A believer praises the Lord in good times,
the disciple at all times.
The Holy Spirit resides in the believer but
He Shines through the Disciple.
A believer loves God with heart and mind,
while a Disciple Commits the Will.
A believer loves God and others,
but they are the Disciple's Life.
A believer lives in hope,
but for the Disciple, God's hope is certain.
A believer seeks forgiveness for sin,
but the Disciple also determines Not to walk that path again.
A believer has faith in God,
but the Disciple's Faith is tempered in the Fire of Testing.
A believer Loves the Lord, but the Disciple's Love is Unconditional.
The believer serves the Lord in strength,
but the Disciple is made perfect through Weakness.
God is part of the believer's life,
but the Central Focus of the Disciple.
A believer Forgives,
but the Disciple also Forgets.
A believer communicates with God at their own convenience,
but the Disciple's heart is open to (Hear) The Lord at all times.
(Author unknown)
While none of us can lay claim to living up to allthese principles, all of the time - for we have not yet reached perfection- they can remind us of the direction in which we are to go. But let'stry our hardest to make our words and actions mirror
images of each other."
Which are you? A believer or a disciple? I want to be adisciple, don'tyou?
You have hedged me behind and before
and laid Your hand upon me.
Such knowledge is too wonderful for me;
it is too high, I cannot attain to it.
(Psalm 139:5-6)
Thank You Naomi