I want my Bible to be written in and marked up. I want the pages to be worn. I want to know God more, I want to "lean in" as I talked about to my high school friends last night. I want to align myself with Christ. I want to experience a perfect love. I want to find my rest in the Lord.
What kind of relationship would you have if you sat back and let the other person do all the work? It's a mutual investment, we have the God of the universe on the other side of the table eager to pursue us. He has given everything to be in a relationship with us and he longs for us to lean into him. To show an interest in knowing him. I gave my high school guys the analogy of taking a girl on a date. When you're on a date with a girl you really like are you going to be sitting back with your arms crossed, texting, watching tv, looking around? Or will you be leaning in, asking questions waiting for the answers, captivated by the person across the table from you? I would say the second... You have a genuine interest in the person across from you, they are the reason you are there, everything else is secondary. You take all the steps to show them how much you appreciate them you open doors, leave your phone in the car, have your back to distractions. THIS is how Jesus feels about us. He is so enthralled with us, He wants nothing more than to express his perfect love for us. He wants to know us. He wants us to know Him! Am I leaning in to Him like he is leaning into me?
Imagine a relationship where you can never match the other persons love for you. No matter how much you lean in you will never fall out of his love. You can keep falling in love with Him and he will always have more love to offer, His love is the only perfect love. This relationship is what all other relationships are to be based off of. To me it is so encouraging and I am excited to be able to experience this perfect love. Be filled with his perfect love.
And what did I do to deserve this kind of love? Nothing.
No comments:
Post a Comment