Seek & Find, Go & Tell
I remember really hearing the truth about Jesus for the first time as an almost twenty one year old broken, mess of a girl. While I had occasionally heard mention of a wrathful, angry, judgmental God in my younger years, I don’t ever remember being introduced to the God I now know.
Yet, I still found myself walking the aisle in a little Baptist church desperate to hear more about this God who loved me so much that he’d sent his only Son so that he could make a way for me to be forgiven and adopted into his family.
I couldn’t even fathom a love like that. I couldn’t stay in my seat. Even though I was sure everyone would be watching, I simply had to know more. I had to find out for myself if this could be true.
I took a leap of faith that day and I trusted Jesus as Lord of my life. That was twenty years ago, and here is what I have found to be true…
God is faithful.
He is who he says he is.
He does what he says he will do.
His promises can be trusted.
His Word never fails.
He is present.
He is sovereign and he is good.
He never leaves or forsakes us.
He eye is always on us.
His ears hear our every cry.
He is forgiving.
His grace abounds.
He is the God of new beginnings.
He gives new life and he gives it abundantly.
His mercies are new every morning.
He is invitational.
He is patient and tender.
He is gentle and kind.
He the friend that sticks closer than a brother.
He is beyond anything we can comprehend, yet walks and talks with us.
He is the healer of lives and hearts and souls.
He is the redeemer of our stories.
He is our rescuer and our help in trouble.
He is defender, our strength, and our shield.
He is powerful and mighty.
He is the Good Shepherd.
He leaves the ninety nine for the lost one.
He carries us and comforts us.
He leads and guides us.
He corrects and cares for us.
He is holy.
He is righteous and just.
He restores the brokenness in this world.
He reconciles us.
His hand is moving even when we can’t see or understand it.
He transforms us.
He changes us from the inside out.
He doesn’t give up on us.
He has a plan and a purpose for us.
He will finish what he’s started.
And, Sister, he loves us.
He chose us.
He calls us his own.
He welcomes us into his family.
He calls us co-heirs of his kingdom and his beloved.
In these twenty years of walking with Jesus, I’ve learned that I will always be learning. I will be unfolding layer upon layer of his love, mercy, grace, compassion, and forgiveness until I meet him face to face in heaven. The more I know him, the more I want to know him.
And the more I know him, the more I want others to know him.
The real him.
The one whose faithful love and presence changes everything.