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Just You

by Steve Countryman  
8/11/2016 / Christian Living

How long will you wait? How long will you continue to be deceived? How long will you allow the lies of this world to cloud your judgment? How long will you continue to blame others for your problems and troubles? How long are you going to allow the compromising of your beliefs and faith to weaken you? How long will you be silent while sin abounds?

You have to be honest with yourself and with your God. You cannot mix the things of this world with God's Word and expect God to bless you! It is a problem that man has struggled with through out time. You cannot get into heaven by ALL of the "good deeds" that you do. You cannot earn your way into heaven. If you could then you wouldn't need God. But His FREE gift of salvation cannot be blended with anything else and still remain His free gift.

John 3:16-17 16For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. 17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.

It is FREE! You don't have to be perfect to receive it. You cannot buy it for it is not for sale. You cannot suffer for it or be punished to receive it. You cannot be self-righteous enough to earn it. You cannot trade anything for it. You cannot give away everything to obtain it. It's not a birth-right. It's not based on which church you go to. You don't receive it based on how many times you read the bible. You cannot receive it based on how much volunteer work you do. It is FREE to anyone who would believe and receive it!

As a Christian business owner I have had the privilege to be able to bless others who came into my shop for help. I didn't charge them but when asked "How much do I owe you?" I would tell them "That's a God bless you!" Amazing how many people couldn't receive that help for free. They wouldn't have it to the point of throwing money at me for my effort. I don't argue with them but tell them "okay".

It may be because they thought it was charity or thought that it was a hand out. I can't tell you why but they missed out on what was meant ONLY as a blessing. There are some people who have a problem with God's FREE gift of salvation too. There are religions out there that will accommodate that belief system. They take God's FREE gift and add all kinds of requirements to it. They make the free gift cost you something. They make it a work of the flesh as something to be earned. Those are forms of compromising.

All I need is JUST YOU Jesus! I don't have to add, blend or mix anything with you to have you in my life. There is nothing in this world that can possibly enhance or improve that which is perfect, YOU Jesus! Apart from you Lord I can do nothing for I am nothing without you! But I can do ALL things through Christ who strengthens me. I WILL do ALL things through Christ who strengthens me. I DO ALL THINGS through Christ who strengthens me! ALL I need is JUST YOU Jesus!

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