Wow, Jesus has been teaching me so much in recent months/days/hours/minutes. It's been a wild adventure, difficult at times, exhilarating at others. One thing-a new epiphany more ancient than the ocean itself- has been causing this adventure....here it is....
Jesus is a Person.
I know you are reading that thinking..."yeah, I know, He's a person." But stop and really take that in for a second. There are a lot of implications for us if this is really true (and it is!). Life itself has a Name, and His Name is Jesus.
This means we can encounter Him. As a Person. He is as real as you or me (probably even more so). Every second of every day, He stands poised to love you and minister to you. He stands before God right now at this moment FOR YOU, interceding.
This also means that He is not stagnant and boring. He is a Person, with feelings and emotions. He feels joy and sorrow, He engages with us on a personal level all the time.
Picture Him. See Him with the eyes of your heart. Let Him love you in any way He should choose to. And know that if you have surrender your life to Him, you are a child of the King. He has ushered you into His Kingdom...out of darkness. He has given you new, clean clothes in place of the rags you once wore. We don't have to be afraid. We can go to Jesus. Right now.
Selah.
I know that this is scary at first---believe me, I know. I was afraid that Jesus would be angry with me. After all, He has seen every single mistake...all the dirt that I've rolled in. Questions rolled through my mind: What if my dirt stains His brilliance? What if He is angry?
But, Jesus just waited for me, smiling brightly. See, there is no fear in love...because He has already drank the cup of the Father's wrath. There is no wrath for us when we are in Him. There is no condemnation in Him.
Receive His love. You were created for this. Dream, live in wonder...and remember...
"Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen." Ephesians 3:20-21
