A Man I Can Trust
14 Apr 2010 1 Comment
in God, Relationships, Christianity
The last ten weeks I have been doing a Bible study by Beth Moore. I have always admired and respected her love for Christ, so when a woman in our church decided to lead a study by her I was really excited.
Well, this Thursday night is our last night. I can say that in the past ten weeks my faith has done a 180 in the right direction. I have known Christ as my savior since I was a kid. I always thought I was following him faithfully, but this study was the tool to bring me out of my unbelief and distrust.
As far as our life as Christians goes, generally, we are taught to settle for less. The Church as a whole has about half a dozen sins, on top of the Ten Commandments, that we really hold to. The other issues we simply do not really pay much attention to because they are the unseen. For example: unbelief, pride, arrogance, timidity, oppression, etc. But, as long as we don’t run into another Christian with a glass a wine out in public, or see a married friend with another woman, everyone writes their tithe check ,and comes to church regularly, we think they are a “great” Christian. We think their faith is strong and everything is well with them, but brokenness of heart and life can easily be hidden with a smile and some money in many circles, and this my friend, is sin.
These rules that we have chosen to hold up as our measure of holiness and freedom are used as a gauge to control, not to heal or redeem.
Let me get to the point.
Jesus. He’s the point. Always has been, always will be. In the last ten weeks I have come to see Him as a flesh and blood human who is worthy of ALL of my trust, who loves me the way I have always wanted to be loved. I have always desired to have a man in my life that would never hurt me, expect me to look the other way when they are sinning, manipulate, betray, you name it. Well, I have finally realized that I have always had Him. He’s always been there, pursuing me.
How faithful is His love for us, that He would lower Himself to follow us around, pursue us through this life in hopes that we would one day, return His love? And this love that we have, it is less than a drop compared to the endless ocean of His. Our love is dirty, and tainted and broken and when it is given back to Him, it disappears into His and we are healed, complete, satisfied, joyful, redeemed and free to love others well, because now it is His love that can flow through our lives.
I hope that you will find that tool He wants to use in your life to make Himself close to you.
-Sara
Apr 14, 2010 @ 08:07:01
I have been learning much the same things you have mentioned. And wow has it been exciting seeing God work in my life and how real He is to me know. Thank you for sharing, it has encouraged me.