What God Will Look For

Where there is devotion in the heart

True, pure, everlasting,

Full of compassion, kindness,

Generosity, and obedience

A broken and contrite heart,

A heart that wants to do what God wants it to do

And not its own will,

There Christ is.

Where devotion to Christ is pure,

And where there is Christ‑consciousness in the mind,

Full of loving‑kindness,

Full of joy

Let the teachings of Christ be carried out

By all men,

To the best of their abilities

And in the situations they are given.

For this is the oil in the lamp.

Not oil like earthly oil used for cooking,

But the righteous oil of

Devotion in the heart of a person

And Christ‑consciousness in the mind.

This is what God will look for

On the Day of Judgment.

Amen

A Position of the Heart

Blasphemy is not
Just a word alone.

It is a position
Of the heart.

Speaking the Lord’s name in vain

With a mental disorder
Tourette’s or similar

Is not blasphemy.

Blasphemy is taking His name in vain

Not by accident,

Not by illness,

But on purpose.

Doing it to show off,

To offend,

To honor Satan, 

Not God.

Above all,

Blasphemy is willful

A choice of disrespect,

A choice against holiness. 

Amen

The Olives of Obedience

How many Bible verses can you memorize?
But does it really matter if we know thousands?
Without devotion in your heart,
without repentance in your mind
repentance that is sincere
it is useless.

For dishonest, insincere repentance
is worse than no repentance at all.
Repentance should be
as soon and as often as possible.
You are not guaranteed a tomorrow,
so do not wait.

Make your repentance sincere,
your devotion pure and true,
as the Lord gives devotion to my heart.
For devotion, pure and true,
is the oil in the lamp
the righteous oil in the lamp
that Jesus speaks of.

It is metaphorical, symbolic.
It is not made of olives,
but of the olives of obedience,
devotion, compassion,
generosity, sincerity, and honesty.

Amen