JUST LOVE GOD
The rest has been ready since He made the world. (Hebrews 4:3)
Every moment is precious with God. He is always with us. Before we knew God, time was working against us. We start dying when we are born. We start living when we are born again. Time switches and it is on our side. All that was killing us is brought under His control. We find life in the darkest places of our lives. We learn to turn to Him. We learn to give our fears and doubts and all those things that come against us to Him. If we just love God, we will see all of these things.
When I think of eternity, it is beyond my current understanding. Forever is forever. There will be no time. There will be no more weapons formed against us. There will be nothing to battle. What will we do? We will just love God. We will love Him in all the ways that we cannot understand now. What we cannot see clearly now will be natural there.
Figuring out how we can love God more and better is not all bad! He receives every effort and every thought happily. Any time that we spend considering Him is time that we are doubting. It is also time when fear is being quenched, and hope is rising. It is a good place. It is a good thing to love, praise, and give thanks to the Lord.
When we love God, we are standing at the threshold of rest. The rest that has been ready since He made the world.
It is only by faith and believing God that we can enter that rest. He is holding the door of rest wide open for us to run into. His rest is always available. Won’t you rest for a while?
When I am working, I tend to avoid rest in the physical sense. My wife has often reminded me that I should rest. “You never rest!” That is her subtle reminder. I do have rest available even when I am working. I can call on the Lord and I know that He hears me. I can seek Him on the move. If I fail to use the rest that I know is there for me, it is obvious that I am neglecting it.
When we neglect that rest, we respond like tired people do. We are tense and irritable. We do become as little children. Whiny little children that is. We need a nap! Oh, the things that remind us to just love God. Lord, I love you. I can’t live without you. I have searched everywhere, and I know that it’s true; there is no life without you.
We are reminded to throw off all manner of sinfulness. God speaks clearly about very specific sins to get rid of. When we read His words, we will often focus on the sins. Some of them, we like, and we know we should not. We think about how much we fail. We get discouraged. We are tempted to give up. But, if we will just love God, those things will shrink. We will feel the power of them let go. We will call on the name of Jesus and with every mention of His name our love and our rest will grow. Turn from the things that weaken you and, just love God. Have a blessed day!