“Ye are my friends, if
ye do whatsoever I command you.”
John 15:
14
King James
Version
I listened
last night as a woman, who was crying with tears running down her face,
told her boyfriend that she could no longer go out with him because
he refused to get help for his addiction to drugs. I found these definitions for the word
“hooked” in Webster’s Dictionary, “4 a : addicted to narcotics b : fascinated by or devoted to something
<hooked on skiing>”.
God spoke to my heart tonight and
said that we need to be hooked on Jesus.
Are we hooked on Jesus and are we His friends? If so, how much time do we spend with
Him every day? Are we doing what He
tells us to do? Are we addicted to
our precious Saviour?
There are many things besides
narcotics in this word that we become addicted to such as the television set,
porno movies and pictures, sports and we can even get hooked on people. It is very dangerous to take our eyes
off of Jesus and put them on a person.
If we are focusing all of our time and attention on people rather than on
Jesus, we are breaking His heart.
When I was a teenager living in
O that we would get hooked on
Jesus! I wonder what would happen
if every person who claims to be saved and a child of God would spend eight
hours a day talking to Jesus. We
don’t have to be on our knees with our eyes shut to fellowship with Him. If we aren’t bowing in our hearts before
our precious Saviour, then bowing our knees to Him is just a show that we are
putting on for others to see.
Jesus is not impressed with our
physical position. What touches the
heart of our dear Saviour is the condition of our hearts. If our hearts are not right before Him,
then He won’t even hear our prayers.
It is very arrogant of us to ask Him for anything if we have something in
our hearts that hurts Him.
I believe if we would spend more
time with Jesus we would see a revival that the world has never known. I think there would be a lot less
arguing in our homes and in our places of employment. Our children would be more respectful to
us and obedient if they saw the difference Jesus made in our hearts by spending
eight hours a day with Him. We
might think that it is impossible to spend that much time with Him. If we can spend eight hours a day
watching television, we can spend eight hours a day with Him.
Are you hooked on Jesus or are you
hooked on the world and all the temptations that are put before you? A person once told me “If it’s important
to you then you will make the time to do it”. It all comes down to how much you love
Him. If you love Him, then you can
make time for Him. How much do you
love Jesus? You can say that you
love Him. You can fool your family and friends and you can even fool yourself
but Jesus sees into your heart and He knows how much you love Him. Again, how much do you love Him? Are you willing to shut off the
television and spend time with Him?
Joanne
Lowe
September 17, 2007