"Living a Full Life in the Lord"

“Living a Full Life in the Lord”

 

Come, my children, listen to me; I will teach you the fear of the Lord.  Whoever of you loves life and desires to see many good days, keep your tongue from evil and your lips from telling lies.  Turn from evil and do good; seek peace and pursue it.       Psalm 34:11-14

 

These verses of Scripture, are instructions from the Psalmist, David, instructing the reader on how they can LIVE a FULL LIFE in the LORD.  What he is saying is:  Whoever of you that LOVES LIFE and DESIRES to see MANY GOOD days, these are some of the things you MUST do to achieve the FULLNESS of LIFE that ONLY GOD can provide.

 

First, you MUST “keep your TONGUE from evil and your LIPS from telling lies.”  This seems to be one of the HARDEST things to accomplish, because, the tongue is a small part of the body, but it makes great boasts.  Consider what a great forest is set on fire by a small spark.  The tongue also is a fire, a world of evil among the parts of the body.  It corrupts the whole body, sets the whole course of one’s life on fire, and is itself set on fire by hell.  (James 3:5-6)  The only way I know we can keep our tongues from evil and our lips from telling lies, is to PRAY diligently for HELP from the Holy Spirit, who indwells us and is ABLE to keep our tongues from evil, and our lips from telling lies.

 

The next thing we must do, in order to procure a FULL LIFE in the Lord is to TURN FROM evil and do GOOD; SEEK PEACE and pursue it.  You cannot live a FULL LIFE in the Lord and still cling to your OLD, SINFUL lifestyle.  When you come to Him for the SALVATION of your soul, one of the FIRST things you MUST be WILLING to do is to TURN AWAY from that lifestyle and TURN TO God.  You cannot have it both ways.  It’s ALL or NOTHING.  Are you WILLING to TURN FROM evil and do GOOD?  Do you desire to live a PEACEFUL life, enough to PURSUE it? 

 

If you feel in your HEART that you are SEEKING for something that will give you a FULL LIFE, a life FREE from the wicked games that this old, sinful world is playing, a FULL LIFE.  Then this is what you MUST be WILLING to do.  First, be WILLING to TURN AWAY FROM your old sinful lifestyle, and TURN TO God with a TRUE REPENTANT HEART, CONFESSING your sins to God, and asking Him for His FORGIVENESS, BELIEVING, with ALL your HEART, that Jesus died for YOU, and is ALIVE in Heaven, making intercession for you, before God.  Then ACCEPT His gift of SALVATION, and START LIVING a FULL LIFE in the LORD.  Do this NOW, while you still can.  He’s waiting and coming SOON!!!