Blind Faith part 5
When Jesus appears we will see Him as He is, and be Him as He is. Which you could, I guess, make it sound like something to wait for. But add this to that: "Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment: because as he is, so are we in this world" (1 John 4:17). We are as He is. Right now. Always have been, always will be. Jesus did everything that needed to be done in order for us to experience His abundant, everlasting, eternal, Resurrection Life of love as He lives it in us, and through us, and as us. All we need to do is rest--which is not inactivity, but Holy Spirit directed activity--and let Jesus be who HE is in us. That's who you really are--who you are in Christ is who Christ is in you. Jesus is God in the flesh, love in a body. God in YOUR flesh. Love in YOUR body. Faith isn't hoping that someday you'll be good enough for Him to love you. Faith is knowing that He loves you with a knowlege that passes knowledge. Knowing and believing that you are loved, and in knowing and believing that you ARE loved... knowing and believing that you CAN love. That you are LOVE. It's not just what you do, it's who you are. Because God is love. And as He is, so are we in this world. When God looks at Jesus He sees us, and when He looks at us He sees Jesus. There is no difference, or separation. Jesus said, "I and my Father are One" (John 10:30). And He said, "At that day ye shall know that I am in my Father, and ye in me, and I in you" (John 14:20). The biggest thing about faith is believing all of the good things your heavenly Father says and thinks about you. That's the good fight of faith--laying hold of eternal life. Receiving (by releasing) the gift that we've already been given. It's not about getting something. It's about enjoying what we've got by giving it away. It's about sharing that gift. Sharing our lives. I've always felt that a relationship is best when it's just two people sharing their lives with each other. Not trying to control one another. Or get one over on each other. Not trying to get something from someone, but sharing what you have (who you are) with someone. You don't have to agree on everything to get along. You can take people as they are without trying to change them. Just love them and be there for them. That's as simple as I can make it. But, at the same time, you can't give what you don't have. And you can only give what you do have. So let what's inside come out. By knowing and believing that it's in there. Let what you see be what you be. See HIM. See Jesus. See love. When you see Him as He truly is, you'll BE Him as He truly is. We already are. But there's a manifestation that comes from knowing what we are. Instead of trying to be someone we're not, we can simply be who we are. We can stop trying so hard to be someone we're not and we can rest. We can embrace who we are, secure in the knowledge that our heavenly Father loves us more than anything. He shows us His love, and that's what makes faith anything but blind. "Why do you love God?" Easy. Because He first loved me. He gave me His love and now I have something that I can give away.