"Eternally His, To!"

"He shall redeem their soul from deceit and violence: and precious shall their blood be in his sight." (Psalms 72:14) I hope you got the message, because we are the poor and needy, yet He has satisfied our needs! But you say, I still need stuff! No you don't; you might think that you do, but Jesus has satisfied every need! Even if you are currently waiting to be put to death, your need has been satisfied; you will soon realize the truth and understand what is important and what is not. I believe the point James was making speaks to the night and day difference between those that love the world and those that do not; those that love the world want to continue to get everything that they can out of it; those that do not just want to get home, blessed. There is no other thing more important than our eternal security in Jesus; not family, work, health or wealth; it is all nothing compared to our eternal life that we have been given. James used a very strong word, speaking of us acting like "adulterers" when we choose the world over pure fellowship with God. It's kind of hard to accept the metaphor and what it represents, but it catches the "spirit" of what he was speaking about. Here is the thing that I feel God speaking into my heart, and it hurts to think how true these words are to the way that we generally live our lives. We have been redeemed at a very expensive price; the Creator of heaven and earth came and died upon a cross for us, it does not get any more costly than that! And even though it was His blood that was shed for us, our blood He regards higher than His own! Oh no, don't get me wrong! His blood that was shed at Calvary is the most precious blood of all; but as for Him, as for His point of view, ours is more precious than His own! It is pretty obvious that we don't love the way that He loves, nor do I think that He expects us to; but He does expect us to try! But, as James was saying, in not so few words, we can't do it because we get in the way! My concerns and my desires take priority over those of anyone else, including the Lord sometimes; scratch that, all times that I am not doing the Lord's will, I come first. And no, the title is not a "Dumb and Dumber" thing, although I did think about it when it came to mind; it's more about, opposed to from...  "Do not love this world nor the things it offers you, for when you love the world, you do not have the love of the Father in you. For the world offers only a craving for physical pleasure, a craving for everything we see, and pride in our achievements and possessions. These are not from the Father, but are from this world. And this world is fading away, along with everything that people crave. But anyone who does what pleases God will live forever." (1 John 2:15-17) NLT