The Alpha of the Mindfulness of Relationships

UV 3094/10000 The Alpha of Mindfulness of Relationship
Be ye mindful always of his covenant; the word which he commanded to a thousand generations
I Chronicles 16 v 15

This scripture reminds us that for the Lord – relationship is the number one priority. In order to continue the relationship with His creatures- human beings, He sacrificed His own blemishless Son Jesus. In contrast, we humans are always ready to sacrifice a relationship in order to advance our other goals of enjoyment or achievement. As a result, our relationships are brittle and break easily. Instead, like the Lord we need to give top priority to our relationship with the Lord. We are to be mindful always of His agape love, His commitment to us reflected in the suffering and death of His blemishless Son on the cross. We become mindful that healthy strong relationships need a heart of love, a willingness to sacrifice and suffer, the qualities to endure.
The love of God endures like His word through countless generations. We should anchor our lives in the love of the Lord and reflect His love in our relationships with other human beings, be it our families, our friends or our foes. Our lives are not only filled with love as we focus our minds on Jesus but it is also filled with the power of the Holy Spirit who raised Him from an undeserved death. It is also filled with hope as we fill or saturate our minds with the hope that the promises of the new covenant.
The uni-verse re-sets our life goals. For the purpose of life is neither enjoyment nor achievement or acquisition but to have a right relationship with the Lord. Once our relationship with the Lord is set on an even keel, all our other relationships will also heal. The two greatest commands Jesus gave that sums up the spirit of the Ten Commandments of the old covenant are both relational: to love the Lord with all our heart, mind, strength and soul and to love our neighbour as ourselves. As we meditate on these commands and are mindful of the character, example, teachings of Jesus, we will cease to be fickle in our loyalty to people. We will cease using people in order to achieve our goals. Such mindfulness of the Word and of the Lord will fill our lives to the point of overflowing with love, joy, power, faith and hope.