Learning to Love

Something I truly desire in this life is to know the love of Christ, and be able to love to the supernatural degree that He loves. I want to love in all circumstances, even the undeserving, those who persecute me, the drug addicts, the prostitutes, the murders, the disabled. I want to learn how to love in the deepest way, that those who never have felt loved would feel the love of Christ through me.

And this I pray, that your love may abound still more and more in knowledge and all discernment... Philippians 1:9

The only way that we can learn to love the way Jesus loved is if we understand how much He loves us, and allow our hearts to open up in that place of vulnerability and trust that His love is unfailing. Without trusting in His love, we will never be satisfied. When we arn't satisfied our hearts begin searching for that thing which will satisfy, and until we realize He is our only hope we will remain empty.

...but have not love, I am nothing... love suffers long and is kind; love does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not puffed up; does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no evil; does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in truth; bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never fails... 1 Corinthians 13:2-8

My cute little brother Forrest and I on my 20th birthday :)

Finding Rest in Him

For he who has entered His rest has himself also ceased from his works as God did from His. Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest, lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience. (Hebrews 4:10-11)

And having been perfected, He became the author of eternal salvation to all who obey Him. (Hebrews 5:9)

As I was meditating on these passages yesterday I realized how necessary it is to have rest in the Lord...

The only way to enter into rest in Jesus is if we allow our busy schedules (works) to be mellow, so we can commune with God. We must be focused on having rest in Him or it will never become part of daily lives. And the lack of diligence in having that rest is, in God's eyes, disobedience. So obeying Him will naturally bring us into a place of rest with the Lord. Oh Lord, how I long for rest in You, Your presence is all I need.

And as it says eternal salvation is for those who obey... leading me to believe that eternal salvation is for those who have rest in Him, because they obey. Isn't that just beautiful, Jesus doesn't want to compete with our schedules, even if it is ministry. He just wants our time, our love, our affection towards Him. I want to experience all there is to know about this man, I am hungry to engage in a deep relationship and fall more in love with Him. I know that there will never be an end to this precious love and rest I find in Him. And simply by obeying Him, I have unlimited access straight to His heart.

I pray that my heart would abound in love, and that I will always be diligent to find my rest in Him. Amen. I love You Jesus with all of me.

Sara