the.Sold.Out.Soul

We have been freed.  The chains are gone, the doors are open, and we have been shown the way.  Those who are wise would appreciate that freedom and do whatever it takes to keep it.  Yet, so many of us willfully walk back into bondage.  Let us ask God to show us how we have imprisoned ourselves again so that we can break out of the pattern.

We serve a God who will quench our thirst for him, but that really depends on us.  We can have a little thirst for him, or we can thirst for him like the wandering Ibex searching for a stream in the wilderness.  How much of God do you want?  How thirsty are you?

We come to the Father by way of the Son, and we do so gladly.  Do we ever consider what it means exactly to approach the Father in this way?  Do we remind ourselves of the ways the Son makes our relationship with the Father possible?  Perhaps we should take some time to meditate on how He does this.

Recently, God has been reuniting me with people I thought I had lost forever.  He is restoring friendships I thought I had ruined hopelessly.  Perhaps He wants to do the same for you.  Seek him for that restoration today.

There is much imperfection and evil in this world to distract and disappoint us.  It should not go unnoticed to the believer, and it should remind us of the great hope we have in the life that is to come.  Let us focus on who we will become and what life will be when we get there.

No matter where we have arrived spiritually, we all have so much further we can go.  There is unlimited potential for the children of God, and we need to tap into that potential.  Let us seek God to take us further and deeper, to increase our stamina and our strength, to make us fitter daily.

We sometimes forget that Jesus is a groom who cannot wait to be united with his bride, the Church.  We forget that there is romance in the way He woos us and draws us to him, but there is value in recognizing that aspect of our relationship with the Savior. Let us explore the spiritual romance at play between the groom and his bride.

This message was published almost two years ago, and its relevance has only increased since then.  As the world continues to diverge more and more from God's standards, the Church will be targeted and pressured to conform.  We must understand that remaining steadfast will cause us to lose a lot in this world, but He has promised to restored every single loss.

I cannot deserve the love of God, and neither can you.  Yet, there it is.  It never leaves, it never fails, it never disappointments.  We stray and disobey, but He loves us even still.  He gives us everything of him and asks for everything of us in return, an unfair exchange of love that leaves us always with an overflow.

In light of what is occurring today on the other side of the world, let us pray for God to transform the lost, the persecutors, the warmongers just as He transformed Saul of Tarsus so long ago.