One of the greatest breakthroughs that has occurred in my mind these past couple years is the reality that God is for me. He really is, in everything, every aspect of my life. Even to this day, there are thoughts, and temptaitons to believe otherwise, but I know the truth. What does this look like practically? Here are just a few examples.
1. Sin. When I sin, God doesn’t separate Himself from me. I used to believe that so much. The salvation story, of God and man being separated by our sin and such seemed to have crept its way into my post salvation mindset as well. I believed if I messed up in some way I was more or less on a time out. That I had to “sit in the corner” as God cleaned the dirt off of me and stayed away from my dirtiness. SUCH A LIE! God is love and love moves close. When you betray those you love, when you hurt them, when you sin, someone who LOVES moves close, they don’t leave you. They move close. The old “Footprints” story comes to mind, and while that story focused on the “tough trials” and difficult seasons, I would let it work in areas of sin as well.
2. Ministry. When I minister to someone, God isn’t out to sabotage me, and isn’t shy about showing up. I so often would battle with the fear that He is not going to show up when I prophesy or pray for someone’s healing or whatever. That’s a lie too. That would imply that God doesn’t want to show up in someone’s life. That He doesn’t want to change the world and impact it with His love. To minister to someone is to serve someone, to serve someone is to love someone. He shows up, because He wants to and He’s honored to be included in your serving.
3.Personal. When I interact with God personally. He’s not hiding from me, He’s not playing hard to get. It’s not an opportunity to spurn me on to striving to be with Him. The question is: “Am I present? Am I really engaging?” It’s not work to do this. It’s conversational, relational and more. In my history I have had difficulty engaging deeply with people, a fear of intimacy more or less. Naturally the same might occur in my interaction with God. He wants intimacy but I got to be there myself, it’s a two way street. As a result, when I simply sit down and chat with Him, it can be beautiful. When I’m fully present, there, available, interested, He shows up and He loves it. I give, He receives. He gives, I receive… It’s beautiful.
Those are just a few examples, but there are so many more… Maybe I’ll add them later….
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