July 28, 2012 Golden heart

Golden Heart Matthew 7:12 So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets. HUMILITY is such an important trait in God’s kingdom. In Mark’s Gospel Jesus talks about sowing the kingdom seeds and how God grows the kingdom. Many people involved in Kingdom work, faithfully following Jesus want to be both the sower and the grower. We think it is “us” who make a church grow or keep it from growing. That’s a prideful attitude. That’s faithlessly forgetting that God is sovereign in his kingdom work. Humility is missing in those thoughts. Humility certainly is essential to live in the Golden Rule Jesus gives you here. This is a great picture of peace, and many of you love the idea of treating others in the way you want to be treated. But what do you do? Do you stop being rude and disagreeable to people who “get in your way”. Are you humble enough to listen to others’ ways and others’ thoughts? Do you live lives of peace and patience? Is this hard to do? Most certainly it is! Your nature is to be prideful, to push your own agenda, to look at life only from your point of view. What do you do to change that? Turn to the Savior who loves you and determine to love him back. Then turn to his own and love them as Jesus does. With Jesus’ love in your heart, you can have a “golden” heart that rules your life. It’s True! The Golden Rule comes from a golden heart.