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Written by Aaron Sparks
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Sunday, 10 May 2009 17:05 |
You know, the thing I think a lot about is why God went to such great lengthes to restore His relationship with us. The only answer that continually comes back is Love, pure unconditional risky love. I mean really, do you realize what God is offering us? I don’t think we do.
The point isn’t just a hope in Heaven, but a relationship with God, here and now. Much like God sought to walk with Adam and Eve in the Garden. And how Enoch walked with God to a point where He simply says, “Just come on home with me.” God seeks to be present in our life everyday.
God subjects his Son to unimaginable pain and suffering (not just physical, because that’s what we tend to focus on, but a very real spiritual separation from Him) just so that we can be reunited with Him. And I’m not just talking in Heaven, but he dwells in us, here on Earth! Remember that whole Holy Spirit thing, a counselor that Jesus would leave behind and that we get as the free gift once we’ve taken the plunge and devoted our life to Christ? That’s God desiring to spend time with us like in the Garden of Eden before the first sin! It’s God desiring to walk with us daily!
And yet we have this incredible power within us, who dwells in us, who offers us the fruit from his spirit (and I could really go on about the benefits of God dwelling in us) and how do we live our life? How great is God’s grace and mercy! How great is his patience with us! How long will we take to notice this wonderful almighty compassionate Being is living IN us! We have it better than people in the Old Testament had, and yet we’ve denied who or whose we really are! People in the OT dreamed, visioned, hoped for the day we are living in...
“These were all commended for their faith, yet none of them received what had been promised. God had planned something better for us so that only together with us would they be made perfect.” -Heb. 11:39-40
How can we continue to live the lives the way we do, with miniscule repentence to our lives? We rebuff against the change God seeks to make in us, the potential he sees in us. He desires to turn us into valuable gold pieces to be presented in His heavenly throne, and we only desire to remain crude metal shapes that, for the most part, are still unusable, because we don’t seek to be refined by the fires of discipline and the shaping of trials and suffering.
We’re not willing to give up this comfortable lifestyle for what could have been a wild ride of God’s adventure. Can you really say you’re a disciple of Christ? See, if anybody ever told you this was going to be easy... they lied.
Read Luke 14:25-33... no really, go pick up a Bible and read it before you read the rest of this, K? Now pray about its meaning, and read it again. Still don’t understand what Jesus is saying here? Pray and read it again.
“In the same way, any of you who does not give up everything he has cannot be my disciple.” -Luke 14:33
God bought us at an incomprehensible price (because I don’t think we can ever fully understand what price was paid), he saw potential in you, he desired to be present in your life, and how have you shown your thanks? Let me tell you this, the more you desire Him to be more present in your life, the more joy you will experience and the sufferings of this world begin to matter less and less. May you find the desires of your heart in Him and in Him only.
-Aaron✌♥n☧
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Last Updated ( Friday, 15 May 2009 17:06 )
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