“But you, beloved, building yourselves up on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit, keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life. Jude 1:20-21
Do you ever doubt that God loves you? Do you question that He wants to take care of you and pour out powerful doses of love over your life? If you do, know that you’re not alone. Everyone of us, young and old, struggle with embracing and then staying in the love of God.
I love this story because it speaks to how God takes notice of us because He loves us even in this busy world: “A construction crew was building a new road through a rural area, knocking down trees as it progressed. A superintendent noticed that one tree had a nest of birds who couldn’t yet fly and he marked the tree so that it would not be cut down. Several weeks later the superintendent came back to the tree. He got into a bucket truck and was lifted up so that he could peer into the nest. The fledglings were gone. They had obviously learned to fly. The superintendent ordered the tree cut down. As the tree crashed to the ground, the nest fell clear and some of the material that the birds had gathered to make the nest was scattered about. Part of it was a scrap torn from a Sunday school pamphlet. On the scrap of paper were these words: He careth for you.”
Do you know this? Are you living in such a way, making decisions with this in mind, recognizing that God cares for you? Or, are you wasting and spending you energy and life in moments of fear, anxiety and worry, not allowing “the peace that surpasses understanding” that God promises us in Philippians 4:6 to “guard your heart and mind through Christ Jesus.”
Will you take a moment right now, and say, “God, will you show me Your love for me? Will you put a peace that goes beyond understanding within me? Will you Holy Spirit teach me to not walk in anxiety and worry but to walk in the Spirit… with the PEACE OF GOD, THE LOVE OF GOD… saturating my life in every circumstance.”
Look what the once impulsive and carnally lead Peter, now filled with the Spirit says to you, 1 Peter 5:6-7 “Therefore humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you in due time, casting all your care upon Him, for He cares for you.”
By His Spirit,
Pastor Bill