge someone else’s walk. Once I grasped that Christ bought me and I’m not my own, and the Holy Spirit lives in me, I realized that I can’t take my Jesus just any and every where. I can’t cut up because He is right there with me. I have found that people have more reverence for the men and woman of God than they do God. What do you mean Lady B? You won’t curse in front of a man or woman of God but you will curse and Jesus abides in you! When you know that you’ve been bought you understand that the Holy Spirit abides in you and this becomes more important than anything! This is one of the greatest truths that will keep you from compromising your relationship with God. I encourage you that if you don’t know my Lord and Savior Jesus the Christ that you diligently take the time to read and study His word, that you may live a full and joyful life on earth. Be Blessed!