Wow!! I'm learning so much in my Excellencies of Christ class!! I never realized how little I really knew the DEPTH of who Jesus was and what He did. Each day I feel transformed into more of who I really am (as I am finding who He truly is). It's awesome!!! This week we've talked about Jesus as the Mediator, His zeal, and the aroma of His meekness; so good! Jesus is had such a tender understanding of the human frame... He really does understand our difficulties and sympathizes with us, for real (Hebrews 4:14-16)! He's a REAL person NOW; He's alive and we have FULL access to talk with Him!!! Whenever, about whatever!! He is more jealous for us to have a fullness in our lives than we are and what He started He is able to finish, He WANTS to! I love what Allen Hood says: "What is it about the human frame that pleased Him so much that the One who made ALL things chose to become human FOREVER? Jesus is not only your divine King and Creator. Now He is your brother."
We talked about how in the church we have latent accusations against God; believing He's unwilling to care about us, or delayed. The idea that God is holding out on us, He withholds things from us. These doubts cause our prayers to be faithless, more geared towards a whimpering hope. God has a passionate ZEAL for us like no person on earth could ever have.
God is jealous for us (Ex 34:14; Dut 4:24; 1 Cor 10:22; James 4:5)!!
God is for us!! We can boldly approach Him knowing that He loves us SO SO SO much! We don't have to listen to the voice of condemnation anymore, for with Christ we are a NEW creation!!
"The zeal of the Lord is , "God's heart bringing forth LOVE and restoring human beings to their rightful, created order. It's not just about our redemption, it's about dominion."
We were created to LOVE and be LOVED by our creator... Allen said something that stuck with me, "Once the sin issue is taken care of what else are we going to talk about with God?"
I've approached the Lord is a whole new way since I've been here and it's so amazing and comforting! This is just a VERY small bit of what I've been learning.
Jesus is coming soon and we get to partner with Him and let the Father's will be done through our lives! It's all about team!! God LOVES family!
I gotta scoot! More to come on the humility and meekness of Christ Jesus!
2 comments:
Rachel that is awesome!
I cannot even begin to tell how many times I have had to remember that "God's not like that" to address the bizarre judgments I find against Him in my heart!
...To Know God and to Make Him Known.
Jon
This was so good...... and again i love your pictures... hahaa i did not even recognise it at first, then i looked to my right and saw it on our wall!!! I love rooming with you
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