VULNERABILITY~
To expose your heart
without the fear
of
rejection,
yet with an openness to receive whatever
comes your way
with
GRACE.
Who is the most VULNERABLE person?
The ONE who asked the question~
“WHO DO YOU SAY I AM?” (Matthew 16:13).
JESUS!
What if you were so
COURAGEOUSLY
VULNERABLE
that you asked
the same question
to the someone
or the someones
who you would be most
VULNERABLE
because
you depend on their
RESPONSE to define you?
Think about it.
You go before the mirror.
First thing in the morning.
And then you ask,
"Mirror mirror on the wall
Who do you say I am?"
What if the mirror responded with,
You are wrinkly.
You are fat.
You are ugly.
You are not good enough.
You are a failure?
Now you are responsible
for your RESPONSE
because you asked the question.
So how do you RESPOND?
Do you make an appointment to have plastic surgery?
Do you start the perfect diet?
Do you find the perfect outfit to make you feel not ugly?
Do you strive harder to prove that you are not a failure.
Do you run back to bed and hide
and live as not good enough?
BUT then you hear the words
that JESUS is asking you,
"WHO DO YOU SAY I AM?".
JESUS is asking you.
JESUS is asking
lil ole
wrinkly
fat
ugly
not good enough
failure you and I.
Think about it.
JESUS is speaking to you.
JESUS
the ONE who said,
"COME TO ME ALL..." (Matthew 11:28).
And ALL means ALL.
And then you
COME to the mirror
and ask the question again,
yet the YOU you are asking
is not a someone who you are seeking approval
is not you
but
JESUS~
"Mirror mirror on the wall,
who do YOU say I am".
And then you see
HIS FACE
and there is no need to hear any words,
because
JESUS is standing with you.
"Therefore there is now no condemnation
[no guilty verdict, no punishment]
for those who are in CHRIST JESUS
[who believe in HIM as personal LORD and SAVIOR]" (Romans 8:1).
VULNERABILITY~
To expose your heart
without the fear
of
rejection,
yet with an openness to receive whatever
comes your way
with
GRACE.
FIRST THINGS FIRST~
BE VULNERABLE WITH JESUS
because HE
knows what it is like to be
VULNERABLE
as HE hung on OUR CROSS.
For who does
JESUS say you are?
"A CHILD OF LOVE"
(listen to the song below)