“What Rules Your Heart?”

 “What Rules Your Heart?”

 

Above all, clothe yourselves with love, which binds us all together in perfect harmony.  And let the PEACE of Christ rule in your hearts.  For as members of one body, you are called to live in PEACE.  And ALWAYS be thankful.    Colossians 3:14-15

 

LOVE is ABOVE ALL other VIRTUES.  The Apostle Paul tells us that we SHOULD CLOTHE ourselves with LOVE. This virtue BINDS us ALL in PERFECT HARMONY or PERFECT UNITY.  All TRUE BELIEVERS are a PART of the BODY of the LORD JESUS CHRIST.  And therefore, we SHOULD have the LOVE of CHRIST abiding in us.  This LOVE binds us TOGETHER in PERFECT HARMONY or UNITY.  

 

Can you just imagine what it would be like, if we DID NOT have the LOVE of CHRIST in us? If we acted like some people in some of the churches of today, those who STIR UP TROUBLE, and are ALWAYS BICKERING with each other, we would bring SHAME and DISGRACE to the SON of the LIVING GOD.  The ONE who SAVED our WRETCHED souls with His OWN BLOOD.  And wants us to LOVE each other AS He LOVES us.  

 

We are to LET the PEACE of CHRIST RULE in our HEARTS, because we are CALLED to LIVE in PEACE.  And we are to ALWAYS be THANKFUL.  We should be thankful for the LOVE that we have in CHRIST for each other, and we SHOULD LET the PEACE of CHRIST RULE in our HEARTS.   Whenever we do these two things it DRAWS us CLOSER to the ALMIGHTY GOD, and His BELOVED SON.  

 

We SHOULD LOVE like JESUS LOVES and FORGIVE like JESUS FORGIVES, then we can have the LOVE and PEACE of GOD living in us.  And by YIELDING to His HOLY SPIRIT, DAILY, we can SERVE within the BODY of CHRIST in PERFECT HARMONY or UNITY.  And instead of bringing SHAME and DISGRACE to our LORD, we can bring HONOR and GLORY to His PRECIOUS NAME.  

 

Now, let us go back to our question, which is also the title of this devotion.  “What RULES Your Heart?  If you think about it and determine that YOU are ALLOWING your SINFUL NATURE to RULE your HEART, then you are bringing SHAME and DISGRACE to the LORD.  And as TRUE BELIEVERS, we will have to face the CONSEQUENCES for our UNGODLY ACTIONS. 

 

 But if you are NOT a TRUE BELIEVER, meaning you have NOT given your HEART and LIFE to GOD, through His Son, you will stand in JUDGMENT before the LORD and will be sentenced to an ETERNITY in HELL, with ALL it’s HORRORS and NO WAY to ESCAPE, once you are there.   In order to ESCAPE this kind of ETERNAL LIFE, and to be ABLE to have an ETERNITY in HEAVEN, with ALL its BLESSINGS there are some things you MUST DO:  FIRST, ADMIT that YOU are a SINNER, in NEED of the SAVIOR, the LORD JESUS CHRIST, who SUFFERED, BLED, and DIED, but was RESURRECTED, in order for YOU to have ETERNAL LIFE in HEAVEN.  And also, for YOU to EXPERIENCE the LOVE of GOD, and the PEACE of CHRIST dwelling in your heart.  You MUST BELIEVE that JESUS DIED for YOU, and that He is ALIVE in Heaven, making intercession for you, before God.  You MUST CONFESS your SINS to HIM and ask Him for His FORGIVENESS.  You MUST BE WILLING to TURN AWAY FROM your SINFUL LIFESTYLE and TURN TO GOD with a TRUE REPENTANT HEART.  Then ACCEPT God’s Gift of SALVATION and LOVE and LET the PEACE of CHRIST RULE your HEART.  Do this NOW, while you STILL can.  He’s WAITING and COMING SOON!!!   Don’t be LEFT BEHIND!!!