Religion vs. Relationship



Howdy there! You know I have about two posts just sitting in my dashboard waiting to be completed but I couldn't get them done, not because of writer's block though. It moreso has to do with my spirit being shaken up a little bit recently. You know, when you're moving to a new home and/or location, your furniture and other belongings are going to be shaken up and rearranged. Nothing will stay put or remain in its original spot when you're picking up and going someplace else. The same can be said about your spirit. When you are progressively on the move UPWARD, things WILL change.

And I hate to scare you but some parts of your spirt will be BROKEN. There will also be things you'll have to detach from and leave behind. Sometimes by choice and others based on the fact that this NEW place won't have room for it anymore. With all that being said, I am moving out of this season of solitary confinement (YES LORD!) and off to experience some NEW THANGS! In my Justin Timberlake voice lol. Woop Woop! My book Tears of Kings is DONE and will be released SEPTEMBER 26TH! (Be on the look out yo!)

You would think that the people who were with you while you were shooting in the gym, would be a permanent fixture in your life but I have come to realize that RELATIONSHIPS aren't off limits when it comes to the things that MAY BE LEFT BEHIND, when you're on the MOVE! So I was talking about this exact thing with someone and went in to tell them how a very close friend of mine recently chucked up the dueces and said, "SYONARA!" In so many words I stated that this situation was more than likely orchestrated by God. They responded with,  "Ya know religion can destroy people's lives. But you'll learn that someday." 

o_0....REALLY? I pretended to let that statement fly smoothly over my head. For one. that shoe didn't fit me and second, THAT SHOE DON'T FIT ME! The debate over RELIGION vs RELATIONSHIP can potentially have you out here LOST if you don't know the difference between the two. In the bible the Pharisees and Sadducees were EXTREMELY RELIGIOUS! Jesus on the other hand, had a RELATIONSHIP with GOD and his disciples had a RELATIONSHIP with HIM! There were people in the bible who tried to follow all those rules first enacted during the years of Moses and found themselves falling short every single time. But then Jesus came along bascially killing those rules WITHOUT EVER SINNING! He was criticized left and right for this nonetheless. 

I don't know about y'all, but if I was in the bible days burdened by all these rules and laws and found out a GAME CHANGER was in the midst making it where those cares could be dropped off for the birds to eat, I would have been TOO TURNED UP! But you had people with WHOLE TUNKA TRUCKS on their backs pointing there fingers at Jesus and accusing him of all sorts of LIES, FAIRYTALES, AND FANTASIES! All because he changed the game. That's a bunch of sadness if you ask me. 

It's sad because that very thing is still happening today. The people like you and I, who choose to lay at God's feet and follow Him on a regular basis are being accused and threatened. Accused of being RELIGIOUS and threatened by these accusers with their belief that people like us will live a life in lonelyville.They don't understand the vows we made to God. They don't understand what we GAVE up to be where we are. They don't understand we were on DEATH ROW until we decided to get some JESUS! They will never UNDERSTAND and we don't need to make them. The only ones who will be able to understand are the ones who have made similar vows.

Hear this! The people who do NOT understand are in fact the ones who are RELIGIOUS! Notice the minute you and I do something out of the ordinary THEY will be the ones to CALL YOU OUT. Religion forces people to do things out of HABIT. Relationship on the other hand allows people to do things out of LOVE. Just think about it, when you're in a physical relationship with someone, you do things FOR them BECAUSE you LOVE THEM and you do these things because you WANT TO! Religion forces people to do things because they see someone else doing them. Relationship allows people to do things they LOVE to do regardless of who sees.

Religion = CHAINS vs  Relationship = FREEDOM. 

Now I can  pretty much DO, WHATEVER I WANT TO DO! But there are certain things I choose NOT to do if it will not benefit my relationship with God. I'm very much happy with that too! 

                                                     John 14:21

"Whoever has my commands and keeps them is the one who loves me. The one who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I too will love them and show myself to them."

Did you know we have so many people out'chere in these streets RELIOUSLY doing things for God but are so far REMOVED from Him it ain't even funny! God is like North America and their like the Czech Republic. NOWHERE NEAR CLOSE! While their doing all these "THINGS", their not keeping NONE of His commands! His commands are in the bible but sadly overlooked! See at the the end of the day it all has to do with HOW YOU LOVE GOD and NOT how well you can follow rules. I'm not religious and I do not serve RELIGON! I serve God and we are in a relationship TOGETHER. I keep HIS COMMANDS because I LOVE HIM and I have seen the benefits of doing so! NO ONE can make me change my mind about that. Not even RELIGION!