Tuesday, May 3, 2016

Just a Minute

The Lord has called for heaven and earth to testify that He loves you.  You are the lover He thinks about continually, the joy of His heart.  There is nothing that can stand between you and no one can distract Him from you.  The universe is too small to keep you from Him and the curse in history will never close off His thoughts of you.  It is insurmountable this desire our Savior has for you; it is unbreachable the wall of affection He has put around you.   Pause for a moment and let Christ come to you.  Give Him time to hold you and kiss you.  There is a small voice whispering in your ear encouragement and hope.  It is a trickle it seems, a tiny little stream of affection because the hardness of your life has swept you away from the bank and so all you see is the bit of His love that you let get past your hurt and your complicated troubles.  But like the deer that comes carefully to the waters, come also.  Come with your cares, come with your trials, come with the sin you still hold, come with the empty places, come with the broken places, come with the lonely places.  Come and behold God.  Wait in His presence.  Be with Him.  The shadows may haunt you.  The losses may confuse you.  The clutter of a million desires may entangle you.  But come.  Come to your Savior.  Come to the One who watches for you; whose mind is upon you.  Come and stay for a moment.  Take your time and rest with Him just a bit longer.  You are busy and what you have to do is important but give Him just a little more of you.  Let Him be near you.  Don't run away so quickly.  There is too much love in Him to bear it all alone.  He must give you as much as you will take for as long as you let Him.  The pause is for you and Him...for you to receive His love and for Him to give it.   It is crazy to think that Jesus wants to be with you even more than you want to be with Him.  It is an ache for both of you.  Just wait a minute…


Be still before the Lord and wait patiently for him;       Psalm 37:7a NIV

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