I have been in a state of confusion,
because I have been
leaning on my own understanding
and striving to
make others understand me,
when actually
I am the one causing confusion
because
I am trying to do the impossible
and that is to
PROVE JESUS.
I can't,
because
only JESUS can PROVE HIMSELF
the moment HE enters into your heart.
HE is indescribable.
HE is beyond words.
I can't experience JESUS for another.
JESUS came
ONCE and for ALL.
Everyone NEEDS JESUS.
If I will just step aside and
let JESUS defend HIMSELF,
I will save myself a lot of time and energy.
But I can't seem to keep my mouth shut
about
THE LOVE OF JESUS.
But at times it turns against me,
when I realize that I am trying to
PROVE that JESUS lives in me,
instead of just LETTING JESUS speak for HIMSELF,
like HE did for me
the moment
I opened my mouth and asked HIM to come into my life.
Because the moment I did,
my HEART was OPENED to
A LOVE that never stops LOVING.
A LOVE that
HEALS the BROKENHEARTED.
A LOVE that
FORGIVES the UNFORGIVABLE.
A LOVE that
GRACES every part of your
being
so that you can't contain HIS LOVE,
in that you have to SHARE HIM with everyone.
And that my friend is a GOOD thing,
but can be turned into a not so GOOD thing
when HIS LOVE lands on deaf ears.
I was deaf long ago.
I never thought that I NEEDED JESUS,
because JESUS was for the SINNERS.
How could I be a SINNER
when I never killed anyone,
when I never robbed a bank,
when I never did "those" things that where real SINS.
But boy oh boy,
I was GUILTY as SIN,
because we are all born
GUILTY with SIN, from the moment we let out our first cry.
How could a baby SIN?
A baby can't,
but the stain of SIN is in our DNA,
from our ancestors
Adam & Eve.
A precious innocent baby
deemed a sinner.
But lo and behold,
because
GOD SO LOVES
the baby HE CREATES
HE doesn't want the baby to be condemned as a SINNER.
So what does GOD do?
HE SENDS A BABY.
HE SENDS HIS SON
to be swaddled as A BABY,
to grow up to be A MAN,
to be swaddled in grave clothes,
to remove those grave clothes,
to rise from the dead,
so HE can SWADDLE ALL who BELIEVE IN HIM
with
HIS LOVE that removes the inherited SIN
that covers every human being from the moment we let out our first cry.
I know you know this.
But what a reminder
to go back to the beginning,
to the very beginning,
to your very beginning
and my very beginning.
And then to stop.
And to fast forward to your today.
Do you have the LOVE OF JESUS in your HEART.
I do.
And as tears are filling my being,
I am finally letting go of
trying to PROVE JESUS
and to PROVE that
JESUS LOVES ME.
What a freeing moment.
But as tears fill my being,
I am not letting go
of telling others about
THE LOVE OF JESUS,
because I can't contain myself.
To LOVE JESUS is to
KNOW JESUS,
and when you KNOW JESUS
you EXPERIENCE JESUS,
as HE becomes
LIVING PROOF inside of you.
So the words
"TO BE STILL AND KNOW THAT I AM GOD"
(Psalm 46:10)
are a resounding TRUTH
that pierces my HEART,
reminding me that
GOD IS GOD
and
JESUS IS JESUS
and
THE HOLY SPIRIT IS THE HOLY SPIRIT
and
I am just little 'ole me
and you are just little 'ole you
who has a
BIG GOD
who
LOVES BIG
and HIS LOVE
is BIG ENOUGH FOR EVERYONE!.
Enjoy
HIS LOVE TODAY
and
Tomorrow
and
into
ETERNITY,
when we will all
REJOICE and
PRAISE HIM TOGETHER FOREVER~
"that at the name of JESUS every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue declare that JESUS IS LORD, to the glory of GOD THE FATHER"
(Philippians 2:10-11).
But let's not wait for that day,
and PRAISE HIM in the NOW
and
"RAISE A HALLELUJAH"
(listen to the song below)
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