The Father has been speaking to my heart lately about His great, unfailing, never-ending love. It truly is amazing. There was a time in my life when I searched the scriptures looking for evidence of God’s love. It was there in black and white for anyone to see, but somehow I was blind to it. Little by little, the scales on my eyes have been removed and now my eyes see and my heart hears the great love of the Father pouring forth on every frequency. I’m learning to believe that I am loved unconditionally and accepted completely because of Jesus’ atoning death on the Cross. I’m learning to come to the Father in confidence, unafraid, and without a checklist in my hand. Growing up in a Christian home, I learned to do the things believers did, but I didn’t always understand why they did them. Now I know that there is a crucial difference between wanting to please God because He loves me versus wanting to please Him so He will love me. I’m being transformed by the renewing of my mind just like Paul talks about in Romans 12:1-2. The world’s pattern says make a sacrifice, make lots of sacrifices, and maybe you will get mercy. The joyful truth of Jesus – the good news – is that through His sacrifice we get complete mercy and absolute acceptance. Now we offer ourselves as living sacrifices out of hearts full of love and gratitude for the mercy and love in which we already rest. Learning to rest in God’s love is wonderful and yet sometimes scary. I’ve had to let go of the mind-set that says “I’ll do it all right and then God will bless me.” I’m learning to embrace the mind-set that says, “I am blessed because God loves me. Getting it all right is His job, not mine.”
Today, I hear the Father saying, “Tell them I love them.” So, just in case you were wondering. Just in case you’ve been feeling like God isn’t interested in talking to you until you get your act together. Just in case you’ve been wondering if He even cares about you at all - the answer is a resounding yes! He loves you. He loved you before you ever thought about doing anything to please Him. Believe it! Take joy in it! Rest in it!
Though the mountains be shaken and the hills be removed, yet my unfailing love for you will not be shaken nor my covenant of peace be removed,” says the LORD, who has compassion on you. Isaiah 54:10
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