All We Need part 4
Love is all we need. And while we can't always get what we want if we try (rest) sometimes, we just might find we get what we need. Because we already have what we need. The key is seeing it. Because seeing is believing. This revelation is summed up in Mark 15:39, "And when the centurion, which stood over against him, saw that he so cried out, and gave up the ghost, he said, Truly this man was the Son of God." He SAW the death of the Lamb, and that's where the revelation came from. We try so hard to "figure God out," when really He is constantly revealing Himself to us (and in us, and through us). We spend so much time arguing about stuff... or trying to get stuff in order to fill that void we feel inside of us... that we miss the point of all of it. We miss the truth that God is love. And that we are His beloved Son in whom He is well pleased. We miss the truth that the very thing we desire... the very cry of our hearts... to be loved and accepted... is the very thing that has always (and will always) be true. God loves you. Always has, always will. He would have to deny His very nature in order to do anything else but love you. His love for us was never the issue. It was our ability to receive that love... to see it... to know it and believe it... that was an issue. And that's why God poured His Spirit out on all flesh. That's why He took up abode in us. That's why He circumsized our hearts. So that once the flesh (of human effort) was cut away we could SEE His heart beating in our chest. Beating with love. And since the love is already in us, it's not something we need to get. It's not external. It's not from the outside-in. It's from the inside-out. It's the truth about us that has been buried under all of the surface stuff. It's the deep calling out to the deep. The hidden man of the heart. It's who we really are. Not just LOVED, but LOVE. And if we can move past the appearance realm and into the eternal invisible realm... if we can move past the surface stuff and into what is real... then we can enjoy the gift that has already been given to us! We can begin to receive and release the love of God! We can obey the New Commandment by loving one another as Jesus loves us. We can let what's already inside us flow out naturally. We can understand that what we need... is what we have. Another line in a song from Zac Brown Band, "I've got everything I need, and nothing that I don't." We have Jesus. We have love. He did it all so we could get it all. And now we HAVE it all. So instead of looking for love in all the wrong places we can rest in the open arms of a heavenly Father who loves us. Instead of trying to earn something that can't be earned, we can receive (by releasing) what we have been freely given. Instead of loving in order to get love (I'll scratch your back if you scratch mine), we can love because we ARE loved (I'll scratch your back because it's itchy and I love you). We have all we need, and what we have is so good we can't help but share it!