A Redeeming Love

I think that the moment we surrender to our failures & falls is when we start accepting & settling for the person we are in our moment of weakness. And in that moment our hearts & spirits are most vulnerable to lies about God; that He hates us, He wants to smite us with our worst nightmare,etc.

The truth is God says this,

 |"My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness."|

  We are all broken & insufficient in different ways. We will fall prey to the darkness of this world & spit us out feeling miserable & dirty & defeated.
We are defeated if we believe we are-- if we fall for those lies about God.

Christ didn't come to our world to shed blood for the perfect people. Otherwise, He had come in vain. He came for the very moment we would feel most insufficient, dirty, lonely, scared. A drop of His blood covered our shame. "It is finished." That means the moment we start believing the truth that our shame, pain & moments of weakness have already been forgiven & forgotten it is then that we have the ability & power to destroy the lies about God. We have the power through Christ in us to be healed of pain; to be rid of chains that weigh is down & entangle us.

Hey. You may have fallen today, or yesterday or a while ago. You are human & you may fall again. Never, ever forget, never ever underestimate the power of Christ's love for you. Hosea had so much love for his adulterous wife. She would come back, sin, come back & no matter what Hosea had this godly, redeeming love in him for her.

 The Israelites messed up big time, many times. Of course God was angry with them as a parent would be angry at their child for running into dangerous traffic. His anger did not last long. The people of Israel were so incredibly beloved to God. He had so much love & did not give up on them. 

We may relate to Gomer (wife of Hosea) & Israel many times in our life. We fall, we feel incredible shame & pain. Do not stay defeated. Do not give up.Equip yourself with the armor of God. Be prepared for battle every single day. Pray & grow in the fruits of the spirit to be strong against  honey dipped lies. Also, thank God. Have a grateful heart as a weapon against the darkness of this world.

You are loved. You are beautiful. You are forgiven & pure by HIS blood alone and not by your own righteous good-doing. Don't give up. This season of pain won't last. It is an significant season of refinement & strengthening. You belong to Him no matter what you've done or not done.

|"But now, O Jacob, listen to the Lord who created you.  O Israel, the one who formed you says,
“Do not be afraid, for I have ransomed you.  I have called you by name; you are mine.  When you go through deep waters,  I will be with you.
When you go through rivers of difficulty, you will not drown. 

When you walk through the fire of oppression, you will not be burned up;
    the flames will not consume you.
³ For I am the Lord, your God,
    the Holy One of Israel, your Savior."|

-Isaiah 43v1-3-