At our core, we all cry out to absolutely know that we are loved and desired. It is the greatest need of humanity and always will be. Not how much money we make, how many good friends we have, getting the perfect career, or even having the perfect family life. There is something embedded in our DNA that yearns for intimacy with the One who formed us and made us with an eternal destiny in mind. The truth is, if we find it and then nurture that relationship...it enhances and makes everything else all begin to fall in place.
Many people, weather you are a Christian or not frequently say things outwardly or inwardly like, "God, if you really loved me you would ............." right? I have too my fellow sojourners. Here is what I have found and have seen to be helpful. First off you need to be determined to not just have an "engagement" with Jesus and actually get married and joined to Him. If you are not interested in learning the heart and character of God, the rest of this might not gel with you.
I spent the majority of my Christian life relying on a prayer and "good moral" behavior and found that to be a dry dead end...I started hungering for more of the real thing(about 2004) and boy am I getting more and more evidence of what I had been missing out on! LOL
If you have not really spent time in the word of God lately or ever for that matter...now is a great time! Take a look at how wonderfully Romans 8:32 tells you how you can KNOW He loves you and desires an intimacy with you that may seem impossible where you are at right now in life....It says, "He who did not withhold or spare [even] His own Son but gave Him up for us all, will He not also with Him freely and graciously give us all [other] things?" WOW! In fact Romans chapter 8 is probably one of my favorite chapters in the entire bible to read....consider doing a slow, methodical "soak" there and I guarantee you will see a side of God you might not have really experienced before!
Beloved, I think we in North America need to get back to the raw, powerful message of the cross. What I mean is that God made the greatest love move in the history of mankind when He sent His Son to become "sin" so that we could become the "righteousness" of God through Him (2 Corinthians 5:21).....Romans 5:8 says, "But God shows and clearly proves His own love for us by the fact that while we were still sinners, Christ the Messiah (Anointed One) DIED FOR US!"
The bottom line is that the sole expression (Hebrews 1:3 AMP version) of His Glory and majesty paying the penalty for our sins is proof of His love for you. As you continue to ask for revelation and and develop a personal, intimate relationship with Him by spending time and just enjoying His presence...You will KNOW you are loved. This love tank filling will be so superior to anything else available on the earth that anything someone or some thing gives you on earth will just be a nice bonus! Chew on that today and ask the Lord if what I am saying is truth. Blessings to you!
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