If GOD were a genie and HE asks you for ONE request
that HE would fulfill
what would that ONE thing be?
I bet that ONE thing just popped in your mind,
but then you started thinking, but maybe I really want _______.
But what if GOD has given us that ONE thing
that would answer all our WANTS & NEEDS?
I am going to get Christian~ese on you,
even though you all know the ONE thing that I am going to say~
JESUS.
Now don't stop now.
As tears are dripping down my face, unannounced as they are taking me by surprise,
it is because my ONE request is for all to
RECEIVE & BELIEVE IN JESUS.
Can't you just see it now
if
JESUS was our ONLY WANT & NEED~
then wouldn't we have
& wouldn't all our loved ones have
all that we WANT & NEED?
JESUS would be the main guest at every gathering
and
whenever
FEAR or ANXIETY or BITTERNESS or ANGER
would come like a firing arrow,
JESUS would grab it with
HIS UNDYING LOVE
that would shout
"Leave MY CHILD alone".
Then HIS PEACE that transcends all understanding
would guard our hearts
and we would stand in amazement
that we could feel so PEACEFUL
despite the fiery arrows
because
JESUS covers all
while we are living in the here & now~
even though we can't stop the whatevers & the whomevers
that come like arrows.
But we would all know that JESUS is with us
and we get a pre-taste of the fruition of that one day when
"HE will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away” (Revelation 21:4).
Doesn't that just bring you
HOPE in the midst of DOUBT
PEACE in the midst of ANXIETY
JOY in the midst of DESPAIR
and so much more
because
when we make JESUS OUR ONLY OPTION
everything just stops in an instant
because
JESUS becomes all we WANT & NEED
as HE meets each one us right where we are
and never leaves our side,
just as OUR FATHER
who knows all
and sees all~
"YOU keep track of all my sorrows
YOU have collected all my tears in YOUR bottle.
YOU have recorded each one in YOUR book" (Psalm 56:8).
So don't you see it because HE SEES you.
As long as we are journeying through the here & now
we don't do it alone
because we have all that we WANT & NEED
when we make
JESUS all we WANT & NEED.
And then the arrows may prick a bit
yet can't steal away
WHO GOD IS
WHO JESUS IS
WHO THE HOLY SPIRIT IS
when we
"STAND IN FAITH" (listen to the song below)
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