Someone was recently talking to me about how lost we are here in California. It was hard to hear because there wasn't really anything I could do about what God has or has not revealed to me yet. It left me feeling pretty sad and I felt like the words had come to repossess my hope, as if I hadn't paid rent on my faith.
Where could I go with this message? Repent for what God hasn't done yet? Condemn myself for not being fruitful enough? What do I do with a message that I am lost? What do we expect others to do with the message that we give them that they are lost..?
Is that the truth that God is excited to reveal? Is that the truth that Jesus was willing to die for?
Something deep in me can't say it is. The truth that I hear God screaming over me is not that I'm lost, but that I'm loved.
What if I looked at people with that as the thing that defined my perception of them... That they are loved, and don't know it yet. What if I locked my heart onto who they are in God's love revealed. What joy might well up if they agreed with me..?
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