A New year! New lessons in HIM! We were recently talking with a friend about how much more "in love" with Jesus we have become these past few years, and the thought came that this is just the tip of the ice-berg! How much more is there? You know after all his troubles Job just couldn’t be concerned anymore with the things of this world, he loved and enjoyed his family but he wasn’t worried anymore. He had finally come face to face with who God is and nothing else mattered anymore! We’ve been there and you know what, it’s Freedom! You know the old saying, "a hundred years from now, what will it matter?" well, you know what? Today what does it matter? It isn’t about us, or our feelings, or our likes or dislikes, it isn’t even about other people. I remember the difference between working for someone else verses being self employed. It was great to just be an employee, no hassles, no headaches, little responsibility, you got off at quitting time and didn’t have to concern yourself with things again till the next workday. Just follow orders, get the job done and pick-up a check on pay day, smooth enough. But when we owned the business, there was so much more to things, if someone didn’t show up you had to do their job, you had to work a million hours it seemed, you had to pay bills and others sometimes when there wasn’t enough to cover your own pay. There was taxes and inventories and temperamental "artistic" employees and workers comp, and so many other things to be concerned with. So much like our walk with Jesus sometimes, so many concerns, so many worries, will the enemy get me here, will I get baptized with the right name, am I reading the right version? Do I spend enough time in study? Do I tithe before or after taxes? Does my pastor speak in tongues? Should I show him where it says he should? Where should I go for my two weeks mission trip this year, it’s required you know? Do this do that. Did I eat pork this week? So many rules, so many worries, so many new "prophetic" words about what I’m supposed to be feeling this year. Is this year to be "apostolic", "prophetic", "legalistic", or just plain pathetic. Am I supposed to fast and pray or pray and fast? Can I drink coffee when I fast, is a hamburger OK on a "Daniel fast" since it isn’t choice meat? Is this the year of the "worshipping dancers" or is this the year of "solemn assemblies". (If I have offended anybody it was purely unintentional, I haven’t read the Elijah list in months.) Is your head and spirit swimming with confusion yet? Let me make it simple and easy. Him God, you mortal. He is the creator, you are the created. Step one, Love the Lord with all you heart mind and soul. Step two, love others more than yourself. It is that simple, really it is. Become the employee and let Jesus become the owner. Become the child and let Him become the parent. I truly tell you the truth, if you focus on Him and loving Him you can’t go wrong. If you’re in sin, He will show you, if you are in error, He will show you, if your spouse isn’t saved, your loving attitude will draw them in. If there is unforgiveness in your heart He will heal it, if there is rebellion in your life He will remove it. Loving Him, really loving Him with total submission will solve all your problems. There is no wrong way to love Him. You don’t have to know all the latest trends, and formulas. Just love Him and ask Him how do it more. The Lord has been showing me personally more about honor and how it really is a serious thing. And since I truly love Him I want to learn more about honoring Him, this will probably lead to another tract. In fact that’s what I thought I would be writing about today but instead you got the same ole thing. There are a hundred scriptures in my spirit right now about how to love God but I’m not going to share them, I’ll let Him give you one, listen close, He’s speaking.