Thoughts of the day.... Have you ever felt that you need or want to do more for God? Sometimes it feels as though we have not done enough to please His requirements of us. But the truth is…there is nothing we can do to impress our Blessed Savior. I wish I could tell Him the depth of my gratitude and the amount of love I have for His Son, Jesus of Nazareth. Every time I say I Love Jesus…I mean it, for there is no other in my life who has loved me as much as Jesus. There are no limits that I can grasp, no depths to His love for me. Yet I feel as though I do not fulfill my end of the bargain. How can I express my love to Him? There is a song by the band Leeland called “I Wonder” that articulates these thoughts perfectly. It talks about what we have to offer in our words as praise to His Eminence, that are just not enough, it feels like it falls short, empty, utterly incomplete. For the last while I have thought about the words of this song and what do I have to offer God that would be good enough for Him. Words seem so insufficient, so I offer my tears of joy, yet these also feel somewhat way below what I wish to say to Jesus. I just read about His transcendence, and I realized that I can say something like this to Him….”remember when I went through this, and I thought…..” and …”remember when that happened to me”…and....why did this happen? He will know exactly what I am talking about. There is nothing that He does not know about. Why did I have to go through this? He knows. It is an enlightening fact that He was there when I had those thoughts, went through those experiences, and He knows all the experiences and feelings I felt when I felt them. Nothing escapes Him. He felt what I felt, seen what I seen, and was there every step of the way. Jesus, our Lord, which is to say our Master…knows all at all times! Nothing escapes Him. Not one littlest issue that might overcome us, not one happy moment. As David said, “where can I hide, for you are there.” Not even a glance to a pretty flower blowing in the wind that I might enjoy, for He put it there! For those who are His, this is a comforting fact, but for those who refuse to bow to Him, it is a terrorizing thought. I have figured one thing out…I can speak of my love of Jesus to the whole world! Even though this might cost me an invitation to a friend’s house, or I might be left out of gatherings because I care more about Jesus than anything else this world has to offer, so be it. Why do I care what I have here, in the here and now, when I will have Him, in His fulfillment of all that He is, complete, lacking nothing! So this is my thoughts for today, whether I am climbing a ladder, or digging a ditch, writing a letter, writing cheques, I know He is there, watching, caring, loving me. One thing I am certain about, is the fact that if I put Jesus first in all aspects of my life, then all things will be given me. As Abraham was obedient in his faith that God would do as he said, so too my/our faithfulness will be what He desires most from us. So to answer the sadness of my heart, I have come to know what He expects from me/us. That is, Faith! Realizing that nothing I do will make God love me more than how He loves me is the beginning of understanding how to please Him. He loves me because that is who He is, Love! Have a good night everyone, you also do not know how much I love you all. I am blessed beyond measure for all those that Jesus has seen fit to bring into my life!
Posted on: Fri, 27 Sep 2013 04:46:03 +0000
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