“As the time approached when Jesus was to be taken up into heaven, he determined to go to Jerusalem.” Luke 9:51
Welcome to our time together during this 40 days leading up to Easter. Through this period, we will be following Jesus from the moment he turns his eyes towards Jerusalem up until his crucifixion.
This turning point in his life is significant. In many ways, the life that he led before was all preparation for this, for the walk he must and will make. For the pain and suffering he know he must endure. But even before that, from the beginning of Creation, God who was, knew and prepared himself for this moment. He knew what love would cost before time was created, and yet chose love, still.
For God is love (1 John 4:8).
Everything that Jesus says, everything that he does, and all that happens to him must be filtered through this thought in our heads: “God loves me this much.”
We will never understand the depth, or the willingness of that Love to seek us out and draw us in, but even conceiving of it can entirely transform us.
You are worthy of his love, because he chose you, from the beginning, to be loved.
Our greatest resistance to coming to know the Father is not the Father. It’s us. Lent is the season when we can let those things go, and seek his face. It’s a time when we can reflect and ruminate on those things which prevent us from knowing the Father. It’s a great time to put into practices things that mirror that love, and reduce our own self preoccupation so that others might know it as well.
May this season show you the love that the Father has for you, and his desire for goodness within your life. May it be filled with blessing and healing.
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