Each of us want there to be solid ground beneath our feet.
We cringe at the thought of our life suddenly being swallowed by a "black hole".
Gripped by the fear of the unknown, we do not venture there. We want
"things" to remain static, explainable, constant - solid.
Is this
not where we are today? At some point on the time line we all come face to face
with this present "reality". It is not just the
"enlightened" who must pierce the strongholds of the present. We all
hope in the tomorrow or we would simply die in the present "reality"
and resign our soul to the grave of hopelessness and despair.
I
remember a time years ago when I was, even as now, "working out my salvation
in fear and trembling" and reading the words of Jesus, "Rejoice, I
have overcome the world!" and my
response was, "That's great for you but what about me?" I was at the
time as they say "a Billy goat Christian"; always inserting the word
"but" followed by "what about me?"
That's
the disease that Jesus came to make us free from - self. His tools? Blood and
words. Death and resurrection life. Faith
comes by hearing truth and trust in those words will deliver us out of
the "black holes" and place us into the Light of our true being.
Out of our
own mouth, words uttered by us will either justify or condemn (Matthew 12:37). And words
once released, are "out there" and reveal who we are and who we are
"walking" with.
When it
is revealed to us that our heavenly Father loves us not from afar but up close
and personal and is ever ready to embrace us and not only us but all of us, is
it not true that when we do allow Him that intimacy we will want to pursue even
more His words which are truth fused one with wisdom and unconditional love out
of and for all of eternity.
When we
take what it is that we've been given out of the eternal love of our Father we
will not only want to share with others we will share because that love cannot
stay hidden and He will not allow it to stay hidden.
He
becomes the solid rock upon which we stand. He is the Light removing us from
the black holes. He delivers us out of fear through unconditional love which
love is static, constant, solid, yet to those who have experienced it they
still cannot fully explain it. They can merely invite others back to the
Father's House where they belong.
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