"If you really fulfill the royal law according to the Scripture, 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself,' you do well; But if you show partiality, you commit sin, and are convicted by the law as transgressors. For whoever shall keep the whole law, and yet stumble in one point, he is guilty of all." - James 2: 8-10
Out of my longing of what will be God's message for me today, I opened my Bible randomly. My hands led me to the above Scriptures. I do not usually read Bible randomly because I have my daily guide before. When I lost my daily guide, I stopped reading the Bible. By God's grace, He sent someone to me to learn reading His Words everyday or even in moments that we are in a state of confusion, anger, betrayal, condemnation or happiness.
Constant Changes are not per se EVIL
"The only constant in this world is CHANGE". This line is very very cliche, however, still very applicable in our lives. A seed, when it is planted in a good soil, it will become a sprout and later on, if it is watered constantly it will become a plant and finally it will become a tree which will stand strong through the test of time. Human as we are, we do not remain as babies. We grow old, enjoy the wonderful creation of God and later meet our victory: DEATH.
However, many of us are afraid of DEATH.So do I. I am not yet ready to face God's judgment. I have not yet proven anything to be deserving of His Kingdom.
The above Scriptures really moved me afar. The written was his greatest commandment - to love others as we love ourselves. Isn't it too noble for a man to instead close his eyes just to give love to any one without discrimination? As I reflect to the reading, I assessed myself whether or not I have fully followed His commandment. These past few days, my pride is battling with my heart. Yes, I have loved others but not all of them. I only chose people that are deserving to be loved. If they are good to me, then I'll be better to them. I wanted to give all my love but my PRIDE kept on interfering my decisions. What if they will just betray me? What if they will just laugh at me? What if they will just abuse me? A lot of "what ifs". I read again the Scripture, and the answers are still there - for whoever keep the whole law yet stumble in one point is guilty of all. It means that even if I gave love to others yet not equally given, I am no different from others who did not give love even to one person. I will still be guilty of His law.
These past few days, I'm in a dilemma. The "World" is pulling my senses away from what I am supposed to be. I tried to go out of my shell just to fit myself with the present generation. I do not want to be left behind. Because of this, I was about to grasp and accept fully the reality that I am no longer living in the old generation. I told myself, "hey! you are not getting younger anymore, you should explore the world and act your age as others did". What is immoral to me is no longer immoral to the others. I have to go with the flow or else I'll be left with no one to be with. But, there's always a voice at the back of my mind, whispering softly, telling me that "immorality in the eyes of God will remain immorality". It is not the duty of our God to adjust as to what we wanted to do and what we wanted to happen in our lives. It is us who has the duty to please Him and prove to Him that He was not wrong in letting us see His creations.
Changes are not per se a threat to our soul. It depends to the outcome of the changes of whether it made us a better person closer to our Divine Creator or made us more attached in the temporary world.
HIS JUDGMENT
My friend told me once that "life is so unfair". Why can't just God give fairness to everyone? Why there are still poor despite of the progress of the Earth? Rich people mingle only to rich people also. They become richer and the poor becomes poorer. Then, I realized, life is really fair. God has given us equal opportunity and equal footing on His eyes. Only that, we, His creations made life unfair. It is us who broke His greatest commandment and has change its interpretation. The law of God is very clear and need no further interpretation because, if we will just live with it and apply it according to its literal meaning, there could neither be poor nor rich. We will be equal.
"For judgment is without mercy to the one who has shown no mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment." - James 2:13
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