Feeding On Jesus

Just accept it. For the rest of your life, you're going to need a whole lot of grace. And for the rest of your life, there will be an abundance of it! God the Father designed for us to live lives completely dependent on this. Today we start a brand new series on this topic... come and join me!

Jesus was gentle with the bruised and broken. He was not quarrelsome, but wise in His responses. His life brought hope to the multitudes. Today we take a soak in these truths, meditating on His nature. May the same be said of us that is said of Him, as we walk in His footsteps!

Life on Planet Earth includes inevitable hurt in relationships. How do we handle the overwhelming emotions that accompany betrayals and disappointments? Jesus has a way. You might be surprised by what He has to say about this...

How often do you live your life under the hunch that you are disappointing God... at least a little bit? If this is frequently the case, I have wonderful news for you. He is unceasingly proud of you. This is the unchangeable nature of His heart towards you.

Jesus' prayers for you are intervening on your behalf... right now. Right now, He is saving you through His personal intercession for you. And He calls you and me to learn to pray the way He does: nestled into the Father's bosom.

Prayer was never meant to be burdonsome. Instead, God created it to be an overflow of our oneness with Him. As we inhabit our place "between His shoulders," His very own prayers bubble up within us and spill out in beautiful unison with His Spirit.

God wants you to know that He remembers everything you have ever done for Him. He treasures each act and gift of love that you bring to Him. When you give Him something dear to your heart, it marks Him for all eternity.

In order to stay encouraged in this life, we need to "see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living." What does His goodness look like? Certainly, a longed-for outcome becoming reality would be a manifestation of His goodness. However, He wants even more than that for us. He wants us to see Him for who He is: a good, good Father. When we truly perceive His goodness, that is where true hope is born.

Our culture loudly trumpets the message that a successful life is one marked by wealth, status, and recognition by others. God has a completely different way of viewing our lives. Have we learned to love? This is the only question that will matter at the end of the day... and the end of all things.

Is humility synonymous with self-criticism? Not in the slightest. True humility develops when we become entirely taken with the beauty of Jesus. As our gaze moves move and more onto Him, we forget about being too focused on ourselves. What glorious freedom results when He becomes our everything!