AWAKENING TO – THE HOLDING ONTO HIM PART

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Remaining tethered to Jesus in a world that demands that you walk independently of Him is tough.

It can very often feel like your relation with Jesus is either being ridiculed or rejected by the masses. But, how can we live the life of the born again, a part from Him?

The world would love for you to know that Jesus is the way but not follow it. It would love for you to acknowledge that He is Lord and not treat Him as such. It would love for you to know the truth and be nonchalant about it.

The enemy knows that there is power in your allegiance. There is power in you association and connection with Jesus. So much so that he’ll try anything He can to sever that connection, and to sever that bond.

Your holding onto Jesus isn’t because Jesus needs you to hold on to Him. Your holding onto Jesus is because you need to be held by Him. How can we be held by someone if we chose not to be near them? That would be a rather hard thing to do now, wouldn’t it?

To know that there were many people who knew who Jesus was when He lived in a human body on this earth and still chose not to a walk with Him during that time makes me think deeply. Some left Him sad because they weren’t willing to go the distance with Him. Others knew He was the Messiah but never openly acknowledged it because of fear of what other people would say and|or think. Some knew who He was and chose not to believe. Others suspected who He might be, but the demand of life’s “right now” on them outweighed their thoughts to pursue Him.

Some received a miracle or healing from Him and never followed Him again. Others heard of all that He could do but never got close. The more I read scripture and the more that I experience life, is the more I understand how intentional every encounter that Jesus had with another person was. Whether the interaction was His intention, or the individuals or someone connected to the individuals intention,the intention was there.

Don’t allow the present day to lull your intentions or willingness to draw closer to Jesus to sleep.

God pursues us but He must also be pursued.

James 4:8

“Come close to God, and God will come close to you…”

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AWAKENING TO – KNOWING THE LORD AND HOLDING ONTO HIM

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I think we underestimate the great privilege it is to know the Lord. I am convinced, we really do, (myself included). I’ll give a brief testimony of my own ignorance in my early teen years:

I find it so funny that although we don’t know God we still reference Him as the right way, or appropriate way of doing things. When I said theses words I was a teen, even as young as a middle schooler. I knew of the Lord but didn’t know Him then. I would say often while giving my own timeline of my individual life:

“So when I am forty, I get saved and live for God.” “I’ll be old then anyway, right?”

I’d say, while looking around for confirmation of my (same age), school friends.

The thing is, that God has His own plans and a better one at that. I got saved at the age of 21 and have loved Jesus everyday since then!

Another thing about what was said is, whose to say that 40 was in the plan of God? Sometimes we speak with such certainty, things that only God knows.

It is important to stand on what God has made know to us with complete certainty because He has made it know. But the things He hasn’t, it’s important that we seek Him, (God) for wisdom.

Life in this earthen vessel has the potential to be short, eternity is forever. I will never die, because my spirit is an eternal being. I am just housed in an earthen vessel because, that’s the way God has ordered it for us. So I don’t say this to scare you, but life in an earthen body is but a vapor, but if you know the Lord, you are secure.

James 4:14

“How do you know what your life will be like tomorrow? Your life is like the morning fog—it’s here a little while, then it’s gone.”

That is most certain statement that any blood washed believer can ever say:

“My eternity is secure, I know and am sure of where I am heading after life in this vessel!”

Do you know the Lord? If not, it’s essential that you know Him and in knowing Him, hold onto Him.

I love this verse because it reminds me of the faithfulness of God.

David says:

Psalm 37:25 BST

“I was once young, indeed I am now old; yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed seeking bread.”

You’re knowing God is the biggest win you could ever obtain here on earth. That is it. It’s the greatest decision you could ever make. Holding onto Him, not in a way of despair, but in a way where you know that your only hope is Him.

Holding onto His word, holding onto His promises and holding onto His truth. Holding onto the tangible presence of God. He says:

Deuteronomy 31:6

“…For the LORD your God will personally go ahead of you. He will neither fail you nor abandon you.”

(Also referenced in Hebrews 13:5)

Place faith in Jesus Christ and when you do never let go. He is worth it, the only sure One we can know.

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AWAKENING TO – BEGINNING AGAIN

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Moving forward can be hard.

Beginning again can be an adjustment and can be, in some sense of the word, demanding.

Your choice to begin again is a brave one. The thought and the action taken to begin again is courageous as well.

I can’t help but think about a specific story in the Bible. If you’ve been a Sunday School goer you’ve heard this story a number of times. Don’t feel judged if you aren’t a Sunday School kid, I wasn’t one either. But God so graciously redeemed my story in that area by allowing me to teach them for a number of years. How cool is that? This just adds to the topic of this blog. It isn’t about where you’ve been, it’s about where you are going…

So, the story I’m going to reference a bit is the one of Caleb and the Spies. I’ll paraphrase it a little, but if you’d like to read up on the story you can find it over in Numbers 13.

The story, on a whole, just reminds me of how just, God is in honoring our faith. He basically states throughout scripture that you shall have whatever you believe you should and can have.

Matthew 9:29

Then He touched their eyes, saying, “According to your faith let it be to you.”

James 1:6-8

But when you ask him, be sure that your faith is in God alone. Do not waver, for a person with divided loyalty is as unsettled as a wave of the sea that is blown and tossed by the wind…

Matthew 21:21

Then Jesus told them, “I tell you the truth, if you have faith and don’t doubt, you can do things like this and much more. You can even say to this mountain, ‘May you be lifted up and thrown into the sea,’ and it will happen.

So let’s talk about moving forward. Like how weak the thought of it can make one feel at times, but then you remember that the reward is greater. Moving forward requires a Spirit that is unlike any other, it requires a willingness, a heart posture and the right thinking. When we decide to move forward it is like we are thrusting ourselves towards a vision not yet seen in the natural, but fully known in the Spirit. I know what my forward can look like, so it is up to me to press hard in that direction. It is up to me to trust God in the process. It is up to me to believe that forward is so active, so present and so tangible that I can see it. I can envision the direction, the path and the journey. I know that it is near and it is just a hand grasp ahead of what is current. It is near and I am determined to get to forward, each day, with every step and with every decision. Forward is in plain view, and even if it isn’t for anyone else, it is for me. Even if no one else can see my forward, it is formulated in me. I know it and I understand it and can hear it’s leading.

Isaiah 30:21

Your own ears will hear him. Right behind you a voice will say, “This is the way you should go,” whether to the right or to the left.

Psalm 32:8

The LORD says, “I will guide you along the best pathway for your life. I will advise you and watch over you.

Beginning again. It can be really scary. You tremble at the thoughts of where you messed up and|or missed the mark in the past. You don’t want that to be, again. You want to begin again, the right way, you don’t want to fail this time. You want to thrive within and through this new beginning. But can I encourage you that God rejoices to see the work begin (Zechariah 4:10), anyway. There is another story in scripture, it’s actually a parable, you can find it here, Matthew 25:14-30. The story commends the one who took what they had to work with, and worked it. The story commends the one who began again, even though they weren’t sure about their beginning, They ran with the plan they had in mind, and their plan delivered. The one who feared beginning again ended up doing the least with what they had. Fear is not of God, the spirit does not belong to any of those who have been born again and have received God’s Holy Spirit. The Spirit that God gives is the Spirit of Power, Love and a Sound Mind (2 Timothy 1:7). Fear is not of that Spirit, it’s origins are not of God.

Now, back to the story of Caleb and the Spies. God is always willing. He is willing in His promises and in the portion(s) He deals out over our lives. He is so willing that there is no end or limit to His willingness. He is the beginning and the end, but still never runs out, or comes to an end. He made a promise to the tribes, and gave them some things. But they had to inhabit the promises and possess the things. They had to dwell in the Word, that God had given them with their whole entire being. They had to, in order to receive the forward and the beginning that God was giving them (Deuteronomy 1:8).

The spies’ reports varied and because they did, their results differed. Two spies came back with a report that demanded a great harvest. And the other spies reported a fearful report which yielded their own results. (Numbers 13:27, 30, 32)

If time were to retell the story where would you fall in, within the groups and their reports? If you are in the group with the wrong report, because there is one; how do you swap groups and receive all that God willingly supplies|provides?

What is your report? In better words, what are the words that you have began with? What is the vision? That you are moving forward with and|or beginning again in?

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AWAKENING TO – FULFILLMENT IN THE WILL OF GOD

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It makes perfect sense that the only sure and true place that we’d find complete and total fulfillment would be in the will of God

A logical question that could be asked by knowing this is:

“Why would God give us a will of our own if He knew that true fulfillment would only come from His, own will?”

will

ˈwil 

1. —used to express futurity

2. —used to express desire, choice, willingness, consent, or in negative constructions refusal

3. used to express a command, exhortation, or injunction

4. : to have a wish or desire

5. : appetite, passion

6. : choice, determination

7. : a disposition to act according to principles or ends

God’s design of us all included our mind, will and emotions. Deliberation on our lives involves our own personal thinking and agreement. It involves our participation and our choice(s).

God never wanted our obedience to Him to be programmed. He wanted us to follow His leading by choice. It is our choice that makes all of the difference in doing the will of God.

Nothing that is forced or forcefully ever becomes something we want or wanted. Most of the time, what is forced does not last and does not produce the desired result that we’d expect it to.

It is important to know that God has a predetermined as well as a, determined upon the grounds our cooperation, will for each of our lives. He knows the best possible outcome of it all and; is just as much determined to see His will come to fruition as He is to of ever had planned it in the first place.

But, He wants our willingness of cooperation, agreement and choice more than anything. God gave YOU a choice because He wants YOU to use it. He wants your confession, and expression of faith to align with one another.

He wants you to see His will as good and perfect. He wants you to know the truth regarding His intentions towards you, and for you to believe them.

He is wholly, for you. He is wholly for, your good. He is wholly for His best and greatest plan prevailing in your life, but He wants you to rally for it too.

He wants you to go on a journey in relationship with Him, trusting Him for this specific will to unfold day by day, and moment by moment. As you place your hands in His and continue in your trust, dependency and love for Him.

Knowing that it will all make perfect sense as you stay on the journey of life with and unto Him.

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James 1:17

Whatever is good and perfect is a gift coming down to us from God our Father, who created all the lights in the heavens. He never changes or casts a shifting shadow.

AWAKENING TO – YOUR CHOICES BEING YOUR TOOLS IN LIFE

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I recently had a few thoughts and in my deliberation of these thoughts I was brought to some more thoughts. I began to think on some of my past choices.

These choices occurred before accepting Jesus as my Lord and Savior. I don’t know about you but some of my past still makes me cringe when I think about it. The thought of how cruel the enemy can be in his deception has always bothered me. When I look back on my choices prior to coming to Christ I can see how God has had His hand on me, but I can also see how the enemy can use the innocence of our youth and naivety to try to lure us down the wrong paths. If you aren’t sharpened to his tricks you are susceptible to them without even knowing it. Life can spiral and you never know why, if you are outside of relationship with God.

Thank God for His saving grace, the grace that saw me in my wrong decisions and despair and decided to come to my rescue and draw me to Himself.

Thinking on the choices I made before I was fully open to and aware of His marvelous grace, immediately brought about a feeling of this load of guilt. I could sense the guilt trying to take over my mood. The way this happened is through me thinking on the thoughts and connecting one bad decision with another bad decision, and piecing them together with one lie of the enemy to another lie of the enemy, that I actually believed. Which, if I am being completely honest, can lead anyone on a rabbit trail to a place of not so good thoughts.

Following this I quickly reminded myself that I am a new creation and that the old me and those choices are dead and gone. I had been blood bought, at a high price and under new, heavenly, holy and divine management and orchestration.

Sometimes the effect of our decisions can try to linger on, in our lives. But we do not have to let them when we know the truth.

We have to remind ourselves that once we accepted Christ’s Place in exchange for ours, our past present and future sins were wiped away. There was no more responsibility left on our hands for them.

We can choose!

We can choose:

-hope instead of regret.

-to learn from bad choices instead of allowing them to define us.

-to learn some truth about our personhood and who we really are.

-to change, and allow ourselves to change more and more into God’s image.

-to believe our true identity.

-to live in faith over fear.

We can choose the working together for our good instead of the evil suggestion of doubt and the enemy. Our choices are really all we have in life.

Second to choosing to accept Jesus Christ into our lives, every other choice we make should be made on the foundation of having chosen this, (Him) first.

I am making this decision and the next, and the next decision, and the next, off of the grounds of, being a blood bought believer, in right standing with God; and with eternity in plain view. I want that ultimate and initial decision to steer all of my secondary decisions that follow. Our decisions and choices are the most important and the most useful tools we have in life. They help shape and steer the outcomes of our life.

May they always be guided by God’s Word and with our ultimate decision and stand at the forefront.

ultimate:

ul· ti· mate

: the best or most extreme of its kind

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AWAKENING TO – YOU NEED WHAT GOD HAS CALLED YOU TO JUST AS MUCH AS IT NEEDS YOU

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You need what God has assigned to you just as much as it needs you.

What has God laid on your heart?

What burden has He given you that you cannot shake?

What keeps your gears turning? What must you solve, or add to, or make better?

What are the things you know that if you don’t do it no one else will? Or maybe they will but you know that they’d never do it like you or the way God has called you to do it?

What is it? What is it that you’ve planned for over and over again? You’ve made preparations, business plans, design details and have rallied a team for?

What have you been given a “yes!” to that you are just too nervous to press the gas peddle on?

What are the things that you know if you stand before God and they are left here on earth undone He’d not be pleased about? What fruit have you been called to produce?

What is it that you know, like you know that God has called you to?

Maybe everything in your personal life isn’t the way you’d like it to be before you begin. Maybe there are some things that you have been pleading with God to do and that’s been delaying your complete obedience to Him.

I’m not going to act like we have not all been there a time or two. But what I will say is that when we are at a place where what we are believing God for ourselves is still in process and there is also a list of things He has asked us to do; the surest thing to do is to get moving on His list. Get moving on the things He’s asked of us. Why? (You ask, or maybe you didn’t!) Because we are never waiting on God. Like never, ever. When we completely grasp that He is in full control of everything, including time and timelines, we get that we are never waiting on Him.

We may have waiting seasons etc. but the wait isn’t on God. He knows what He’s doing even if we don’t. He is on time, even when we are not. And He is never wrong.

The most important thing I’ve learned from this topic is that obedience to God, fulfills. Which is why I titled this blog what I did. You need what God has called you to just as much as it needs you.

He knows exactly what we need. He knows exactly how what He is calling us to will benefit us just as it will be benefitted by us.

Which is why it is so important for us to cooperate with Him.

Relationship with God is not transactional but it works better in cooperation.

cooperation defined:

co· op· er· a· tion

: common effort

synonyms:

affiliation, alliance, association, collaboration, connection, partnership, relationship

Everyone and everything is benefited through obedience to God.

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2 Peter 3:8

But you must not forget this one thing, dear friends: A day is like a thousand years to the Lord, and a thousand years is like a day.

AWAKENING TO – ATTENTION SEEKING

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You need to know what has your attention.

You need to know that there is an audience of One. There is an audience of One living, and Who has already died for your attention.

You don’t need the audience of others when you have Him as an audience. (When He is the audience that matters most to you and the audience that you care most about, He brings the right audience to you.)

He adores you.

He lavishes over you.

He’s obsessed with your very being.

He has a plan for you today.

He has a plan for you now.

He has a plan for you ten years from now.

He has a plan for you for all of eternity:

Whose attention are you seeking?

I used to envision myself as a micro sized being, just jumping up and shouting for presence and attention of God.

Praying and praising – Saying: “OO oo, pick me, answer my request, hear my cry and my call.

Hey God,

See me.

See me standing here.

Just here for You.

Arms wide open.

Here for Your attention God.

I don’t want any other.

Hear Your daughters call.

Hear her cry.

I am in need of You.

I am Yours, receive me.”

“Show me how much I mean to You.

Remind me of my true identity.

Write my life all over again, for Your glory and to Your glory. Mold me after Your will.

I am willing to bend and live abundantly for You.

You are mine, I am Yours.

You are my Hiding Place, my Safe Refuge.”

I’d envision myself shouting these words at the top of my lungs, not because I needed to but because I wanted to.

I wanted to be heard by Him.

I wanted to make sure He noticed me – falling head over heels, into His bosom.

Heart open and abandoned to His will.

Captured by His presence, basking in His glory, and greatness and care for me.

Knowing that He didn’t only make me, but He wanted to.

(Psalm 139:13, Jeremiah 1:5, Ephesians 1:4)

I’ve also envisioned myself, arms wrapped around me – embracing God’s thick and tangible presence.

Knowing His warm embrace.

Knowing His love.

His grasp, His kindness.

Knowing He wouldn’t let go.

So I’d speak in the liberty of a whispers. Knowing He’d hear my every sigh, He’d translate even my breaths.

And I know He’d understand every single

word, even if it was just hidden within the deeps of my own heart.

I know God.

A God that knows me.

Through and through.

A God that longs for me to know how much of my audience He actually is.

A God who wants me more than I’ll ever want Him.

And yet, He purses me still.

So tell me why?

Why would I want the audience of another when I have the attention of the God of the universe?

There is nothing wrong with seeking attention.

Just know that there will always be an audience of One who has already beat you to it.

He fought for and won your attention first.

You’ll never seek His attention and leave empty handed.

Seek the attention of the One.

Know the attention of the audience of One.

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AWAKENING TO – THE ANSWERS THAT COME WITH PRAYER

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I recently began to pray a few words and said to myself “I am not going to pray those words yet”.

And it wasn’t because I shouldn’t, but because I have, in the past.

Some prayers come with really steep answers.

Some prayers take you deeper into the heart of God.

Some prayers reveal the ugly truth about you.

Some prayers cause repentance and some make room for new wine.

Some prayers are not answered,

but are displayed and responded to, through your obedience to the Father’s will.

Just look at the life death and resurrection of Jesus Christ; the most influential and impactful ministry to ever exist.

He went the distance with God the Father.

We don’t say this often but, there were the greatest highs and low, lows even in His story. And He is the one and only, son of God.

Some prayers take maturity. Some prayers take more than a yes. Some prayers, if I can be completely honest, in some seasons I am not willing to pray.

And it isn’t because I don’t see the answer or believe that it will be answered, but because I know the journey I’d have to go on to the answer.

It takes faith to ask God to make you more like Him.

It takes faith to ask prayers along the lines of what you can do for His Kingdom, or how you can better benefit His Kingdom.

It takes faith to walk in total obedience after uttering some extreme words of prayer.

It takes faith to already know the answer to the prayer, know what it will require of you and to pray it anyway – even still.

It takes faith to go the distance with God.

You get to a place with God where you understand that your yes to God takes footwork.

And not necessarily baby steps footwork.

What this means is that, in saying yes to God today, a year later can come by and one can still not do what He’s asked.

There is a place in our walk where that kind of action may fly or be excused, but there is also a place past that.

A place where it practically becomes blatant disobedience not to say yes with ones footwork.

Those are the places that make you tremble at the thought of obedience but there is no way you can turn back.

Those are the places where you say I’m choosing this day who I will serve – if God is God, serve God.

Those are the places where you say comes what may happens what may my eyes are on You – my life is yours, God.

Those are the places where you are willing to sacrifice for the sake of…

Those are the places where you second guess your own prayer before you utter it because you know what it will require, and you will not turn back.

Those are the places where you dig your heels into the ground and go hard after Jesus because He is your only help in the journey to the answer.

Those are the places where He shows you what you are made of and that He wasn’t even close to being through with you yet.

Those are the places where you are drafted. The civilian cape is removed, because the army of the Lord means business and so do you.

Those are the places where you realize that you were called for such a time as this and your preparation shows it.

Those are the places where God gets the most honor because it is either all or nothing, you become a front-liner and are willing to go the distance…

just journeying with you and Your God.

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AWAKENING TO – BELIEVING THE PROMISE

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bait

ˈbāt 

baited; baiting; baits

:tease

:entice, lure

: something used in luring especially to a hook or trap

How many times have you heard the phrase “Don’t take the bait!”?

Is it safe to say that this phrase probably wouldn’t exist if the bait didn’t look appealing in one way or another? Or no?

Is it safe to say that “bait” can be:

-attractive?

-a hidden or open desire?

-captivating to the senses?

-a want, a need or a longing?

Can I remind you that the bait will always sound right, may even look right and may also appear right?

Can I remind you to be discerning, and not to take bait, no matter who it may be coming from? Bait is classified as bait for a reason.

Don’t settle for less than God has called you to be. Can I ask you, how many people can answer the receiving end of a phone call at one time? It would have to be ONE, wouldn’t it?

This is how specific God’s call is to you. It’s only meant for you to be at the receiving end of it, and it is designed to recognize the specifics of your answer.

Getting back on the topic of bait:

Can I remind you to?

•Confirm prophecy with the Lord

•That some were sent to prophecy lies to Nehemiah to deter him from his assignment.

Nehemiah 6:9

They were just trying to intimidate us, imagining that they could discourage us and stop the work. So I continued the work with even greater determination.

Nehemiah 6:12

I realized that God had not spoken to him, but that he had uttered this prophecy against me because Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him.

Nehemiah 6:14

Remember, O my God, all the evil things that Tobiah and Sanballat have done. And remember Noadiah the prophet and all the prophets like her who have tried to intimidate me.

•Prophecy won’t always remain (1 Corinthians 13:13)

•God can change His decision to follow through on what was|had been prophesied.

Isaiah 38:4-8

Then this message came to Isaiah from the LORD: …

•To go to God regarding what He has promised you (Isaiah 38:2)

•To prophecy your promise (there are thousands of them written throughout scripture)

Nothing outweighs personal intimacy, relationship and reverence of God. Nothing outweighs constant communing with the Holy Spirit. He honors those that diligently seek Him (Hebrews 11:6), those wanting a closer relationship with Him. He honors those that pray for what (2 Chronicles 1:10) is of Him rather than just what can be gotten from Him. He honors those that know the importance of a relationship with Him. He honors those that are bodacious enough to seek Him, and not only seek Him, but find Him (Jeremiah 29:13)

There is no limit to the things He’ll do in and with a heart that is set after Him.

(1 Corinthians 2:9)

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AWAKENING TO – THE WONDER OF YOU

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Proverbs 9:10

Fear of the LORD is the foundation of wisdom. Knowledge of the Holy One results in good judgment.

Isaiah 66:2

My hands have made both heaven and earth; they and everything in them are mine. I, the LORD, have spoken! “I will bless those who have humble and contrite hearts, who tremble at my word.

Psalm 119:161

…but my heart trembles only at your word.

Exodus 15:11

Then Moses and the people of Israel sang this song to the LORD: “I will sing to the LORD, for he has triumphed gloriously; he has hurled both horse and rider into the sea.

The wonder of you…

Scripture teaches us to revere God, it reminds us to keep our awe of Him. There are entire books of the Bible that speak on His splendor, His majesty, how great and how grand He is. The Bible in its entirety, shows off the wonder of our God, and to believe that all He and all He’ll ever be could never fit in the description of Him written in those 66 books, is astonishing. They are God’s word to us, His love letter, they are Him; but it isn’t Him in His entirety. Words could never contain all of Him. In Him there is no beginning or end.

He is God and nothing He does will ever not be. So, why then do you not look at your own self in wonder? Be reminded that, when He made you, He saw you as good. He took time with you and knit you together in your mothers womb. Before there was a moment in time, whether AC. or BC., you in your entirety were the plan of God.

Wonder at you, wonder at the grace of God over you. That He would look at what, we would call imperfect and flawed and call you good. God says, “all the things” (Isaiah 66:2) His hand has made and this is how you came to be. He made you, with full intent, never to be one who didn’t wonder and marvel at that glorious truth.

When you look at the sky…

The landscape of it all. The way it is painted and placed there to be. Aren’t you in awe of it all? Isn’t it captivating?

Psalm 8:3

When I look at the night sky and see the work of your fingers— the moon and the stars you set in place—

Psalm 19:1

The heavens proclaim the glory of God. The skies display his craftsmanship.

Genesis 1:1

In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

When you stand before a great body of water and wiggle your toes in the sand…

What do you sense? What are some things you imagine?

Proverbs 8:29

I was there when he set the limits of the seas, so they would not spread beyond their boundaries. And when he marked off the earth’s foundations,

Knowing this scripture. Reading it and understanding this truth. How much more intentional has God been about your makeup.

Gods Spirit was present when He set the limits of the seas, and so was the presence of His very thought of you. Your whole being was thought of centuries before your parents, parents, parents were even thought of by man. You are by design, just as much as the seas know where to stop. You are by design, just as much as the earths foundation has been appointed.

Ever been to one of the world seven wonders? What was your experience? What were your thoughts?

Romans 1:20

For ever since the world was created, people have seen the earth and sky. Through everything God made, they can clearly see his invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature. So they have no excuse for not knowing God.

Just as there is no excuse for us not to know God, there is no excuse for us not to believe in the wonder of us, one in whom He created.

won· der

ˈwən-dər 

: a cause of astonishment or admiration

:miracle

: rapt attention or astonishment at something awesomely mysterious or new to one’s experience

Psalm 139:13

You made all the delicate, inner parts of my body and knit me together in my mother’s womb.

You may not know you intricately. You may not know yourself completely, but He does.

So, don’t ever think for a moment that you weren’t made to be wondered at or about. The miracle of you is marvelous. There is wonder in your very being, there is wonder in your breath. Believe God when He says that all of you is good.

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