That's where the rubber meets the road. That's where you see what you truly believe. And that's where Satan attacks you. That's where he'll question whether you truly believe or not.
Satan is not intimidated or impressed with your big confessions of God's love at church, with your friends, on your blog or wherever, if only he can keep you from truly believing that you're loved by God just the way you are!
To know that you're God's Beloved is the biggest revelation anybody can receive. And it's the revelation that Satan fears the most.
If you - when the door is closed and you're all alone with your thoughts know that you know that you know that you're LOVED just the way you are, not the way you should be, could've been or will be and that God will love you just the same whether you sit in a couch and eat potato chips until you die or you travel the world and share the Gospel of Christ until you die - then you know the peace of God! Then you know your standing before God! And then Satan is terrified of you. Then he knows that you know that it's not about your power, but it's about Christ living in you! And nothing scares Satan more than God's children who truly know that they are loved.
Do you know that for yourself? Or are you still trying to earn God's love? Are you in ministry to impress God or other people? Or do you serve God because the "love of Christ compels you" as Paul puts it in 2 Corinthians 5, 14. Or to update Paul's words a little bit: "I serve God because I simply can't help myself" Paul knew he was loved. Therefore he was free to serve and give.
If you serve God for any other reason than that....you're serving under the law not under grace!
So what do you believe when the door is closed and you're all alone with your thoughts?
God bless you as you ask him to reveal his love for you! It's only through revelation that we can know that we are loved just the way we are!
Torben
1 comment:
I'm not sure I truly believe that God loves me, if I have to be quite honest. In glimpses maybe but not continuously. I don't know ... Others I've met find it very easily to grasp but I just find it very, very, very difficult. It seems to me that you've gone through a process where you really embraced God's love... Was there anything in particular that made you realize that God really loves you? Anything you heard, learnt ... or was it just a long process?
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