Passionate Lover.

Even if this should seem impossible in the eyes of the remnant of this people, shall it in those days be impossible in my eyes also, says the Lord of hosts? (Zechariah 8:6)

It’s the classic plot for a romantic comedy: A man is in love with a woman who doesn’t seem to know he exists. He goes out of his way to run into her, he sends her flowers, he writes love letters. And still she scorns him. He hates seeing how her other suitors leave her disappointed and empty. But he can’t envision life without her, so he continues doing everything he can to make her fall in love with him. Finally, somewhere in the depths of her heart, she realizes it’s meant to be. In the end, they ride off together into the sunset.

We may be a bit embarrassed to think that God loves us in a very similar way. He is jealous for us. Don’t worry; this jealousy is not the selfish, “green-eyed monster” type. It’s a jealousy that passionately wants the best for us. And that “best,” of course, is to be united with the Lord. We were created for him. Any other suitor, anything else that competes for our love, only threatens the “happy ending” that God has in store for us.

You may look at your life with some skepticism. You may not think you’re worthy of such passionate love from God. It’s easy to focus on the obstacles or the other “lovers” that have claims on our hearts. But thank goodness God doesn’t look at things with our eyes! He is ready to go out and fight all of his opponents: our sin, our guilt, anything that accuses us. He will stop at nothing to redeem us and make us completely his.

So let God woo you. As deep calls to deep, let him sweep you off your feet. There is no area in your life that he can’t win over by the power of his love. There is no element of your resistance that he cannot wear down. Just be still, and let him show you the beauty and peace that come from a life devoted to him. That’s how attractive he is!

“Lord, I am like the Beloved in the Song of Songs, hiding from you. As the Bridegroom of my soul, win me over with your single-minded devotion to me. I am yours!”

taken from wau.org

Fix the Viruses

A virus sets to corrupt the original intention of a product/creature. The original intention of God for us was that we have fellowship with Him, consistently and continually. That we His creatures are always reliant on/in Him. However, over time we have allowed certain viruses to corrupt this original nature. Viruses of fear: fear of what is to come, of guilt; guilt of what has already happened, of pride; pride in what we think we have achieved, etc... the list can go on and on.

Consequently, there is a need for an anti-virus. An efficacious panacea to all these meddling spiritual "microbes"- Your connection to the Lord. Yes,indeed our connection to the Lord, serves as the ultimate anti-virus. We must remain in Him. Like any anti-virus, there has to be daily or sometimes, hourly updates. Thus we need to be consistently reminding ourselves of His love, mercy, power, who He is, His compassion etc....As we meditate on scripture and engage in prayer, throughout the day. as Jesus Himself implored us to remain connected to the vine, we have to make an effort to lock out these viruses, that we will live that victorious life we have been purposed to have.Amen.