It's a beautiful world!

“Consider your ways.” Haggia 1:5,7
God was challenging people to look at themselves.
Everything that they were doing went wrong.
They worked hard, but the earned money went into a bag filled with holes.
I believe that God is inviting us to consider our alternatives.
If we choose not to live a Spirit-filled life, what is our option?
Can you imagine something that this world could offer;
something that could replace the satisfaction that comes from our
fellowship with God. Is it eating, travelling, studying?
Is it working, fame, sex?
Once you have tasted the sweetness of a Spirit-filled life
it will be difficult to find anything that compares with it.
An important part of a spiritual identity is our attitude towards the material
world. It was created for man. Man was not created for it.
When a group of Pharisees questioned Jesus and his disciples
about their violation of the Sabbath day, Jesus said,
“The Sabbath was made for man, and not man for the Sabbath.” Mark 2:27
In other words ,” Sabbath will not exist without man, but man will exist
without Sabbath. Let’s put things into right perspective.”
Sabbath was a servant , not a master.
The whole material world is that way.
It is God’s gift to man. Matter is not evil. It’s good.
Sometimes believers act as if they were more spiritual than God.
Ascetic, anemic life-style is not a sign of a Spirit-filled life.
Freedom is. Confidence in God’s love and plan is.
The three words that P.Schaller chose to describe spiritual beauty,
Integrity, Harmony and Clarity, reveal the essence of a Spirit-filled life.
These can be boldly expressed when we use that what was created to
exalt the Creator.
The world is beautiful, because it’s filled with opportunities
to glorify God.