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