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Jesus Knows Me, This I Love

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God’s Word tells us to cast our anxieties on Him because He cares for us. His care doesn’t make our lives pain-free. Rather, His care gets us ready for eternity! He vouches to use all things, the good and the bad, to make us like Jesus. How awesome is that?! On a good day (even an “ok” day) I pumped about God’s promises! Just give me more of Him and less of me, please! But, if I’m honest, on a bad day, when anxious thoughts and discontentment flood my heart, I find myself craving a promise far less beautiful. In fact, I told God about it years ago. I said, “I wish you’d promised an easy life because I’d take easy over what you promised.” Yikes! Just like Esau, I was ready to trade my blessing for a bowl of stew. In that moment, I lost sight of the Gospel. And I lost sight of the beauty of Jesus. I was ready to trade in my peace with God for temporary peace on earth! But you know what’s so amazing about Jesus? It’s that even though I lost sight of Him, He never once lost sight of me. The “Hound of Heaven” never stopped pursuing my heart. And He won’t stop. He’s given me His Word that nothing I’ll encounter in this life can separate me from His love - not death, not demons, not disease and not even myself! When I see that promise with eyes of faith, all I can do is worship! And give thanks to Him that my fickle feelings won’t have the last say. For Jesus knows me, this I love.

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Thank you for your honesty with tempered reminding of who our God is. I had a similar conversation with the lord earlier today. I know I need to run to the lord to talk to him about not wanting to even talk to him instead, I would stubbornly like to try in my mind, plan a, me fixing my own heart before I even talk to him. That's not the gospel, but my heart leans that way. I can relate. Thank you Anne Marie.

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