Love or Lust?

“…for God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life...” John 3:16 NKJV [italics & emphasis mine]

The late Dr. Ed. L. Cole in his teachings defined love as, “the desire to benefit others at the expense of self because love, primarily, desires to give” He went on to define lust as, “the desire to benefit self at the expense of others because lust, primarily and ultimately desires to get” to top it all he said, “you can give without loving, but you can not love without giving” Jesus said in His teachings that we can measure our love by our giving, “…greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends…” John 15:13 KJV italics and emphasis mine.

Challenge to us today is, how much do we really love God? Further more, do we really love or lust after Him when all we do when we go to him as ask, ask, ask…when we are done asking we request, request, request? Don’t get me wrong, God wants us to go to Him when we are in trouble, but it really gets into His nerves (if he has any) when WE ONLY GO TO HIM when in trouble, after that we have no business with Him…is this love or Lust?

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Where is your Confidence?

“…David said to the Philistine, "You come against me with sword and spear and javelin, but I come against you in the name of the LORD Almighty, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied. This day the LORD will hand you over to me, and I'll strike you down and cut off your head...” 1 Sam 17:45,46a NIV [italics & emphasis mine]



Recently I was bypassed by a promotion at work which I strongly believed was long due to me; I felt extremely bad, I was screaming inside (ready to put up a fight) because I thought I had earned that promotion and I had what it takes—excellent experience, education and technical know-how and why. Then the Lord reminded me that I have my trust misplaced, that promotion does not really come from East or West but from the Lord (Psalms 75:6-7 paraphrased).



Even though David spoke of his experience in the wilderness where he killed bear and lion; we see in the above scripture that his confidence was not in his experience or knowledge but in the Lord God. He had put his trust in the Lord and he was never disappointed. We see David, even after years in the palace as King over Israel, he still proclaimed that, though “…some trust in chariots and some in horses, but we trust in the name of the LORD our God…” Psalms 20:7 NIV



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Have a Plan?

“…Suppose one of you wants to build a tower. Will he not first sit down and estimate the cost to see if he has enough money to complete it?...” [Luke 14:28 NIV]. [italics & emphasis mine]

No sane person gets into a train, bus or car and embark into a long journey without a destination and timescale in mind. Yet most of us have embarked into life journey with no plan or destination in mind. We leave our future and destiny to chance, this is not only dangerous and ignorant living but also un-scriptural. When we lack life plan, we drift into whatever comes our way and the tragedy is, we are more likely not to achieve what God has destined for us


Jesus in the above text is teaching us to be planners; a good planner sees the end from the beginning, count the cost and device strategy to achieve desired end. Jim Rohn (American writer & speaker) says, "...if you don't design your own life plan, chances are you will fall into someone else's plan; and guess what they have planned for you? not much..."

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Priority

“…But Martha was distracted by all the preparations that had to be made. She came to him and asked, "Lord, don't you care that my sister has left me to do the work by myself? Tell her to help me!" "Martha, Martha," the Lord answered, "you are worried and upset about many things, but only one thing is needed. Mary has chosen what is better, and it will not be taken away from her…“ Luke 10:40-42, NIV Italics and emphasis mine

Recently I was asked what was the most important thing in my life, without hesitation I said it was my family. Later on I thought, is my family really the most important thing in my life? should it be? what about God, ministry, extended family, friends, my career? If I were to choose between my career and ministry, which one should come first? Does my career exist to support my ministry or vice versa?

In the above text, Jesus told Mary's sister that her sister has made the right choice; He did not imply that Martha should have not prepared food etc for Him, but He was addressing her priority issues. This question still lingers to us today, what have we given priority in our life? If you want to know what has the highest priority in your life, look at what takes the most of your time, money and attention.

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“Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path” Ps 119:105 KJV