You Are Loved

Have you ever awoken from your sleep and felt there has been a great battle in your soul while you slept?  I cannot recall details at this time but I know there is grief and anguish in the battle--a call from God.  He is calling us to lay aside our differences, our hurts and wounds, even our rights.  Because the enemy has launched and is waging his attack through the guise of social justice and a fight for rights.  The enemy wants to put you in a box and contain you and put out any light that may shine forth from your life.  The enemy's plans will imprison you and make you angry, weak and marginalized.  You must deny him access to your soul, your spirit.  Only One can give you healing, wholeness and freedom. That One is Jesus Christ. 

The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy.  I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.~John 10:10

The enemy tells you that you must fight to be seen and heard. 
Oh, sweet friend, do not let him have this stronghold in your life. 
God sees you.
He knows you.
He loves you and wants a relationship with you. 
God never puts you in a box. 
God does not divide us by color, status, privilege, ethnic groups, talents, gifts....
God does not consider these things because He created you for purpose on purpose.

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope.~ Jeremiah 29:11

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His abundant mercy has begotten us again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead ~ 1 Peter 1:3

If you feel hemmed in, the enemy is at work in your life.  Yes, we all have challenges because we live in a fallen world and we cannot control the circumstances in our lives.  In this world, many times we choose to elevate our rights and our opinions above our Almighty God.  Why do we do that when God is LOVE?  Why do we do that when God is a Holy God of ORDER?  He is our CREATOR GOD.  He knew you before you were made!  HE SEES YOU! 

For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world but that the world through Him might be saved. ~ John 3:17

He paid your bail with His Blood!!!  If you refuse to believe Him and reject Him and His Word, He allows your decision to move you into a place of judgement which will reap consequences in due time.

I have come as a light into the world, that whoever believes in Me should not abide in darkness.  And if anyone hears My words and does not believe, I do not judge him: for I did not come to judge the world but to save the world.  He who rejects Me, and does not receive My words, has that which judges him--the word that I have spoken will judge him in the last day. ~ John 12:46-48

Oh friend, repent.  Let God love you, let Him direct your steps.  He wants life and freedom for you.  Not just for you but that you may fulfill His command and His purposes and draw others nearer to Him. 

Our souls long for validation....but in the end the only validation that arrests the heart and soul of man is from God through His Son Jesus Christ. 

Think about Jesus' example.  He left His place of authority and glory to come to this earth and to clothe Himself in flesh along with its limitations. 

For we do not have a High Priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but was in all points tempted as we are yet without sin. ~ Hebrews 4:15

He did that so you would know how much He cares for you.  But He didn't just come for a visit and leave us on our own.  He suffered death on the cross so we would know that He knows our sufferings and to show us He values our relationship with Him.  How can we continue to demand anything from Him?  He gave us EVERYTHING.  No one else can do that for you.

...put off concerning your former conduct, the old man which grows corrupt according to the deceitful lusts, and be renewed in the spirit of your mind, and that you put on the new man which was created according to God, in true righteousness and holiness.  ~ Ephesians 4:22-24

BE MORE

In a world that competes for every moment, we race from one thing to the next because the world convinces us that we need to DO MORE, ACHIEVE MORE, BE MORE. In this race--in the rush, the enemy will hijack you and your purpose. Because he calls you to DO MORE, BE MORE, GIVE MORE to the point of exhaustion and emptiness and numbness.

BE MORE? Isn't that elusive?

How do you know when enough is enough?

Did you give the enemy room in your life all while "saving the world"?

Did you allow the enemy to blur the lines and muddy your purpose while you receive the approval of men?

Do you know who you are?

Do you know who you want to be?

BE MORE....

Do you hear the call to peace and quiet?

Do you feel the beckoning to slow down?

Is your body telling you it's time to rest, to listen?

O Christian, are you alert to the promptings of the Holy Spirit who lives inside of you?

A Holy God is calling you to AWAKE, to STOP and TO BE.

BE AVAILABLE.   BE KIND.  BE LOVING.  BE HELPFUL.  BE GENEROUS. 

BE REAL. BE HONEST.

AWAKE, MY LOVE, BE QUIET, BE HUMBLE, BE PRESENT.

BASK IN MY LOVE AND SHARE IT WITH OTHERS.

This is all you need to BE ALIVE.

"And do this, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep; for now our salvation is nearer than when we first believed. The night is far spent, the day is at hand. Therefore let us cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armor of light. Let us walk properly, as in the day, not in revelry and drunkenness, not in lewdness and lust, not in strife and envy. But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to fulfill its lusts." Romans 13:11-14

"The Spirit of the Lord God is upon Me, Because the Lord has anointed Me To preach good tidings to the poor; He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted, To proclaim liberty to the captives, And the opening of the prison to those who are bound" Isaiah 61:1