Staying Close

What happens after we receive and accept God’s invitation to join Him at the wedding banquet for His Son? 

Well, saying yes and accepting the invitation automatically qualifies us as one of His chosen; one of the called; as one of His elect. At that point, He will start preparing us to withstand the enemy’s deceptions and attacks. Fortunately, it is not us who tends with the devil, it is Jesus himself that becomes your defender and protector. 

What Jesus begins to teach us for our peace and happiness is:

How to stay close to Him at all times.

—for our protection…

How to see ourselves as Jesus sees us. 

— so we can see our value and worth to Him…

How to accept His forgiveness. 

— so we can see His mercy and love…

How to forgive ourselves. 

— in order to trust Him with ourselves…

How to relinquish our grip on control. 

— so we can experience freedom…

How to see Jesus for who He really is. 

— in order to live in His power…

How to recognize His voice speaking. 

— so we can share His words…

For some, this process takes quite a length of time. For others, only a short period of time depending on how willing we are to allow Him access to our mind, heart, and soul. The willingness is the control thing all over again.

The bottom line is this:  In order for us to experience all of what God wants to give us, starting now and on into eternity, we need to accept an important truth. The truth is that Jesus is always for us and never against us. If we believe that, all the other things will come. 

So you see how important our view of God is. It means everything!

If we believe that Jesus actually, truly, honestly, without hesitation, accepts us right where we are, then that allows us to accept Him in return. Then, and only then, can we receive all of what we need to know in order to experience total peace and security in His hands.

Then, Jesus becomes our soul-mate, our confidant, our wisdom in making decisions, the love of our lives. We will never be alone [don’t mix feeling alone with knowing that we are not]. The closer we allow Him to come, the more He entrusts His authority and power to us to use on His behalf. He then starts to share His thoughts and feelings with us. Strange things begin to happen. We no longer feel comfortable here in this [as my friend puts it] sin-soaked world. After spending all of our lives trying to fit in, we find our citizenship in a spiritual realm with Jesus and other like-minded people. The things of this world grow dim and we long for Jesus and His eternal Kingdom.  

That might sound frightening for some; but not after you’ve experienced it.  When you find yourself a foreigner to this world, you find yourself working tirelessly for the expansion of God’s Kingdom so that He might soon return and establish Himself as the King.   

Go ahead, see for yourself.

Accept His invitation…

copyright 7/5/2014