Apples and Trees part 5
Apples and trees. Fathers and Son(s). DNA (the Divine Nature of the Almighty) passed down the family line as we partake of that divine nature. Creator and creation... or rather, Creator and creator, as we create our own reality by believing the Word (Jesus, love) of God. There's a unity that many times we seem to misunderstand. We say things like, "I want more of you, God," when we already have the fulness of Him. We say, "I want to be closer to you, God," when He already lives in us and we already live in Him. Acts 17:28 says it like this, "For in him we live, and move, and have our being..." And the reverse of that is also true: In US He lives and moves and has HIS being! Jesus said He didn't do anything unless He saw the Father do it, and He didn't say anything unless He heard the Father say it. Which may make it seem like we're supposed to try to "follow in our Father's foot steps." But that's not it at all. His foot steps are too big for anybody to follow in. The key is not trying to follow in His foot steps, but to let Him make His own foot steps with our feet. I don't do anything unless I see Daddy do it... because when I see Daddy do it, He's doing it in me and through me and as me. I don't say anything unless I hear Daddy say it because I hear Him say it with my mouth. It constantly amazes me when I hear my words come out of Logan's mouth. Not because I order him to say what I say... but because he receives it and releases it. And listen, this doesn't happen 100% of the time. Logan isn't a mindless robot. And neither are we mindless robots blindly trying to obey an antiquated Law that was never given to us in the first place! In fact, this DNA that was passed down from Father to Son... is the mind of Christ! We aren't mindless at all. Not when we let this mind of Christ (that's already in us) BE in us. Not when we stop trying to be someone we're not and just start being who we are! And watch this: Logan is my son regardless of what he does. He doesn't have to act a certain way in order for me to accept him. He's my son. Always has been, always will be. The fact that he hasn't fallen far from the tree simply means he knows his daddy loves him. And he loves me because I first loved him. As I pour myself into him, I see myself coming out of him. God poured Himself into us on the cross. He laid His life down... He gave His life FOR us and He gave His life TO us. And now we have that same abundant, everlasting, eternal, Resurrection Life that flowed through Jesus flowing through us! Now we know and believe the love of Christ, and now we love one another with that same love! And do you know what happens when I see myself in Logan? I'm well pleased. Do you know what the Father thinks of us? We are His beloved Son in whom HE is well pleased! Why is God a happy God? Because He has the best Son (us!) in the whole wide world. Because the apple didn't fall far from the tree.