“Nobody is left behind who wants to know Me.”
This is a powerful message the Lord spoke to me recently. Can it be true that Almighty God – Yahweh – is reassuring me one more time I will not be left behind? And that you won’t be left behind.
Hallelujah!
In a world where so many of us are left behind because we don’t measure up. Don’t have the right look. We don’t fit in. Aren’t good enough. On and on. This is Good News then, right?
Oh, my Father of Heavenly Lights, you won’t forget me. Messed up me. Me – who gets it wrong almost daily and who ignores You just as often. And still, You set my heart on fire for You. How do You do it? How do You cause my heart to burn for You so much that even on days I’m stubbornly doing my own thing, You’re working to change it one more time.
It’s a lofty mystery to me!
Did you notice the caveat in the message He spoke to me? He didn’t say nobody is left behind, period. He said “…who wants to know Me.” A major key point.
Do you want to know God? Sad, not everybody wants to know Him. If you don’t want to know God, He isn’t going to twist your arm. He’s a gentleman and doesn’t do anything without your permission. You’ve probably heard or read stories about how Jesus rescued women who were at their wit’s end. How He seemed to pop into their lives and literally heal their broken hearts and ways with a word or a touch. Oh, Jesus. That’s not the whole story though. They wanted and invited.
Jesus is sitting close to all broken-hearted and damaged women, near them and waiting, like He did with me. I see Him sitting at a kitchen table waiting for a woman to crawl up off the floor where she’s passed out from too much stuff in her veins, her blood filled with painkilling stuff (also killing her joy and love at the same time). Yes, He’s there! Waiting! What is He waiting for?
You say, why is He letting this woman suffer for one more minute? It’s because with our want we give Him our permission. He cannot enter your body, soul or spirit without it! And then finally the woman on the kitchen floor utters her words, “Oh God, help me.” That’s the invitation! Jesus immediately acts but not before. He requires your legal invitation to come in.
And when you invite Him in, wonderful things begin to happen.
You might discover your craving for alcohol is completely gone. You might find prescription drugs no longer have a hold on you. You may realize that the very spouse you’ve been cheating on isn’t that bad after all and you want reconciliation. You might discover a love for yourself that you’ve never felt before. You might receive physical healing.
And you might find that you aren’t anxious or depressed anymore. Feelings of not belonging and isolation dry up. Somehow you don’t feel lonely anymore. You never have been.
That is the power of inviting Christ Jesus into your life.
“Nobody is left behind who wants to be with Me.” Oh, I love this message so much because it carries such powerful hope.
The key again is wanting to know and be known by God.
If you aren’t interested in a loving relationship with a Heavenly Father, you’re probably not even reading this post and this message will be meaningless to you.
However, if you are interested in knowing Jesus, please invite Him into your life. There’s no fancy way to invite Him into your life. It’s not complicated. Just ask.