This morning I was reading the bible and I was reading Ephesians 2, and I had a revelation of who our God is. I got so excited on it because it contradicts some of the beliefs I have about God that are actually lies from the enemy that consistently harass me in my mind.
A lie I continuously struggle with is that If I am not at my best, If I don’t do everything I should, or if I sin, or fail in a certain area then I am not loved by God. It’s like those things are causing me to take a massive step backwards and I try to get back to God as if he is not with me. I know it seems a little crazy to say but it’s honestly something I deal with, feeling like I fail God constantly because I lack discipline. That's the thing though, I do fail him daily, but that is the whole reason why Jesus died for me, so that in place of that feeling of condemnation he gives me Grace!
I will just write out the whole scripture that I read so you can see where I’m coming from:
Ephesians 2:1-7; And you were dead in the trespasses and sins in which you once walked, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience among whom we all once lived in the passions of our flesh carrying out the desires of the body and the mind and were by nature children of wrath like the rest of mankind. BUT God being rich in mercy because of the great love with which he loved us even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ- by grace you have been saved- and raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, so that in the coming ages he might show the immeasurable riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.
I read this toady and I was like WHAAAAT! So I wrote a list of what it is saying because it so basic yet profound and it totally rejects these lies that continuously mess with my mind.
Its saying God is rich in mercy, He has great love that he loves us with, and even when we were dead, he made us alive through Jesus, from our death he raised us up into heavenly places right next to him. And here is the part that got me the most, he did it just so that in the coming ages, for the rest of time He can show us that his Grace for us is immeasurable it is as riches that never end and he lavishes it on us kindly.
Similar to my previous blog post, my revelations are about mostly simple things, but that’s because I think our society and our culture these days complicates things. With all the opinions, theological arguments, and the false interpretation of the word going around we don’t know what truth is anymore, when really truth about God is simple and it never changes. So I feel like God is always solidifying these truths in my heart even though it seems like I should already know them, but I get confused sometimes and think I know what truth is until God really shows me where I've misunderstood the truth.
But Going back to the passage in Ephesians. I love how God shows me these things and is like, "SEE! this is who I am!" It amazes me that he would save me even when I was dead in my trespasses, living for the passions of my flesh. God was like, “Emily, I see your sin, and I see your failures, but I'm not worried about it because I have a plan to send Jesus my Son to pay the price of your short comings. He is coming so that in place of the condemnation and feelings of defeat, you might instead have Grace every single day, and it’s a grace that never will run out.”
God is not stressed out, he is not worried or overwhelmed with the fact that at any moment when he asks me to do something there is good chance I will fail him, but that isn't even a problem for him! We are not so screwed up that God is not able to intervene. We think we can mess things up so bad but God is bigger than that and He is faithful!
You know what the best part is? He did it just so we will walk with him (Ephesians 2:10). He did it so that my failures and sin wouldn’t be able separate me from being accepted by the father. Jesus was rejected so that I may be accepted, so that I can walk with God. God wants us to live with him, He doesn’t want to just do things for us, and He didn’t even do it so that we would do things for him. He saved us so he can walk with us. Yes he still has a plan for our lives but not just to give it to us, not for us to just do it for him, but simply so that we can walk together in relationship throughout the rest of time!
Now that is a God worth following!
-Emily
A lie I continuously struggle with is that If I am not at my best, If I don’t do everything I should, or if I sin, or fail in a certain area then I am not loved by God. It’s like those things are causing me to take a massive step backwards and I try to get back to God as if he is not with me. I know it seems a little crazy to say but it’s honestly something I deal with, feeling like I fail God constantly because I lack discipline. That's the thing though, I do fail him daily, but that is the whole reason why Jesus died for me, so that in place of that feeling of condemnation he gives me Grace!
I will just write out the whole scripture that I read so you can see where I’m coming from:
Ephesians 2:1-7; And you were dead in the trespasses and sins in which you once walked, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience among whom we all once lived in the passions of our flesh carrying out the desires of the body and the mind and were by nature children of wrath like the rest of mankind. BUT God being rich in mercy because of the great love with which he loved us even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ- by grace you have been saved- and raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, so that in the coming ages he might show the immeasurable riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.
I read this toady and I was like WHAAAAT! So I wrote a list of what it is saying because it so basic yet profound and it totally rejects these lies that continuously mess with my mind.
Its saying God is rich in mercy, He has great love that he loves us with, and even when we were dead, he made us alive through Jesus, from our death he raised us up into heavenly places right next to him. And here is the part that got me the most, he did it just so that in the coming ages, for the rest of time He can show us that his Grace for us is immeasurable it is as riches that never end and he lavishes it on us kindly.
Similar to my previous blog post, my revelations are about mostly simple things, but that’s because I think our society and our culture these days complicates things. With all the opinions, theological arguments, and the false interpretation of the word going around we don’t know what truth is anymore, when really truth about God is simple and it never changes. So I feel like God is always solidifying these truths in my heart even though it seems like I should already know them, but I get confused sometimes and think I know what truth is until God really shows me where I've misunderstood the truth.
But Going back to the passage in Ephesians. I love how God shows me these things and is like, "SEE! this is who I am!" It amazes me that he would save me even when I was dead in my trespasses, living for the passions of my flesh. God was like, “Emily, I see your sin, and I see your failures, but I'm not worried about it because I have a plan to send Jesus my Son to pay the price of your short comings. He is coming so that in place of the condemnation and feelings of defeat, you might instead have Grace every single day, and it’s a grace that never will run out.”
God is not stressed out, he is not worried or overwhelmed with the fact that at any moment when he asks me to do something there is good chance I will fail him, but that isn't even a problem for him! We are not so screwed up that God is not able to intervene. We think we can mess things up so bad but God is bigger than that and He is faithful!
You know what the best part is? He did it just so we will walk with him (Ephesians 2:10). He did it so that my failures and sin wouldn’t be able separate me from being accepted by the father. Jesus was rejected so that I may be accepted, so that I can walk with God. God wants us to live with him, He doesn’t want to just do things for us, and He didn’t even do it so that we would do things for him. He saved us so he can walk with us. Yes he still has a plan for our lives but not just to give it to us, not for us to just do it for him, but simply so that we can walk together in relationship throughout the rest of time!
Now that is a God worth following!
-Emily