This week has been a whirlwind. 48 hours of work and 10 hours of recording so far. Fortunately, I was able to fit in dinner with a good friend before he left for a few weeks. We had amazing conversation that was challenging and refreshing. We were talking about how we live our daily lives and how our relationship with God fits into all of that. He shared with me that he asks himself, "Is this being directed by heavenly love or earthly desire?" Obviously, if we are being directed by heavenly love our decisions will be beneficial to all, not just ourselves. If we are being directed by heavenly love, the joy and satisfaction of others will be put in front of our own. However, if the opposite is true, our decisions will only benefit ourselves. Others may be wounded or misdirected in our process of selfishness. Whether it is the way we drive or how we function in our relationships. From the small decisions to the life changing ones. I think it's a really good question: "Is this directed by heavenly love or earthly desire?" Not only that, if we function out of earthly desire we are actually displaying how little we know God. If we know God we will show that by being directed by heavenly love. It's complicated and against our nature because we are sinful. Fortunately, if we know Jesus, we have His Spirit, and living by this heavenly love is actually possible.
"My beloved friends, let us continue to love each other since love comes from God. Everyone who loves is born of God and experiences a relationship with God. The person who refuses to love doesn't know the first thing about God, because God is love---so you can't know Him if you don't love." 1 John 4:7, 8 The Message
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