JOURNAL=LIVING IN GOD

JOURNAL=LIVING IN GOD




“WE LOVE because (GOD) first loved us” 1 John 4:19


THIS sentence is ESSENTIAL to our faith-yet we live as IF it was the other way around-THERE is nothing we can do to make GOD love us-for he ALREADY DOES-and we think it is OUR JOB to go and find GOD-but he has already FOUND US-for he KNOWS us better then we know ourselves-it is SIMPLY our job to OPEN OUR HEARTS to GOD-say “YES”-and be OBEDIENT to him


THE TRUTH is if we are in TOUCH with GOD'S LOVE for us-everything else FALLS into place-DEAR LORD-we PRAY for the GRACE to know that you already love us


IT IS a great day to BE ALIVE IN GOD'S very own love for us-and to live accordingly










LIVING IN GOD


Do you ever feel
Like that
You have died
To this world


That you are no longer
Carrying yourself
BUT that it is God and Christ
Who are carrying you


I often have
SINCE my deathbed experience
At age 22


“I have been
CRUCIFIED with Christ


And I no longer live
But Christ LIVES in me


The life I live
In the body
I LIVE BY FAITH
In the SON OF GOD


Who loves me
And gave himself for me” Galatians 2:20


I COMPLETELY
Identify with Saint Paul


Left to my own devices
And my own strength
I don't feel like
I could take another step


IT IS GOD
It is Christ
Who are
Completely carrying me


Saint Paul
Is the EPITOME
Of what it means
To be a CHRISTIAN


He is REAL
He is HONEST
He has a firm sense
Of his own gifts


SOMETIMES he is boastful
And yet he is
Also HUMBLE
AND AWARE of his own weaknesses


“I DO NOT UNDERSTAND
What I do


For what
I want to do
I do not do


BUT what I hate
I do” Romans 7:15


MAYBE we are
A lot more like Paul
Than we care
To admit


OUR INTENTIONS
Are good
WE WANT to do good
For others
But for whatever reason
Sometimes we are UNABLE
To carry it out


But Paul CHOSE GOD
Over sin
Are we able
To do the same


For if we can do that
We are truly LIVING IN GOD
As Paul was


And in Philippians
Paul writes:


“I am caught
BETWEEN the two


I long to DEPART
This life


And be with Christ
For that
Is far better


Yet I am REMAINING
In the flesh
It is more necessary
For your BENEFIT” Philippians 1:23-24


I empathize with Paul
In this area too


I WISH
I could leave this world
And LIVE FOREVER in Christ


But God wants me
IN this world
For whatever reason
And I will
GIVE my testimony of God-
MY TESTIMONY OF GOD'S LOVE for them-
To whoever WILL LISTEN


Dear Lord
I am LIVING on
Your coattails


You are
THE LOVE of my life
And I am


LIVING IN GOD


Robert P. Wallman
10-10-14


Ps INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Amy Welborn


1-8-15