There is a key to the whole Plan of the Creator and that is love. I will not talk about the plan just yet. I will do that in another post. Right now, I want to address the heart. To understand all aspects and doctrines of religion. To attend church, Mosque or Temple. To have mystical spiritual experiences. To be able to meditate to the point of dissolving all distractions. To be the best Yoga student there is but not to put it into service through the vehicle of unconditional love and willingly with no strings attached – would mean absolutely nothing.
To serve Father/Mother God as a Disciple or just a human being, in love with a willing heart and mind implies more than just saying yes to the Godhead’s will. A person can agree to do something for someone and even perform the task but at the same time wish or hoped that they could be doing something else. The Hebrew word for ‘Willing’ is the word Chaphets (2655). It denotes not just the doing of something but to actually take pleasure in, delighting in the activity. To be pleased to do, to have affection for – to choose to do out of love and desire – to choose over any other option. To feel a strong positive attraction for.
When it comes to obeying Divine guidance in your life, do you willingly – Chaphets – do it or do you do it out of fear? The Kingdom belongs to those who have a Chaphets heart and mind for the Godhead and his/her neighbor.
An experience of a great shift in the quality of our spiritual life will take place when our deepest desire and motivation to honor and obey Father/Mother God comes purely from a heart of love instead of duty. Let us not serve because of an expected reward or out of the hope of avoiding some sort of punishment. Let our work, deeds, prayers, studies, forgiveness of others, renouncing of this world system be for one purpose only, “Father/Mother God, I love you.”
To the individual, don’t worry if you do not perceive this love and commitment in your heart just yet. If you truly desire it, pray for it and the Holy Spirit will reveal it and empower you with it. If you don’t have the desire, pray for that as well. It is not about being able – it is about being willing. But do not think that you can trick yourself or The Creator. The fruit of your actions bear witness to a spirit that is truly surrendered to the Holy Spirit in Chaphets. And do not think that you abide there if you look upon your other brothers and sisters with disdain at their indulgences and weaknesses.
But as the spirit of Chaphets comes alive in us - fully expect a change in the way we walk and talk. Look for an increase in the amount of fruit that flows. Fully expect to see others looking at us with wonder at what is going on because we are so different but act in complete unconditional love towards them. Yes we will be in the world but not of it and not looking like it. Meditate on what the Disciple John said in 1 John 2:15-16,
“Do not love or cherish the world (system) or the things that are in the world. If anyone loves the world, love for The Father is not in Him. For all that is in the world (system) – the lust of the flesh [craving for sensual gratification] the lust of the eyes [greedy longings of the mind] and the pride of life [assurance in one’s own resources or stability of earthly things] – these do not come from The Father but the world (system) [itself].” (AMP)
Do not read over this passage lightly. Confess to the Father/Mother God were you see yourself entangled and ask for deliverance. Not out of fear but love. Also, do not confuse loving and cherishing the earth as the same thing as the world system. The Earth is a garden of The Creator, ‘the earth is the Lord’s and the fullness there of.’ It was given as a gift to enjoy. It is the system of greed for man-made material gain and lust and endeavors that allow us to get these things but lose our souls in the process, that we are to run away from. Remember the Upward Call is about love not legalism.