Manifested part 1
I'm sure you've heard me say this, "What you magnify in your life is what will manifest in you life." That's what I want to Rant about for the next few days. Because I absolutely believe it. And here's the key: It has to BE in your life in order for you to magnify it. Magnifying something is looking closer at it, right? Like with a magnifying glass. So you can see the small details. So you can see what it's really all about. That's what we ought to be doing with God's love. We shouldn't be chasing it, as if to get something we don't have. Because we DO have it. If you're chasing something you've already got, what you're really doing is robbing yourself from experiencing it and enjoying it. Receiving is the first part of receiving and releasing for a reason. You can't give what you don't have. And you can only give what you do have. So you have to know what you do have before you can do anything with it. You have to magnify it in your life before it will manifest in your life. You have to know and believe you have it before you can do anything with it. Let me get my memory verse for today: "In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him." There's really a lot there. Specifically, God manifested His love towards us by giving. Let's start (and end) there. Alpha and Omega. Love IS giving. You can give without loving but you cannot love without giving. That's why releasing is the other part of receiving and releasing. You have to know what you've got, but you also have to do something with it. You have to use it. Share it. Give it away. And, in reality, that's HOW we magnify it in our life (so that it can be manifested in our life). If you want to feel love... love somebody. That's how it works. Jesus said, "...It is more blessed to give than to receive" (Acts 20:35). When you give what you've got, that's how you experience what you've got. So let's track this. It's all about receiving and releasing. That's the Divine Order of things. You can't do one without the other, but you have to do them in order. First you magnify the love of God in your life by focusing on His love for you. By letting Him love the hell out of you. By letting Him wrap you up in His arms that were open wide on the cross. Receive His love. Dwell in His love. Live in His love. Listen to that still, small voice deep inside (in your heart), that says, "I love you, I love you, I love you with every beat of God's heart in your chest) and let it fill you up to overflowing. That's when, and how, receiving turns into releasing. You fill yourself to overflowing with what you've already been filled with and then it comes out. Naturally. You don't have to fake it 'til you make it. You don't have to try to determine of someone is worthy of your love or not. You can simply love God back with the same love that He has loved you with by loving the people that cross your path. You can magnify the love in your life by using it. By spreading it around. By giving it away. By sharing it. And that's how it will manifest in your life. When you create love (by giving what you've got, by knowing and believing that you've got it) that's the manifestation of love!