His Beautiful Mess

Jesus feels what we feel because He loves us and aches to see us in pain.   Jesus knows the plans for each of us will ultimately be a source of rejoicing, regardless of Satan's attempt to dismay, distract and harm us. But the marvelous message is that even though Jesus sees the healing, grace, and help that lie ahead on each of our paths, His mercy is still abundantly available to help us through our suffering.  His sovereign knowledge will never negate his compassion.  He will not let us go through the woundedness alone even though He knows the final, triumphant outcome for each hurtful situation in our lives.  His ability to reach our aching places with love-initiated salvation drew us to Him in the first place. So what are we supposed to do in suffering? 1. Believe in Your Heart that God is in Control -We need to be brought back to the reality of Jesus' power, sovereignty, and love.  Let's jump to the story of Lazurus.  Mary and Martha asked that...

Jesus wants us to make sitting at His feet in order to know Him intimately our top priority in life.  What should be our top priority in life? Sitting at Jesus' feet. He wants our doing for Him to grow out of  the passion and love that fill us when we sit at His feet. Your prayer should not be give me grace and strength to actually do that. No, grace and strength have already been given.  Our prayer should be, "Jesus, mold my will that I choose to sit at Your feet." Part of maturing in the Lord is learning to give up some good things in order to do things that are better.  Our relationship with Jesus will be flexible--not burdensome but delightful. If you sit at God's feet and relax in His love, you will be able to absorb new truths in order to carry them out.  If our level of intimacy with Him is solid and we are secure in His acceptance, we will not be overwhelmed or distraught by His loving correction but will welcome it. Jesus knows that as we sit at...