Rizpah: A Loving Command

Tuesday 23 September 2008

A Loving Command

Yesterday I was reading in the Gospel of Luke.

As I read through chapter 6, verse 30 stood out to me.

Give to everyone who asks you,

and if anyone takes what belongs to you,

do not demand it back.

I've read the Gospel of Luke before, I'm sure I've read this excact verse before.

Yet, the calling in it never actually struck me before yesterday:

Give to ALL who asks you.

That's quite radicallly, isn't it? To all, I mean everytime a beggar on the street ask you for money. Should you really give them all something? If someone ask for your help, and you have the possibility to help them, but don't really feel like it. Do you still have to help? And the second calling:

If anyone takes what belongs to you, do not demand it back.

That's also quite radically. I mean, who wouldn't demand it back if someone took something that was ours? I'm sure I would. Until yesterday.

It's so easy just to read, and then forget that many of the verses in the Bible contains a calling for us.

A calling from our loving Prince and Creator.

A calling that we should in loving obedience respond to.
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Give to everyone who asks you,

and if anyone takes what belongs to you,

do not demand it back.

I wish I could ignore it.

At least a little, cause this lies out of my comfort zone.

But I can't ignore it.

It's Jesus very words. It's His loving command, and my calling.

I can't ignore it. Can you?

Your sister in Christ,

Rizpah

2 comments:

Sydney Smith said...: Wow, I never thought of it that way! Thanks for the enlighting post and for you kind comments on my blog.

Sydney; Thursday, 02 October, 2008
Unknown said...: I greet you in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ. I've stumbled across your blogs and have read a few of your entries. I admit that I was drawn to your blogs because they were clearly about love for God, and they were by a Norwegian.

When I realized you're living in Ireland that also grabbed my interest. I like all things Celtic, even though I am a Norwegian American - really, a Norwegian-Dutch-American.

I'll pray that you find good Christian fellowship.

I am the pastor of a church in Washington, D. C. (a Christian Reformed Church) and quite a bit older than you; 40 years older to be exact.

The Lord bless you and keep you and smile upon you, more and more.; Sunday, 07 December, 2008

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About this blog

I have over a long time felt a desire to write a blog that focused totally on The Lord, and the last months God have done so much good work in and through my life and I want to share it, so that He might be glorified through it.

I pray that as I write down my walk with God, others will be blessed and encouraged to seek more of Him and to walk a closer walk with Him. It is so worth it, and nothing you have done (or do right now) is too much for Him to forgive. Even if other Christians condemn you, God will not. Turn away from your sins and back to Him. He is able to free you. Read His word, pray for His guidance, listen to His will. Even if you don't know how to do so, He will guide you.

It is just a few days since I gave my life to Him, even if I have called myself a Christian for many years. I don't live for myself anymore but for Him and His glory. And He changes me.

I want to live for Him, no matter the cost.
I want to trust Him in all things.
I know that He have saved me and that in Him I am no longer a slave under sin, but I free to live a new life in Him.

May I sing with David, the King after God's own heart:

No wonder my heart is glad, and I rejoice.
My body rests in safety.
For you will not leave my soul among the dead
or allow your holy one to rot in the grave.
You will show me the way of life,
granting me the joy of your presence
and the pleasures of
living with you forever.

Psalm 16: 9-11 (NLT)

Peace be with you!
Your sister in Christ,
Rizpah

My Favourite Quotes about My Lord Jesus Christ

"He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose."
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Jim Elliot
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"It is only in obeying God that we may know Him. Obedience, if it is a good reason for dying, is just as good a reason for living. I knew that there was no other answer for me."
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Elisabet Elliot, The Savage My Kinsman
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"When a soul sets up to find God, it does not know whether it will come, or by what path it will be led. But those who catch the vision are ready to follow the Lamb where ever He goes. And it is as they follow, obedient to what they have seen, in the spirit of joyful adventure, that their path becomes clear before them, and they are given the power to fulfill their high calling. They are those who have the courage to break through conventionalities, who care not at all what the world thinks of them. Because they are entirely taken up with the tremendous realities with the soul and God."
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Amy Carmichael, Gold Cord