Bound Around The Waist

Cling to God

Jeremiah 13:11 says: “For as a belt is bound around the waist, so I bound all the people of Israel and all the people of Judah to me,’ declares the LORD, ‘to be my people for my renown and praise and honor.”

1 Corinthians 6”17”But he who is joined to the Lord is one spirit with Him."

Did you know the tremendous impact the person you move with brings on you? Today as I was serving lunch to my school kids, I watched one particular boy eating his food very neatly and cleanly compared to the other children who normally have a messy way of eating; surely, what they see the elders do every day reflect in their habits.

Same goes with the friends that we move with, we got to be extremely careful with the kind of crowd that we associate with, their character would sure rub off on us. The Bible clearly warns us that we should make no friendship with an angry man, And with a furious man do not go. - Proverbs 22:24

Now, I come to the awesome portion of being joined to the Lord! While we meditate this, we surely remember the words of Jesus when He categorically stated, ‘Abide in me.’ Jesus further stressed, ‘you can do nothing without me.’ Very true! Let me quote John 15:5: "I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing.” Friend, the more you spend time with God in prayer and reading His Word, his qualities start growing in you, His patience starts operating in you, His love starts flowing out from you, His compassion starts filling you and overall you slowly start being a ‘city on a hill.’ This is what you call as ‘joined to the Lord is one spirit with Him!’ People who spend much time on ‘Face Book’ and the internet would never know what I am talking about, they would gruff and puff over small matters, they would be hasty and nasty while judging others, they would blow their top off over small issues, they would be selfish and hard to adjust with. Apostle Paul warns us in Romans 8:13, ‘For if you live according to the flesh you will die..’

Jeremiah 13:11 says: “For as a belt is bound around the waist, so I bound all the people of Israel and all the people of Judah to me,’ declares the LORD, ‘to be my people for my renown and praise and honor.” God wants His children to cling to Him that tight as the belt is bound around the waist. Did you see that?

If you are going through serious, life threatening illness, God wants you to hold Him tight and trust His Word that says, ‘By His stripes we are healed.’ It may be relationship problems, rebellious kids, financial crisis…whatever, today God wants you to cling to Him.

• Wake up early morning to pray

• Join a good weekly fellowship who will pray for you

• Diligently read His Word

• Obey His commandments