Deliverance....the work of the Lord

"And a person's enemies will be those of his own household. Whoever loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me, and whoever loves son or daughter more than me is not worth of me." Matthew 10:37-38

Family loyalty is a good thing. Truly. If you can't depend on your family than who can you depend on? In the natural, physical, human realm this is an acceptable way to behave, an expected way to live. The problem comes in when family does not act properly, does not live according to the Spirit of Life. What then?

Your first loyalty must be to the Lord Jesus Christ. Figuratively speaking He is saying to his disciples in the above scripture, "If you do not love me more than anyone, more than anything, more than life itself, you are not worthy of Me."

Would the Lord ask this of me? To choose Him over family. Yes. He would. If my family is not seeking God and is bent on tearing me down or intent on being a stumbling block to me, I must remove myself from them, continue to pray for them, but give them no presence in my life. Does this mean that I don't love them....perhaps, in a humanistic type of way, but in God's way it is the most loving thing to do for yourself and for them. Remove yourself from them and let God have his way with them. There is no other way to cope with this.

Lily