“I want to be a woman who lives totally abandoned to the first commandment. To love my Lord, my God with all my heart and soul. I want to actually love God. When I close my eyes, I want my heart to move. When I close my eyes and I look at Him, I want to feel alive on the inside. I want to look at Him with a fire in my heart and it’s real.” Misty Edwards
I love God’s 5-fold response to Adam and Eve’s hiding in their shame and sin…..
1) He comes for them
2) “Where are you?” He lovingly yells :)
3) He covers them
4) He rebukes the devil
5) He promises to restore them
Its the same today for all His children! Return to Him in your weakness instead of running from Him in your shame!
— Mark Slezinger (via wingstofly)
Holy, You are still holy Lord, I don’t deserve Your kind affection And so I come into Your chamber Holy, You are still holy Lord, I don’t deserve your tender patience And so I come into Your chamber And so I come into Your chamber
Even when the darkness surrounds my life
Sovereign, You are still sovereign
Even when confusion has blinded my eyes
When my unbelief has kept me from Your touch
I want my life to be a pure reflection
Of Your love
And I dance at Your feet, Lord
You are my Saviour
And I’m at Your mercy
All that has been in my life
Up ‘til now
It belongs to You
You are still holy
Even though I don’t understand Your ways
Sovereign, You will be sovereign
Even when my circumstances don’t change
When my unbelief has kept me from Your truth
I want my life to be a pure devotion
To You
And I dance at Your feet, Lord
You are my Saviour
And I’m at Your mercy
All that has been in my life
Up ‘til now
It belongs to You
I belong to You
And I dance at Your feet
You are my Saviour
And I’m at Your mercy
All that has been in my life
Up ‘til now
It belongs to You
I belong to You
You are still holy
You are still sovereign
You are still holy, Lord
You are still righteous
You are all-knowing
You are still holy
I take it, then, that unbelief in Jesus (NOT believing in Jesus) is a turning away from Jesus in order to seek satisfaction in other things. And BELIEF in Jesus is coming to Jesus for the satisfaction of our needs and our longings.
Belief is not mainly an agreement with facts in the head; it is mainly an appetite in the heart which fastens on Jesus for satisfaction. [Jesus says,] ‘He who comes to me shall not hunger and he who believes in me shall never thirst!’
— John Piper (via triplee)
