Hold On part 5
To end this Rant series I want to link two memory verses together. Psalm 27:9, "Hide not thy face far from me; put not thy servant away in anger: thou hast been my help; leave me not, neither forsake me, O God of my salvation." The cry of man's heart. Stay with me. Don't leave me. I know I messed up, but I still need you. And then we move to the New Covenant. This side of the cross. After the work was finished. Hebrews 13:5, "Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee." Stop trying to get what you (think you) haven't got, and start understanding what you have got! We don't have to beg and plead for God to stay with us... He has swon to never leave us nor forsake us. As much as we think we are clinging to Him for dear life--and it's ok to do that. There's nobody better TO cling to--He is holding on to us. I heard one preacher describe God as a stalker. No matter what we do, He's never giving up on us. That's love, man. We literally nailed Him to a cross. Killed Him in cold blood. And He cried out, "Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do." He didn't want to punish us. He wanted to forgive us. He wanted to bring us out of death and into life. HIS life. The abundant, everlasting, eternal, Resurrection Life of love that is the gift of God. Not a gift that we need... but a gift that we already have. A gift that we've been given. A gift that we simply need to receive and release. Receive by releasing. Release by receiving. God has answered the cry of our heart. He has taken up abode in us. He dwells in us. LOVE dwells in us. And that means love can come out of us. What's inside always comes out. Or, I should say, what we BELIEVE is inside always comes out. What we fill ourselves up to overflowing with will always manifest in our lives. So instead of chasing something, we need to be still and know that HE is God. That God is love. That love will never leave us nor forsake us. We can hold on to the truth instead of grasping at straws. We can bulid on that foundation of love. It is the only foundation that cannot be shaken. When we stand on the Rock of love, God (LOVE) keeps us from falling. So if we're going to hold on to anything, it ought to be the very thing that is holding on to us. Letting love guide the way in our lives. Letting go and letting God. Trusting Him when He says He will never leave nor forsake us. Trusting that He will hold on to us and never let us go. You can't give what you don't have, right? So instead of trying to somehow love your way into love... we love because He first loved us. We love God back by loving each other with the love that He first loved us with. If you're going to hold on to anything... hold on to love. By giving it away. Not by hoarding it. Love is giving. You can give without loving, but you can't love without giving. So hold on by letting go. By trusting that God will NEVER let you go. Give what you've got and don't worry about any of the rest of it. Do your part and be ok with that. Hold on to love by giving it away!