There are times we want to quit. We want to lie down, We’ve had enough: Discouraged, disheartened, frustrated, unsure, disappointed, unhappy. The thoughts roll through our minds. This stinks! I quit. It’s too hard! I don’t want to do this anymore. Frustration is besting us.
God is the needle, and we are the thread.
Other times we want to rebel. I don’t like this. I’m going to do it my way. But God is with us in those moments too. The truth is, we are not in it alone. God has bound Himself to us. God is the lead person in the relationship, and we are the follower.
Remember this principle, because it holds true. As an African believer once said to a young minister, “God is the needle, and we are the thread.”
To quit would be to miss out on something, The Someone, the One Who is delightful and totally present. It is easy to stumble when it comes to who is going to be the boss. We like to be our own boss. It seems safest that way. The opposite is actually true. Contrary to what one might think, God is a wonderful leader. He gives and gives in the relationship. He also empowers us and gives us courage.
When God becomes our all in all, it is possible to live in victory regardless of everything and everyone in our lives. He gives us what we need at the time we need it and then some. If you have known anyone who walks close to God in this way, you will see that they no longer operate out of fear, doubt, bitterness, or uncertainty. They have a calmness and unhurried state, much like, it seems, Jesus did.
God is our friend. He seeks intimacy with us.
We either are in the real, or we are not in the real. The basic idea underlying the whole biblical story, creation through today, is this great compelling of God with His creation, specifically with human kind.
God desires close friendship with us.
God wants us to yield our cares, desires, needs, troubles, hurts—all of them, to Him. God wants to be our closest of relationships, to become the One whom we personally love the very most, more than any of our human relationships, even more than our own desires and wants, and more than our own right to self. God loves us. We are dear to His heart.
Why is this? We’re only human.
That’s just it. We are created for God. We are not complete until we find our full completeness in God. He has been drawing us to this union of soul-to-God connectedness. God’s love for us is strong, passionate.
God desires to be loved which is one of the reasons He created us in the first place. God longs for us, to know us and to be known by us, and to find our joy in Him.
God’s love is more fulfilling than any other love.
God’s love is totally unselfish, totally life-giving, and totally trans-formative in nature. God takes what we give Him, and then He inserts His healing strength. He understands sorrow for He has suffered. He understands pain, for He has experienced pain. He also IS love. His very essence is love. It is His wish to give us a taste of His beauty and to satisfy us in His presence.
God is a deep well which never goes dry. He offers refreshing water so that we will never thirst again. In Him, is life eternal. Those who seek Him with an open mind and heart will find the supernatural to be very close. God speaks today.
We’re not quite done yet but getting close.
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