Despicable Me

Phineas was a man who upheld the Word of God. God had spoken and said that the Israelites were to live set apart, however they began to mix and mingle with other nations and serve their idols. Someone in the camp profaned the Name of the Lord by bringing their sin into the camp. Phineas was moved to do something... he picked up a spear and ran across the camp. The tent stood before him and knew his decision had been made. He opened the tent and thrust his spear through the Israelite man and and the Midianite woman who lay before him.

Yes this story is in the Bible!

I'm not saying we should go around with spears in our hands, but what are we actively upholding?

I have heard this scripture in terms of putting death to things such as fornication and other ungodly deeds. But I was thinking about it in terms of, in general, how will we live a life of no compromise?! How much will we actively uphold the Word of God?! Do we know God and His Word enough to uphold His Ways? 

In terms of how we live, I was thinking how much do we uphold in our lifestyle? In a world that grows cold, where hatred is rife and wars destroy - we must uphold love! We must not be thermometers but thermostats that set the temperature of love. We must KNOW love!

I was watching a movie 'In Time' and the gist of it was that there were different time zones that people lived in depending on wealth because time was the new currency. In the poor time zones people were always rushing because they were struggling for time-if they ran out of time they died. In the rich time zones people could relax because they had plenty of time..plenty of time to waste. Someone from the poor time zone manages to escape to one of the richer time zones and the police are looking for him. They know who to look for because he has from a poor time zone, and because he has habitually been concerned about time it is engrained in him to rush even when he is in a rich time zone. 

We are like that- the Bible says that we have been translated into God's Kingdom of light- we are used to the world's way of rushing, living in poor time zones of love. Having not enough to go around. But we enter into God's Kingdom having to have our mind's renewed of that old, poor mentality. A lot of us are in God's Kingdom rushing around being sparing with love because we do not realise what we have. We don't uphold God's commandment of love because we rush in fear instead of walk in love. We are to walk as He walked, be as He is in the world. Jesus said that others will know we are His disciples because of how we love one another. The police knew the man was from the poor time zone because of how he carried himself. What does your lifestyle testify to the Kingdom you belong to? 

Song of Solomon 8:6-7

⁶ Set me as a seal upon your heart,
As a seal upon your arm;
For love is as strong as death,
Jealousy as cruel as the grave;^[a]
Its flames are flames of fire,
A most vehement^[b] flame.

⁷ Many waters cannot quench love,
Nor can the floods drown it.
If a man would give for love
All the wealth of his house,
It would be utterly despised.

Love this scripture!! A amn who gives everything for love will be utterly despised. Christ gave everything for love. People give everything love and others will look on and despise perceivable foolish acts. In certain situations love is seen as ridiculous- it is not how you would respond to certain situations, but we are to walk in love. The question is are we ready to uphold love at the risk of being despised? When  others don't  agree with our actions, when we receive negative responses will we still uphold love?! Just like Phineas will you uphold or compromise?