Real Love
Jesus was 100% committed to your success before you were created. He saw you and all of your days before you were born. His thoughts about you are precious thoughts, and He is constantly thinking about you. Because He made you, you captivate and fascinate Him!
Psalm 139:13 You made all the delicate, inner parts of my body and knit me together in my mother's womb. 14 Thank you for making me so wonderfully complex! Your workmanship is marvelous—how well I know it.
15 You watched me as I was being formed in utter seclusion, as I was woven together in the dark of the womb. 16 You saw me before I was born. Every day of my life was recorded in your book. Every moment was laid out before a single day had passed.
How precious are your thoughts about me, O God. They cannot be numbered!
When I read this in Psalm 139, I think of my own kids. I was committed to them before they were even born. As I watch them learn to walk and laugh and develop into who they are, I delight in seeing them mature.
Jesus delights in seeing you mature, He wants you to be confident that He is completely committed to your success... But God will not violate your free will. He also will not violate truth, or justice.
He won't force you to approach Him. He won't force you to agree with Him...He won't force you to desire spending time in His presence. He won't force you into the decisions that will release His life, the only satisfying source of life, into your life or the life of others.
BUT, He did tell us how to be His. He said "remain in me and I will remain in you." Talk to me and I will talk to you. It is so simple anyone can do it, and so simple most people will not with any sort of intensity.
If you want to know the one who breathes out stars, the one who moves the nations, the one who is coming soon to take possession of all He owns...just reach for Him. Ask Him to help you want more of Him in your life. Ask Him to give you a hunger for His presence, and a mind and heart that agree with Him. You can steer your desire to anything you want, but when you steer it towards Him you find life, and life more abundantly. The more you give Him, the more you get of Him and all the wonder that comes with Him. He wants your spirit to burn brightly with His light on the inside of you!
Psalm 139:13 You made all the delicate, inner parts of my body and knit me together in my mother's womb. 14 Thank you for making me so wonderfully complex! Your workmanship is marvelous—how well I know it.
15 You watched me as I was being formed in utter seclusion, as I was woven together in the dark of the womb. 16 You saw me before I was born. Every day of my life was recorded in your book. Every moment was laid out before a single day had passed.
How precious are your thoughts about me, O God. They cannot be numbered!
When I read this in Psalm 139, I think of my own kids. I was committed to them before they were even born. As I watch them learn to walk and laugh and develop into who they are, I delight in seeing them mature.
Jesus delights in seeing you mature, He wants you to be confident that He is completely committed to your success... But God will not violate your free will. He also will not violate truth, or justice.
He won't force you to approach Him. He won't force you to agree with Him...He won't force you to desire spending time in His presence. He won't force you into the decisions that will release His life, the only satisfying source of life, into your life or the life of others.
BUT, He did tell us how to be His. He said "remain in me and I will remain in you." Talk to me and I will talk to you. It is so simple anyone can do it, and so simple most people will not with any sort of intensity.
If you want to know the one who breathes out stars, the one who moves the nations, the one who is coming soon to take possession of all He owns...just reach for Him. Ask Him to help you want more of Him in your life. Ask Him to give you a hunger for His presence, and a mind and heart that agree with Him. You can steer your desire to anything you want, but when you steer it towards Him you find life, and life more abundantly. The more you give Him, the more you get of Him and all the wonder that comes with Him. He wants your spirit to burn brightly with His light on the inside of you!
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