A Committed Love.

Friend,

Do not let guilt and shame keep you from spending time with the Father.

Do not let the fear of God being disappointed with you prevent you from reading your Bible, praying, and repenting.

If your heart condemns you, do not settle there. God is greater than our hearts, He knows everything (1John 3:20).

The last thing that satan wants is for God’s children to be in deep communion with Him and he will go out of his way to prevent it from happening. He will get in our heads causing us to overthink, allowing thoughts of doubt, shame, and guilt take over.

But we need to take these thoughts captive and line them up with scripture. We cannot afford to let our own feelings dictate our relationship with God.

God would never condemn His child for wanting to draw near and spend time with Him.

We serve a God of peace, not confusion (1 Corinthians 14:33)

We serve a God who convicts, not condemns (John 16:8; Romans 8:3; John 3:17)

We serve a God who encourages us, not discourages (1 Cor. 10:13; Romans 8:28)

We serve a God who comforts us, not causes worry (2 Cor. 1:4; John 14:27).

Here is the Gospel, the unchanging, unconditional love of God that we need to latch onto.

In the beginning, God created us in His image. He created us perfect and holy in His sight and desired to have a deep relationship with us. But then the fall happened and sin began to dwell among us, causing us to miss the mark of God’s image bearers. Because of this, we are completely unworthy of anything that God has to offer us without there being some form of atonement (Galatians 2:20). But that didn’t change God’s desire to be in relationship with us.

In the book of Exodus, God elected the people of Israel and called them His chosen people. He bound Himself to them. He promised to make them a holy nation. He chose Israel as His treasured possession and vowed to make them a source of blessing for all humanity. He chose the people of Israel to be His primal representatives to show generations to come what creation was originally meant to be back in Genesis 1 (Exodus 19).

Even more so, this generational promise leads us to the Messiah. The good work that took place on the cross. Because of God’s great love for us, God sent His one and only son down to earth to live a perfect life and die in order to be the perfect atonement for our sins (Romans 5:8; John 3:16). Because of God’s grace, He has chosen to redeem us, restore us, and bring us back to that state of righteousness we were supposed to be in before sin ever came into the world.

By the wounds of Jesus, we have been healed (1 Peter 2:24). Because of Jesus, we can have perfect peace with the Father (Romans 5:1). This grace we receive from God is not something that stops once we have been saved, It’s a firm foundation that we stand on, it’s something that constantly covers us. (Hebrews 4:16; James 4:6). Because of Jesus, we have mercies that are new every single morning (Lamentations 3:22-23). Because of Jesus, we are constantly covered by the blood that redeems, secure in the Father through the Son, and continually being blessed with grace and mercy.

The blood of Jesus has redeemed us (Ephesians 1:7).

The blood of Jesus has made us right with God (Ephesians 2:13-14).

The blood of Jesus has justified us and saved us from God’s wrath (Romans 5:9).

The blood of Jesus has atoned us once and for all (Hebrews 10).

Charles Spurgeon puts it this way and I love it.

“Christ did not die to make His Father loving, but because His Father is loving”

This is the Truth of the Gospel. We can never hear it too many times. God’s love for us is something unwavering and unconditional. There shall be no hesitancy in your heart and in your mind when you sit at the feet of Jesus with the heaviest of sin weighing over you.

We are secure in the Father through the Son.

“Go to your rest rejoicing, for you are not a desolate wanderer but a beloved child, cared for and defended by the Lord.” -Charles Spurgeon

You are so loved.

Morgan