A True Relationship

The other day gave me opportunity to really see the importance of being strong in the Lord. All around we can see many who live whatever way they want. We also see those who claim to have salvation of the one true God and who also seem to have a disregard for His Word and His standards. True, we don't want to be judgemental or legalistic but there is a responsibility as His children to help those who claim to be His - to sharpen iron with iron.
Knowing that it is so easy to fall into my own wants and desires, I speak to myself just as much. I have the assurance of salvation but I still need to be aware of the importance of being in His Word that I will be able to grow in my walk with Him. Sin is always there, trying to draw us away from our Savior, trying to get us to disobey and feel okay with it. Yet, the more we are in His Word, in prayer with Him, in a relationship with Him, the more we will see they way He wants us to live as believers, the commandments we should follow, the Word we should spread to others. Therefore, when we are in communion with Him, our desires begin to mirror His. There will always be times when we follow our whims of the moment but we are to be aware of that and come back to His open arms.
Let us not live a comfortable life that is unchallenged. The sweetest times can sometimes be the hardest. May our lives reflect His truth and may we be set apart, lights in a very dark world.

"How can a young man cleanse his way? By taking heed according to Your word. With my whole heart I have sought You; oh, let me not wander from Your commandments! Your word I have hidden in my heart, that I might not sin against You."
Psalm 119:9-11