The reason I share this with you is because I know many of us feel this way. Believers and non-believers. And I am here to tell you that if you are feeling anything like I just stated you are giving into the enemies BIG, FAT, STUPID, LIES. He thinks hes clever, but if you just sit for a moment and think about what you are believing you will start to laugh. You will laugh because you will see how unoriginal he is and how he has been using the same lies for decades.
Once I got over my pity party I realized that if all of these things I was hearing and believing about the Lords love was true, why in the heck would I worship Him and give up my whole life? It isn't because He is unhappy with my performance or think I can do a lot better. It isn't because of a challenge I have to be as good as I can and then He will love me. No, it isn't like human love at all. In a podcast by Graham Cooke called "The Inheritance", he talks about God loving us. He says that "we could do nothing to where God would love us more. We can also do nothing to where God would love us less." God loves us as we are, He sees us as His perfect beloved and we will always be His perfect beloved. We don't have to strive to be better, we don't even have to do anything. He loves us because it is His nature to love us. He can't help it.
I know it seems impossible to believe when we are surrounded by the pressure of humans telling us we have to be better. The pressures of being successful, beautiful and intelligent. The pressures of people telling us we are good enough and we must be better to be liked or even loved. But there is good news! GREAT NEWS! Jesus died for our sins, we know longer have to live with the guilt of our imperfections. God doesn't just forgive us, he forgets! We can live a life of freedom because our Savior died the penalty for us. Nothing else matters. In fact, Philippians 3:8 says, "Everything else is worthless when compared with the infinite value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord."
Everything on earth is going to perish, we don't need to waste our time worrying about how well we performed. God loves us for who we are, I challenge you to quit living as if you are a prisoner, you were set free along time ago, now you just have to choose to live like you are.
In Christ,
-Heather
"Put on all of God's armor so that you will be able to stand firm against all strategies of the devil. For we are not fighting against flesh-and-blood enemies, but against evil rulers and authorities of the unseen world, against mighty powers in this dark world, and against evil spirits in the heavenly places." Ephesians 6:11-12
