We have come to know and have believed the
love which God has for us. God is love, and the one who abides in love abides
in God, and God abides in him. There is no fear in love; but
perfect love casts out fear I John 4:17-18
My Sisters and Brothers ‘in’
the Lord,
One beautiful summer day, a young girl picked a wild,
white daisy. As she held it gently in her left hand, with her right hand she
deftly plucked off one petal at a time. Her rhythmic pattern matching her
sing-song ditty: “He loves me, he loves me not, he loves me, he loves me not.
As she ends with ‘he loves me’…” a playful smile tugged at her lips.
When I exhaust everything else I always end up with…”He
loves me.”
It is nice to be liked but so much better to ‘be’ loved. We
will never need to turn His Truth, into a singsong ditty about God’s love. The
Word of God may not say God likes us, but we stand on the unmovable Rock of His
Love, revealed in John 3:16. Focus on these familiar, living words letting them
go deep in your heart until they quicken your spirit with an internal and
eternal impact! Jesus lived Love and it was Love of you which took Him to His death. Believe it. No one took His life, but He gave it out of Love.
'For God so loved the world that He gave His only
begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have
everlasting life. For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the
world, but that the world through Him might be saved. He who
believes in Him is not condemned; but he who does not believe is condemned
already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of
God. John 3:16-18
Believing our heavenly Father loves us perfectly and is
Sovereign in our lives results in fear being replaced with peace. God's word
relates His love is forever. Immeasurable and unconditional! He is never
critical, never wearies of us and never ignores our needs. Have you ever found
Him gone, for a few days on vacation, when you cried out for help? Was He ever
sick and unable to attend you? Will He die leaving you bitter and lonely and
fearful? Are you in danger of condemnation? Will He state His great disappointment
with you and rehearse your failure to live up to the standard of Christ Jesus?
No…. you are loved by Love.
Amazingly, He knows all about us, every nasty little detail,
every failure, every lust and lie, every time we grumbled and complained! Every
time our arrogant heart was polluted with pride refusing to die! And all of
this before He saved us and placed us in Christ. Even our pride and arrogance
cannot stop Him from loving us, even when we flee or are neck-deep in unbelief,
He loves and pursues us always. Love is who
He is. When we are broken and cannot lift our head, will our Shepherd not carry
us? For He choose us before the creation of the world (Ephesians 1:4) to be His
own and did not turn away but purchased us at great cost. He is not surprised
at our continual failure and is patiently working out His plan and purpose in
your life.
Do you not know that your body is a temple of
the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and that you are not
your own? For you have been bought with a price: therefore glorify God
in your body. I Corinthians 6:19-20
What
was the price? Check Acts 20:28
Shout for joy, O heavens! And rejoice, O
earth!
Break forth into joyful shouting, O mountains!
For the Lord has comforted His people
And will have compassion on His afflicted. Isaiah 49:13
Break forth into joyful shouting, O mountains!
For the Lord has comforted His people
And will have compassion on His afflicted. Isaiah 49:13
When we trust in our flesh He disciplines us, and measures
into our lives what will recapture our hearts from the wanderlust that leads us
away from His cross, from our reckoning ourselves crucified with Christ. When
we choose to trust Him with our heart He allows us to draw near and He, in
turn, draws near to us. He turns our failure, our sickness, our struggles and
our rebellion, to serve His purpose. When we hurt He comforts us by surrounding
us with Grace and Mercy He always acts out of lovingkindness. He does not turn
away or forsake us or give up on us. Hallelujah! He who is our Strength and
Refuge will not let us go!
He took us to the Cross- we died with Him.
He took us to the tomb- we are buried with Him.
He took us from the grave- we are risen with Him. And when
we take our last breath we will dwell with Him. Forever.
“When we try to focus our thought upon One who
is pure uncreated being we may see nothing at all, for He dwelleth in light
that no man can approach unto. Only by faith and love are we able to glimpse
Him as He passes by our shelter in the cleft of the rock.” AWT
I will at last, be all He ever intended me to be, free from
sins presence. I want to shout and dance when I try to imagine what it will be
like to finally be with Him. I can
not fathom the moment when I will lock eyes with purest love and see the scars
earned when Love died for me. It may not say God likes me, but I know He loves
me. It is nice to be liked, but far better to be loved by a Savior who never
tires of loving. Glory Hallelujah!
Abba, Daddy, You, who are
Love. You who have our names written on the palm of your hand, (Isaiah 49:16) literally meaning, You hacked out our names in
the palm of Your hand. Where would we be without Your love? Thank You uncreated
One for loving me so perfectly and faithfully. You are all I ever need. There
is no discrepancy, no unfaithfulness, no ignorance, no fear or misplaced
emotions, but You are Love that is totally pure and satisfying!! You are all we
need. Help us to believe this and live this for we are so needy. In my small
way Lord, I love You. I pray in the name of Jesus and His Love, amen.
His Love is written in His own blood
In the cleft
of the Rock,
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