Nowadays, we are in love with just about anything. We are in love with the newest gadget in the market, or the newest organic fabric out there. Ah, and don’t let me forget the hip color of eye shadow MAC came out with for their fall line. And of course we fall in love with people. How, I am still trying to figure it out. But what really shocks me is that when it comes to Jesus and falling in love with Him, makes us just a little too uncomfortable, uneasy if you will. We are somewhat repulsed at the idea.You know. We love Him and all, He is our Savior after all, but it’s kinda’ crippy to think and actually fall in love with Him. You know he is good to think about at church or bible study. After all it makes us feel good about ourselves. But Heaven forbid, we would actually think about Him all the time. Isn’t that what people in love do anyways?! If we did that, when would we actually have a chance to be selfish? Lets see, let me find a better excuse. When would we have time to care and love other people? I mean really! How weird is that?!
If we had any version of that monologue in silence, we are not in love with Jesus. K, brace yourselves, get some tea and read on. If we were to imagine Jesus crying out every verse of the bible, how would we feel? If we were to imagine Him crying out to us: “Let anyone who is thirsty come to me! Let anyone who believes in me come and drink. Come to me all you who are burned and weary and I will give you rest. In your inmost self and I knitted you together in your mother’s womb. I have loved you with an everlasting love. I will never leave nor forsake you. ” That is the heart of Christ! And knowing his heart is being in love with Him!
God gave Jesus a “heart of flesh” so you and I can have His heart. So you and I can have His love. Knowing the heart of God is to know that he is love and only love. I know it’s a paradox because we can’t know Him unless we love. And how can we love if we don’t know Him. His love is the conduit to our love. His love is patient, kind, it does not envy, it does not boast. It is not proud. It is not rude. It is not easily angered. It is not self-seeking. It always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres it always protects. We will never know our own hearts if we first don’t know the heart of God. By definition alone, when we become a new creation in Him, our old self is gone and we take on a new one in Christ Jesus. So, if we continue to live in the old self why in the world are we calling ourselves “saved”?! What are we being saved from? What has really and truly changed?!
We can’t love people if we can’t love ourselves. And we can’t love ourselves if we don’t love God. The only way to do that is to fall in love with the one that is in you. The one whose image we are to resemble more and more by each passing second. The one who died so we could live. His love knows no conditions and is limitless. Don’t settle for a second love, without knowing your first love!
God is love! All you have to do to "be in love" is to BE IN GOD! Know that you are loved ALWAYS!
