Romantic Christian

Loving the Lord to Fulfill His Purpose

Rev. 4:11 - You are worthy, our Lord and God, to receive the glory and the honor and the power, for You have created all things, and because of Your will they were, and were created. 

Eph. 1:4-5 - Even as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world to be holy and without blemish before Him in love, predestinating us unto sonship through Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the good pleasure of His will. 

2 Tim. 1:9 - Who has saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works but according to His own purpose and grace, which was given to us in Christ Jesus before the times of the ages

2 Tim. 3:10 - But you have closely followed my teaching, conduct, purpose, faith, long-suffering, love, endurance.

Rom. 8:28 - And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose.

God has a purpose and we were created by God for His purpose. God's purpose is His will, and He delights in the fulfillment of His will. This is what makes Him happy. For His purpose He called us. Paul, the apostle knew his calling and imparted the same burden to Timothy who closely followed Paul's teaching. As much as Paul was for God’s purpose, so was Timothy, and so was Watchman Nee and Witness Lee, and so we are today. In fact,  so am I. Apart from God's purpose, I have no meaning in life. All that I am, and will be must be for God's purpose. 

We must know, not merely believe, that all things indeed work together for good, to those who love God, to fulfill God’s purpose. Herein is loving God and God’s purpose going together. 

God’s purpose is fulfilled by loving the Lord: loving the Lord in the way of enjoying Him. We need His present presence all the time and have personal, affectionate, private and spiritual relationship with Him. Without loving the Lord there is no way for us to fulfill God's purpose.

This is the Lord's speaking to me these days. 

Herein lies the difference between being a religious Christian in Christianity and be a romantic Christian loving the Lord and serving Him all the days of our lives. Christianity's goal may be heaven but God’s goal is the Body of Christ that consummates the New Jerusalem. Christianity may appreciate ability to serve God but God appreciates the divine quality of the serving ones. Christianity may use gifts but God uses gained persons, not merely gifts per se. Christianity may be religious in its nature and works but God wants Christians to love Him and serve Him in love. Any work that is not out of the first love towards the Lord is religious. We must not be religious in any way, we must be loving the Lord and be a romantic Christian working together with the Beloved to fulfill God’s purpose on the earth. We serve the Lord because we love the Lord. As we serve the Lord in love, our work must be for the Body. When we serve the Lord because we love Him, we enjoy our service, and such service fulfills the Lord's purpose.

Even as I consider my service in the light of the Lord's speaking, I might have been falling short of being romantic in my serving the Lord. Perhaps, I might have been faithful to carry out my duties and discharge my responsibilities, but without any sweet feeling and enjoyment within. If such be the case, I have indeed been fallen. I need a recovery, a recovery of loving the Lord and serving Him in love in a way of enjoyment. This reminds me of the Lord's calling when I first consecrated my whole life to serve the true and living God. 

Deuteronomy 10:12  And now, O Israel, what does Jehovah your God ask of you except that you fear Jehovah your God so that you would walk in all His ways and love Him and serve Jehovah your God with all your heart and with all your soul; 

Lord, save me from being a religious Christian. Gain me and fill me with Your love to love You and serve You and a be a romantic Christian.