THEN MY LIVING SHALL NOT BE IN VAIN

Oct. 19, 2013

THEN MY LIVING SHALL NOT BE IN VAIN

“If I can help somebody as I pass along, If I can cheer somebody with a word or song, If I can show somebody he is trav’ling wrong, THEN MY LIVING SHALL NOT BE IN VAIN If I can do my duty as a Christian ought, If I can bring back beauty to a world up-wrought, If I can spread love’s message that the Master taught, THEN MY LIVING SHALL NOT BE IN VAIN

Watch what God does, and then you do it, like children who learn proper behavior from their parents. Mostly what God does is love you. Keep company with him and learn a life of love. Observe how Christ loved us. His love was not cautious but extravagant. He didn’t love in order to get something from us but to give everything of himself to us. Love like that. Ephesians 5:1-2 (The Message Bible)

Yesterday I was at a funeral of one of the much loved and respected Patriarchs of our church, such A beautiful and wonderful life she lived. Oh what A great feeling the family must have felt, hearing the words of love, as each individual who spoke, spoke only of her as A loving, and kind individual, who was always looking out for the welfare of others.

A life where self had died as she allowed the love and grace of God to control what she did throughout her life. A song was sung we all have heard in the pass. IF I CAN HELP SOMEONE ALONG THE WAY, THEN MY LIVING SHALL NOT BE IN VAIN. It is amazing when someone dies it allows each of us to look back on our own life.

As we begin to focus at what our  self worth was to others in the time frame God gives us to get it right. As I begin to meditate once again on the meaning of the words. IF I CAN HELP SOMEONE ALONG THE WAY, THEN MY LIVING SHALL NOT BE IN VAIN. I keep looking over my own life thinking. When the sunset of my life reaches its peak what will be said about my life,

and the life of my friends who reads this Devotional today, Did you make a difference in everyone’s lives ALONG THE WAY. And will your legacy have A positive and loving impact. And will everyone be able to say, I AM A BETTER PERSON BECAUSE WE WERE APART OF THERE LIVES. My friends today through God’s anointing power,

FOCUS on the talents and resources God has allowed you to have, and ask yourself how can I benefit those around me, As I Die to self daily while allowing Christ to transform, more and more of me, until He has total control, and my passion becomes  to HELP SOMEONE ALONG THE WAY ON THIS JOURNEY TO THE PROMISE LAND.

My friends as we approach the final days of this life’s history there will be A sharp contrast from A child of God and those who follow the forces of evil. For Paul tells us in 2 Timothy 3:1-5: the message bible paraphrase it this way “Don’t be naive. There are difficult times ahead. As the end approaches, people are going to be self-absorbed,

money-hungry, self-promoting, stuck-up, profane, contemptuous of parents, crude, coarse, dog-eat-dog, unbending, slanderers, impulsively wild, savage, cynical, treacherous, ruthless, bloated windbags, addicted to lust, and allergic to God. They’ll make a show of religion, but behind the scenes they’re animals. Stay clear of these people.”

But A Child of God in these last days, our testimony comes from John 13:34-35  when Christ tells us, “A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another. By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”

So my friends if you allow the value of God’s love in your life then your life will become the “salt of the earth”. with A holy and righteous legacy. And the only memory every one will have of you will be, someone who was KINDHEARTED, LOVING, JOYFUL, COMPASSIONATE, AND HUMBLE.

So my friends today let everyone rewrite there mission statement to say “I’ll give my hand to those who cannot see, The sunshine or the falling rain. I’ll sing my song to cheer the weary along, For I may never pass this way again! I’ll share my faith with every troubled heart, So I shall not have lived in vain. I’ll give my hand, I’ll sing my song, I’ll share my faith, because I know, That the time is now to fulfill each vow, For I may never pass this way again!” So today and until Christ comes, IF I CAN HELP SOMEONE ALONG THE WAY THEN MY LIVING SHALL NOT BE IN VAIN

So friends stay focused, remain faithful, love one another and endure till the end and never forget to STUDY&PRAY