He's been showing me some pretty incredible things--
We had a speaker come a few weeks ago, and he asked if God never spoke to us again, if we'd be alright with that. That was a challenge. And its something that I remembered as I thumbed through my journal again, today. And even if I never heard him speak to me today, I have his word which is eternal, and he speaks through that. How powerful.
That next week were were singing 'How He Loves' and a line from the song says-- 'He loves like a hurricane' and it dawned on me that I had never, not once thought of what that meant. But when I took a few moments, it was mind blowing. This is what God showed me--
A hurricane is all consuming, it picks up everything in its path.
It is a large, driving force and you can see the effects of it after its gone through.
The land doesn't remain untouched. There is a definite change, and its noticable.
Maybe that is what the lyricist was trying to convey by that.
His love changes us, shakes us up and consumes our entire being.
Its not a weak or pathetic love.
Its a MASSIVE love. Its a love that causes foundations to be shaken, until He becomes the foundation.
A hurricane is POWERFUL.
You love like a hurricane, and yet, that doesn't even come close.
Wow.
God usually speaks about the same thing for a period of time, to me. And he reminded me yesterday of this truth--
To love God from the inside out means to first love him in our hearts, to believe and trust in His goodness, and then for that love to come bubbling out in how we live our lives, in serving and loving God and others.
But that ultimately flows from a love for God that starts of the inside.
The outside is just a mirror of what is on the inside.
And as I study the Bible, although each book has its own theme, the thread that runs through the entire Bible seems to be this--
YOUR SIN IS NOT TOO BIG FOR GOD TO FORGIVE. Because of His sacrifice on the cross, because of his bruised, broken body on our behalf, we are justified in Him. Its not about doing more good works than bad works. Its about just having faith in the truth of His promise and love.
We're studying Romans this week, and that is in there so clearly. For us in might not be an argument over circumcision, but how often do we make a tally list and judge based off of how well someone keeps the 'law' (which by the way, only shows how sinful we are)? His grace is beyond that, but we must accept it. He doesn't force anyone upon himself, He wants people to come willingly and with a genuine love for him.
I am loving learning about this. His word is so powerful.
