Devotional

DEVO 003 | I Wanna Know What Love Is

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It’s the love month & I wouldn’t miss this chance to share about LOVE. Straight to the point! As we celebrate our relationships this February, may we not forget our first love- Jesus.

We love because he first loved us. 1 John 4:19

He is WHY we are able to love for HE is LOVE. And I believe it is in knowing, acknowledging & experiencing that, that we are able to give true love. True love? I love how Joel A’bell puts it in one of his sermons. He explains, “God is love but love is not God.” Also I remember in college a saying we printed in our org shirt which says, “Art is not art for art’s sake”. Let me change art to love, Love is not love for love’s sake. The world has defined love in sooooo many ways that I couldn’t have said it better myself. To explain further, I could say I “love” my husband but love is not my husband. I “love” to sing but singing isn’t love.

Wanna know what love is?

The love that never runs dry?

The love that won’t leave you?

The love that accepts you?

The love that takes you higher?

The love that died & lives for you?

JESUS

So, especially at this time when LOVE’s a buzz, again, as we think of our relationships, the flowers, chocolates & all the sweet nothings… or maybe you feel left out from the celebration because you have your reasons… switch whatever emotions are weighing you down to light & love because HE IS THE ONLY REASON YOU’LL EVER NEED TO FEEL LOVED. May we think of our relationship with Jesus, feel his embrace as we look to the heavens, bask in His presence, offer our hearts & say “I love You too”.

DEVO 002 | Think Again

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Have you heard of the saying, “you see things as you are, not as they are”? This has a lot to do with your mind. If you’ve thought negative on things or on people lately, you probably should think again… but now, towards yourself.

How you see things or people starts within. If what’s inside is rubbish, everything else outside may seem that way. And maybe you’ve wondered why everything seems to be going against you. Well, maybe you’re going against you & what’s inside needs general cleaning.

It says in His word, Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—THINK ABOUT SUCH THINGS. Whatever you have learned or received or heard from me, or seen in me—PUT IT INTO PRACTICE. And the GOD of PEACE will be with you.(Philippians 4:8-9)

Today, pause, do a self-check, renew your mind through laying it all down at His feet, allow God to do what only He can- transform you. And start to think of whatever is… With that, may His peace embrace you.

DEVO 001 | Pass It On

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Most of the things you know in life are passed on. Do you realise that? The things you believe in, mantra, perspective, songs you make covers on, original ones from passed on insights, realisations, emotions & etc. Now, could you imagine something beautiful that has been passed on from generations to stop all because you decided to keep it to yourself? Or maybe you just weren’t aware of it. Generations thereafter would not know that one beautiful thing. Of course, life goes on but have you ever thought that maybe if you didn’t keep IT, that if you passed it on, it could’ve made a difference to the life of the person you shared it to or maybe it could’ve made an impact to the generations to come?

Reasons. You keep IT to yourself because maybe you feel small & you doubt yourself for sharing? You’re not aware of the power you posses through the IT that you have? Worse, you couldn’t care less or selfishness has taken over, “IT has helped me, made my life better, I want to be above everybody else, why should I share it?” Too much? Probably, but not impossible.

Let’s refer to the Parable of the Talents in Matthew 24:14-30, where one man/ servant kept his treasure because he was afraid it would get lost. (“so I was afraid, and I went and hid your talent in the ground. Here, you have what is yours.” Matthew 24:25) FEAR got in the way & because of that his talent was taken away. (“So take the talent from him and give it to him who has the ten talents. For to everyone who has will more be given, and he will have an abundance. But from the one who has not, even what he has will be taken away.” Matthew 24:28-29) On the other hand, the man who shared, passed on & multiplied his talent was rewarded by the master. (“And he also who had the two talents came forward, saying, ‘Master, you delivered to me two talents; here, I have made two talents more.’ His master said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a little; I will set you over much. Enter into the joy of your master.” Matthew 24:22-23)

Jesus encourages us to use the talents or whatever He has given us, whether IT was passed on from a family, friend, pastor, leader, social media or directly from God through His word or from your quiet time with Him… for it or them to grow & multiply, more importantly, for you & me to grow. And notice the master says “enter into the joy of your master”. Isn’t this what we’re here for? To please, worship & glorify God? More than the multiplication of talent, skill, riches, resources, character… it glorifies God. That is what it ultimately does.

So I encourage you to be a light & intentionally pass on what you know, whether it’s a verse, quote, advice or even a greeting or a compliment.  You just don’t know where that simple gesture will take you & that person too. You might just save a life!

Look beyond the reasons that are holding you back or down from passing it on. Look to Jesus, reflect on & glorify Him.

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