Finding Yourself at the End of Yourself

 

Finding Yourself at the End of Yourself

There’s an awakening that happens when we get free from the lies we believe and the darkness they carry. There’s a transformational exchange when we “let go and let God.” It’s when we allow the Healer to love us where pain and suffering crippled us.

Jesus came “to seek and save the lost.” It’s when we get to that point that our hearts are fully surrendered that “the King of glory enters in.” Psalm 24:9. The bible centers on this Love Story; to fully redeem mankind from sin. The more I read it to understand His will for us, the more it makes sense. We are His temples where “the restoration of all things” takes place. That’s why the born again experience is “out of this world.” Jesus came to our world so we can experience His world, so we can be (re)-connected to our spiritual Father in heaven.

“Heaven must take Him in until the time comes for the restoration of all things, which God announced long ago through His holy prophets.” Acts 3:21.

Spiritual awakening begins in the hearts of mankind because God is relational. He won’t force our will, but invites us into this deep connection by His divine power, the gift of grace. “It’s not by our might nor by the power” but His spirit of grace given to us. Zechariah 4:6. As we relinquish control, His grace empowers us to overcome the evil we face in this world.

We are as strong as our level of surrender. His strength is perfected in our weakness. 2 Corinthians 12:9. It’s not our power alone, but “Christ’s in us” through restored spiritual oneness. “Christ in us the hope of glory.” Colossians 1:27. He made us One with God and with one another by His Spirit.

God wants His creation back which He once had in the garden. He was, is and is to come. His will is being done on earth as it is in heaven. They can’t stop God’s will, no matter what they try.

Holocaust survivor Viktor Frankl said: “Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms—to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way.”

We are free to the degree we allow His love to consume the stings of separation. He is near to the brokenhearted, but we must let Him in to transform us by the “renewing of our minds.” Romans 12:2.

“Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him, and HE will make your paths straight.” Proverbs 3:5-6.

The power of His grace in our heart is life-giving. It changes how we see others. The same mercy He gives us, we can show others. The world needs this love, not the self-seeking, self-exalting or self-righteous understanding of worldly love. This is the reformation the world needs. One mind. One heart. One Purpose. One Nation under God.

“That all may be one, as You, Father, are in Me, and I in You, that they also may be in Us, that the world may believe that You sent Me. I have given them the glory You gave Me, so that they may be one as We are one. John 17:21-22.

Life is not what we endure, but who we become because of Who we behold.