I would be a fool to think that only I have wisdom to bestow upon my friends, family, and internet strangers. Although I haven't asked for permission to reveal his name in this post, I have to share it with you all because it is beautiful, simple truth. This is a text message I received from a friend I met a long time ago at my home church, who recently revealed himself to be unabashedly on fire for Christ:
I don’t know about you, but I quite regularly get this lie stuck in my head. Its reasoning is as follows: I love God and I am never going to turn my back on him, so He really doesn’t need to reward me anymore; since I am already in the kingdom, my personal comforts don’t matter; it makes sense for Him to do miracles in front of and unto unbelievers because they have yet to be saved, but if I have a hurt or a need or desire, God doesn’t have to fulfill that to win me over because He already has me. THIS IS A LIE! God loves us unconditionally. Whether we curse Him or bless Him, believe in Him or not, live by His Spirit or not, His love for us is the same infinite love.
Hebrews 11:6 NIV
“And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him.”
I came across this passage last night. In order to please God with our faith, we have to be optimists, we have to believe He will bless us, we have to believe that God had a plan of prosperity for our lives, we have to believe that He is going to do miracles to us and through us because He loves us. The Lord God is ravished over you, He is so infatuated with you that He can’t help but bless you, He sees just how much of a treasure you are that He bought all the dirt your past buried you in just so He could have you. You are precious to Him no matter what you do or where you are in your walk with Him. Don't ever let the lies that have plagued me overcome you. You Savior conquered a death most gruesome to rescue you. He didn’t rescue you to leave you alone for the rest of your life, He rescued you to be with you always to the very end of this age.
Grace and Peace,
A Humble Servant of the Almighty
God, I just thank you so much that we were designed for fellowship. When two or more of your people gather, there Your spirit dwells. Thank you for moving through the people around me to encourage me and strengthen my faith, and I pray that I would have the chance and the boldness to do the same for them. Everything You create, everything You design is beautiful, and I couldn't be more in love with You, Jesus, Lover of my soul.
Amen.
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