Now what does disorderly mean? Am I financially in debt and always looking for help even if my salary is a good one? Then I am disorderly. If I am married, how do I treat my husband? Am I allowing him to lead me in the Lord, am I treating him as the head of the house, or am I taking charge?If it is the latter, then I am unruly. Am I bringing my children up with discipline and to believe in the Lord or am I allowing them to explore their own concepts and to grow in their own thoughts as many schools would have them do? Then I am disorderly. Disorderly means having no accountability and allowing all things to rule rather than trying to go down a narrow path of righteousness. If I truly love my brethren, I will not allow them to wander down this path, but I will snatch them from the fire. If I truly love them, I will lead by example of what God’s love and peace is, as is written in 1 Timothy 6:3-5. If I love them, I will teach them that His word is true because God wants peace and reconciliation. I am the only one who will fight with others, not God. I am the only one with pride and corruption that causes me to treat others with judgment and haughtiness, denying them sibling-ship with me.
How I live my life will show how I know who am I in God’s eyes. I am His child, His daughter. When I have chosen a relationship with Him and in worshipping Him in terms of being at His feet rather than fulfilling the neediness of expression that seems common to all humans, then there is maturity and growth in worship. As long as what I do is for Him and with Him in mind, I will be blessed. And there are many things I can script rally align myself to, that will define me as His in accordance with His name, by His being, by His son’s precious name, by the name of Israel, Jacob, etc. because God spoke those names. So whether I take on the name of the tribe, location, etc. or call myself simply by His name, if I truly follow in His footsteps then I am His. Even the term Christian, which was given to the first century followers of Christ as mockery, is a true description, that is, one who follows the teachings of Christ. A name to God is more than just a label, it is a description, an authentication of the task, power, use of the being it was attached to. And so it is with Christ, because he had many names too. Emmanuel, Jesus, Rabbi, Rabboni, Christ, Son of Man, Son of God.
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