I LONG FOR YOU TO TRUST Me enough to be fully yourself with Me. When you are real with Me, I am able to bring out the best in you: the very gifts I have planted in your soul.
Dear Jesus, Being real with You can be quite painful, because we have to be real with ourselves. It is often easier to ignore how we are feeling than to face our misery head-on. When we are feeling bad about ourselves, we would rather numb our feelings than bring them to You. Give us the courage to face ourselves, so we can be real with you. Amen.
Beloved, the best way to face yourself is to remember you are constantly clothed in My robe of righteousness. I have no illusions about what lies beneath that pristine garment of salvation. Nonetheless, I take great delight in you. I even rejoice over you with singing.
Open yourself up to My unfailing Love. Talk with Me about whatever is bothering you. Experience your pain in the Light of My loving Presence. In that brilliant Light you can see your misery more clearly, but do not despair. Continue looking at your woeful condition, while resting in the assurance of My Love. What you most feared to expose is no match for the Power of My radiant Presence. Entrust yourself into My capable care, asking Me to transform you according to My plans for you. Collaborate with Me as I work on growing the gifts I planted in your soul.
- Jesus
(Dear Jesus / Sarah Young)
Scripture Insight: Isaiah 61:10; Zephaniah 3:17and Psalm 13:5-6
"I delight greatly in the LORD; my soul rejoices in my God. For he has clothed me with garments of salvation and arrayed me in a robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom adorns his head like a priest, and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels" (Isaiah 61:10 / New International Version)
ReplyDelete"The LORD your God is with you, he is mighty to save. He will take great delight in you, he will quiet you with his love, he will rejoice over you with singing" (Zephaniah 3:17 / New International Version)
"But I trust in your unfailing love, my heart rejoices in your salvation. I will sing to the LORD, for he has been good to me"
(Psalm 13:5-6 / New International Version)