My King – Sincerity

Greetings Dear Reader,

What is sincerity?  Our generous friends at Webster’s online tell us it is “free from pretense or deceit; proceeding from genuine feelings.”  Since God tells us his motivation is love for us it follows that he must act without pretense or deceit.  His genuine feelings of love for us result in his traveling so far to redeem us.

People assign an agenda to God for their own purposes.  This, not swearing is at the center of the command not to take the name of the Lord in vain.  We are not to follow Christ with any pretense.  We are not to use God for our own purposes.  We are to reflect his love without pretense. 

My King is sincere in his love and the offer of life.  He truly withes for us to be in his care and under his domain.  His death on the cross is an act of sincerity.  The entire purpose of the incarnation is to remove the pretense of an unreachable God.  We cannot travel to him so he comes to us.  We cannot bridge the gap so he uses his life to build that bridge.  My King descends from his throne to humbly invite us to his kingdom.

There is not price of admission other than faith.  There are no hoops to jump through or proper attire to wear.  He asks us to be good, holy, and loving as token of the faith we carry but it is the faith that matters. My King is sincere that he requires nothing from us to redeem us.  He requires only that we have faith.

Simplicity is a requirement if we hope to avoid pretense.  He means it when he tells us to believe.  Paul tells us that it is “by grace we are redeemed through faith.  It is not because of our own deeds but rather it is a gift from God.”  We are the ones who try to put complexity and pretense into the Gospel.  We are the ones who are not always sincere.

If I am to serve my King well then I must not do so with pretense or insincerity.  Sincerity is not enough but it is vital to an understanding that everything is infused with the purpose of drawing us to the King.  His death and resurrection are his evidence of the depth of his sincerity.  “Grater love has no man than this, that he lay down his life for his friends.”  That’s my King.

In Stillness and Simplicity – Michael Card

In stillness and simplicity

In the silence of the heart I see

The mystery of eternity

Who lives in side of me

In stillness and simplicity

I hear the Spirit's silent plea

That You, oh Lord, are close to me

In stillness and simplicity

You're the Word

Who must be heard

By those who listen quietly

Is the reason we're not still

To hear You speak because

We don't believe You will

In stillness and simplicity

I lose myself in finding Thee

Oh Lord, You mean so much to me

In stillness and simplicity

So, seek the One who dwells in you

The kingdom that within is true

That innermost reality

In stillness and simplicity

Wishing you joy in the journey,

Aramis Thorn

Mat 13:52 So Jesus said to them, "That is why every writer who has become a disciple of Christ’s rule of the universe is like a home owner. He liberally hands out new and old things from his great treasure store.”

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