You Are So Wonderful!
God has engraved your name on the palm of His hand. He knew you before you were formed in your mother's womb. You were fearfully and wonderfully made. In fact, He knew you before the foundation of the world, and He loves you! (Isa. 49: 16; Ps. 139: 14-15)
He loves you with an everlasting love, and chose to shape you and program your DNA just like Him. God decided that you should be the image of the Father, Jesus and the Holy Spirit. (Gen. 1: 26) Jesus Christ personified the Father on earth through the power of the Holy Spirit. He said that when you see Him, you see the Father.
Have you ever been told by someone that they would do anything, and even go to the ends of the earth, for you? That is love, even if it is unattainable.
Jesus Christ, God's Anointed One, left the magnificence of heaven not just to come down to earth, but also to live and be subjected to all the problems and hardships just like you. Then He chose to take all your weariness, diseases and transgressions onto Himself and die an agonizing death.
Can you imagine anyone going through that torture and total humiliation just for you? He did it because you are so very wonderful to Him. If you already know Him, then you're probably thinking that you already know how He took your sin and died for you.
Maybe it's just me, but I don't always feel so wonderful. Do you also sometimes cry out and wonder where God is and why you're having so many problems?
You were created for the express purpose of walking and talking with Him. He is your constant companion, listening and talking to you all the time. The question is: are you? For someone who loves you so much that He did, and wants to continually do anything for you, wouldn't you want to love Him with all your might and soul?
I know you do. So do I! But our emotions get in the way, don't they? When you know you've missed the mark and things aren't going so well on this earthly realm you tend not to look up in thanksgiving and praise.
Yet, a heart full of thanksgiving and praise is exactly how God lifts you up - way above the mountains of trials and despair. God inhabits the praises of His people, and comes down, as it were, to meet your needs. (Ps. 22: 3)
"Draw nigh to God, and He will draw nigh to you." (Jas. 4: 8) "He is nigh unto all them that call upon Him. He will fulfill the desire of them that fear Him; he also will hear their cry, and... preserve all them that love Him." (Ps. 145: 18 - 20)
"Beloved, now [you are the son/daughter] of God...when He shall appear, [you] shall be like Him." (1 John 3: 2) Yes, you are wonderful and beloved by the One who is Love!
He loves you with an everlasting love, and chose to shape you and program your DNA just like Him. God decided that you should be the image of the Father, Jesus and the Holy Spirit. (Gen. 1: 26) Jesus Christ personified the Father on earth through the power of the Holy Spirit. He said that when you see Him, you see the Father.
Have you ever been told by someone that they would do anything, and even go to the ends of the earth, for you? That is love, even if it is unattainable.
Jesus Christ, God's Anointed One, left the magnificence of heaven not just to come down to earth, but also to live and be subjected to all the problems and hardships just like you. Then He chose to take all your weariness, diseases and transgressions onto Himself and die an agonizing death.
Can you imagine anyone going through that torture and total humiliation just for you? He did it because you are so very wonderful to Him. If you already know Him, then you're probably thinking that you already know how He took your sin and died for you.
Maybe it's just me, but I don't always feel so wonderful. Do you also sometimes cry out and wonder where God is and why you're having so many problems?
You were created for the express purpose of walking and talking with Him. He is your constant companion, listening and talking to you all the time. The question is: are you? For someone who loves you so much that He did, and wants to continually do anything for you, wouldn't you want to love Him with all your might and soul?
I know you do. So do I! But our emotions get in the way, don't they? When you know you've missed the mark and things aren't going so well on this earthly realm you tend not to look up in thanksgiving and praise.
Yet, a heart full of thanksgiving and praise is exactly how God lifts you up - way above the mountains of trials and despair. God inhabits the praises of His people, and comes down, as it were, to meet your needs. (Ps. 22: 3)
"Draw nigh to God, and He will draw nigh to you." (Jas. 4: 8) "He is nigh unto all them that call upon Him. He will fulfill the desire of them that fear Him; he also will hear their cry, and... preserve all them that love Him." (Ps. 145: 18 - 20)
"Beloved, now [you are the son/daughter] of God...when He shall appear, [you] shall be like Him." (1 John 3: 2) Yes, you are wonderful and beloved by the One who is Love!
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