“ Faith is more than an attitude of mind, faith is the complete, passionate, earnest trust of our whole nature in the Gospel of God’s grace as it is presented in the Life and Death and Resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ. ”
Oswald Chambers, taken from The Complete Works of Oswald Chambers, Run Today’s Race
“Outside of the will of God, there’s nothing I want, and in the will of God there’s nothing I fear.” -AW Tozer
YESS!!!!
I choose praying for the sake of spending time with You over praying for the sake of seeking revival.
I choose worshipping you for the sake of honoring Your name over worshipping for the sake of “feeling” more of you.
I choose reading Your Word for the sake of hearing Your still, small voice…
mmmmmmmmmhmmmm
but God if there is anything that I take delight in more than I do in You, please take it away.
If there is a person I like to spend time with,
If there is a thing I cherish,
If there is a reputation or an image I would like to keep,Oh God, please be a jealous God and take all those things away.
I want my heart to belong to You and You only.
WOOOWW. YESSS.
Too many times has my mouth and heart has professed the empty words to my Lord, “I love you.”
That through those very empty words, I have once again hurt my Beloved.
Yet…
He has touched me.
He has held me deep into His heart.
He has redeemed from my sentence I deserve.
He has placed a crown and robe upon me.
This past wilderness, Jesus has revealed the depths my heart there is so much that I am holding back from Him and that in the end I do not really love Him.
That compared to His love for me, my love is hate.
Once again He sets His gaze at me and ask, “ Jane, do you love me?”
I answer, “Yes Lord, I love you.”
Again He sets His gaze at me and ask, “ Jane, do you love me?”
I answer, “Yes Lord, I love you.”
And again He sets His gaze at me and ask, “ Jane, do you love me?”
He is asking me if I love Him from the deepest of my heart, with the entirety of my soul and passion, and with every single thought that races across my mind.
He is asking me if I love Him even if I never make it into my Promise Land like Moses.
He is asking me if I love Him at the cost of carrying my cross and denying my flesh daily.
He is asking me if I love Him to be willing to walk through the narrow, lonely road.
He is asking me if love Him to be willing to die in love for the friend, the neighbor, the enemy around me for the stake of His Name and His Kingdom.
He is asking me if I love Him enough to walk with Him through the rain and the sun in all seasons.
He is asking me if I love Him so that much that my faith and trust has no end and no measures in Him.
He is asking me if I love Him, then obey.
He is asking me if I love Him, then feed His sheep.
He is asking me if I love Him, then go out into the ends of the world and preach His everlasting love and make disciples of the Kingdom.
He is asking me if I love Him, then anxiously wait in great anticipation for His coming.
I fall down at His feet and confess, “Lord, I have fallen so far from your goodness. But Lord you know my heart. Yes, Lord I love you.”
WAHHHHH. Thank you Lord for your grace. I am so underserving. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Lord, I love you!!!!!