Continued 3am Meditations.. or Delirium

Love. The fulfillment of the Law is wrapped up in one thing alone, and that is love. Jesus leaves us with one command that is the greatest of them all: Love God, and love others as yourself. That’s it. If our full battle lies in putting all our faith, hope, and trust in Jesus, that we may witness his power that increases our faith (which faith alone pleases God) then what is left but to love? It seems simple enough, that is until I look at 1 Corinthians 13’s definition of love. I’ve determined that it is impossible to truly love unless it comes from a place of overflow of direct relationship with God. God is holy, and by that I mean GOOD! He is set apart, unlike any other, and as we are in touch with goodness in our lives, we fill up to the point of overflow. How hard is it to love when we are in need and life is handing us lemons? If we have eyes of faith and know the truth in our hearts that God is good, despite our circumstances, then we can have joy in the midst of our suffering, making it again easier to make the choice to love. I love the fact that our battle isn't here on earth. That is, not with flesh and blood. “It is against the rulers, against the authorities, against the world powers of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavens.” (Ephesians 6:12) Jesus said all who are heavy laden, come to him so he can give us rest. He carries our burdens for us, and our only job is to give them to him, that he may give us peace and rest that surpasses all understanding. Do we have the faith it takes to give him our battles we take on as our own, that we believe is our own responsibility to carry, or do we have enough trust in him to carry our burdens and go to war for us? Do we know how good he truly is? How much he truly loves us? One of my favorite truths about God is that he is our defender. We don’t have to try and explain ourselves, to prove we are right, or make other’s understand our hearts and who we are. We don’t have to engage that battle. Jesus is our defender, and he will reveal the truth in his own perfect way, in his very perfect timing. I leave that battle for him to fight for me. Maybe the truth will be on the shores of eternity, that is a promise from God, but I choose rest in that promise. I guess the revelation that we need is God is good, he is light, and in him is no darkness at all. Do we truly know God for who he is? Do we know his many names? Do we know everything he longs to be for us, if only we would let him love us. I believe we can only truly love, a 1 Corinthians 13 kind of love, to the same measure as we first know he loves us. We need a greater revelation of his love for us. We need a greater revelation of who he is, his character, his nature, and what it means that he is holy, that there is no other like him. If we set our gaze upon his holiness, we fall in love and become overwhelmed with his beauty because we realize how God truly is, and only then are we transformed into his image.. desperate and longing to be as beautiful as our God! Not by striving. Not through dead works. Not by people pleasing. Not by trying to fit into a mold. Not by trying to make ourselves change. But by sitting with him, gazing at his beauty, and soaking in his great love for us. This is the true power of worship. Not only is he getting the love that he deserves, but we get in touch with his divine nature, and become transformed by the truth of his beauty, and who he is in our lives. Thank you God that you are GOOD, ALL THE TIME!!!