SUCH A LOVE!

This is Jesus in His glory,
King of heaven dying for me.
It is finished! He has done it.
Death is beaten,
Heaven beckons me!!
Such a love exists for me!!

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Today, I am known!!

O LORD, You have searched me and known me. You know my sitting down and my rising up; You understand my thought afar off. You comprehend my path and my lying down, and are acquainted with all my ways. For there is not a word on my tongue, but behold, O LORD, You know it altogether. You have hedged me behind and before, and laid Your hand upon me. Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot attain it. Psalm 139:1-6 (NKJV)

God, investigate my life; get all the facts firsthand. I'm an open book to you; even from a distance, you know what I'm thinking. You know when I leave and when I get back; I'm never out of your sight. You know everything I'm going to say before I start the first sentence. I look behind me and you're there, then up ahead and you're there, too— your reassuring presence, coming and going. This is too much, too wonderful— I can't take it all in! Psalm 139:1-6 (The Message)

To be known so intimately by the Creator of the universe, it overwhelms me. To be so loved and so adored, I can’t seem to take it all in. As a slave held in bondage, total darkness surrounded me, no hope for life or love. No way of escape from the task masters using whips and hatred to keep me in fear and despair. Suddenly, I am swept away in a current of love as my Rescuer lifts me out of the darkness and into His Light. My Savior, good, true, noble and just, covering me with His Love and releasing me from the shackles that bound me. Weeping turns to laughter, sorrow to joy and mourning to delight. Leaving the slave masters of Egypt and looking, hoping and waiting for the day I cross over into the Promised Land.

But alas, my Love knows that to enter now I would take with me the mindset, the fear, and the bondage of Egypt. So, I must trek through the wilderness, learning to rely on Him, His provision, His Love, His plans, and His ways. The journey seems unending, impossible and filled with tears, sorrow and pain. And yet, so begins a time of laughter, hope and change as it fills my life with His presence. The paradigm in my mind is beginning to change. I soon found I was learning to trust my new Master, trust His love, His ways and His direction. I began to understand I could trust Him to provide, to heal and to meet my need for comfort, love and acceptance. I found I too began to learn to love Him in return, to need to be in His presence and to give back honor, love, praise and passion. Soon the wilderness became a place of peace and solace; a place where I could recognize and see the Hand of God at work in the big and little areas of my life. The Promised Land was in view, was I ready to cross over? The question I was so sure was a resounding yes the moment I left Egypt did not sound so assured any longer. I knew I could not enter in my own strength or my own power and I was not about to go if He did not go with me. So I waited, and waited and waited. While waiting, my strength was renewed and my vision sharpened. He began to whisper, “prepare and consecrate yourself for in a few days you will cross over.” To be continued.....