I've been thinking lately. Sometimes that's a good thing. Sometimes that's a bad thing. But regardless of whether it's good or bad (Although I'm leaning more towards the 'good' side this time) I thought I'd share a little of whats been rampantly racing through my mind. 'Cause there sure is a lot. And I'm pretty sure my head's gonna explode real soon if I don't get at least some of it out.
Well, the thing that seems to constantly occupy the most, and oftenest of my thoughts is this: Jesus. Simple as that. But ya'know, He's pretty amazing. Like so incredibly-awesome-and-powerful-but-still-my-best-friend-ever-not-to-mention-the-love-of-my-life-rock-your-world sort of amazing. I can't seem to get Him out of my head. (And my heart) That's okay though, because I kind of like it.
But get this, not only has He been literally consuming my entire mind, but He's been shedding some light on several different subjects. Some of which, had never seen the light of day, but desperately needed it. And some of them, well, lets just say that these concepts never entered my head before. But the weirdest thing of all? They all seem to be connected. They all keep coming around to the same thing. Jesus.
It's kind of bizarre, how so many different concepts or lessons or revelations or whatever you want to call them, can all be summed up with one word. Jesus. He's so much. So deep, yet so simple. I think it's the intricate simplicity of it all that truly blows my mind and keeps tripping me up. It's difficult to grasp. But oh so fantastic.
One of the things that He's been talking to me about lately is Oneness- true family. Not the "we are one family" sort of thing. (Though that's part of it, and it is something He's been talking to be about. A lot. More on that later) But the "Jesus/God/Holy Spirit and you as a person" sort of Oneness thing. Yeah that sounds sort of crazy and probably almost sacrilegious, but hear me out.
You know how the Bible talks about how "We are in Christ Jesus our Lord" and that "He dwells in us" and that whole thing about "Our bodies being the temple of the Holy Spirit"? (And if you didn't you should go catch up on that, it's pretty awesome) What if what the Bible says, is how it really is. When we accept Jesus into our hearts, we give Him permission to "move in". And when we're filled with the Holy Spirit, we're literally filled with the Holy Spirit. He lives in us.
But did you catch that first part I put down? The "We are in Jesus" part? Well, don't quote me on this, but what if we really are in Jesus? Like really and truly in Jesus. Because if He becomes a part of us, how can we not be in Him? (I'm not meaning that we are God or anything even close to that) But it seems that it can't work only one way, because God doesn't ever seem to work that way. He doesn't want to "own" us, he wants a relationship. Sure He came and died for us, but we have to choose Him.
Call me crazy, but I think He wants a different sort of relationship. One where, instead of constantly asking, "Okay Jesus, what do you want me to do right now?" you just know. Something where we understand His will and His heart. Because we're so close to God, so lost in Him. So much so, that His instincts become our instincts, His ways become our ways, His breath becomes our breath, and His very blood runs through our veins.
But it's not some sort of magical "knowing" or anything that suddenly happens over night, but the beautiful fruit of sweat and blood, of hard work. Because you really have to want to know Jesus like that. You have to completely surrender to Him (That brings up a whole other train of thoughts, but I'll save that for another day) and you have to really, really love His word, read His word, spend time with Him. Because that's who He is.
I don't know if I'm doing this any justice. I can't quite seem to get what I'm thinking into words, but it's pretty close. Oh well, I'll let Jesus do the talking. :)
So yeah, that's just a tiny little taste of the things on my mind. Pretty crazy huh?
"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. Through Him all things were made; without Him nothing was made that has been made. In Him was life, and that life was the light of men"
Very amazing post my dear niece! I think you've hit some pretty deep revelation here, and I think you've stated it well. It provokes me to "think on these things" -- and that's always good! Thanks for writing your thoughts and heart here!
ReplyDeleteAwesome revelation, Little One... makes one think! I believe you are on to some pretty deep thoughts here! Your wonderful relationship with Jesus is a great testimony to His willingness to be our friend, our confidant, our Lord, our lover, and on and on and on! The possibilities in our relationship with Him are endless if we will let ourselves see that! Thanks for getting your thoughts out there!!
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