I am confident there is a Scripture verse that says that I am His. The verse that the Lord God announces to the world that “You are mine!” I’ll keep searching because I know it is there.
Hey wait! Do I need to search for the exact verse? My heart opened just now as I write this that the whole Bible is shouting: “You are mine!” and “I want you back!”
If I don’t write anything else today but that cry from the Father’s heart – I don’t need to write anything else. Because this is the cry of The Father who has lost His kids and He wants them all back. Every single one of us.
Isn’t that good news to you today? This is astounding news.
It is not without pain that the Father watches the world and its goings-on right now and is grieved. It grieves Him so much and that is why it is His most urgent desire to bring every one of His kids back into relationship with Him.
Sisters and brothers, He wants you back. I know He has not abandoned me and He has not abandoned you either. I would love you to know this too.
This is what He says to us all:
Please know Me. Please hear my whispers in the middle of your dark night. Please hear my desires in the beating of the crashing waves upon the stormy shore. I’m whispering to those who want a quiet approach; I am shouting to those who need a hammer approach. Look for me, listen for me and you will find Me. I am not hiding from you. I am not making you jump over hurdles, like some ask you to do. I am not asking you to be sparkling clean before I come in and meet with you. I will wash you sparkling clean with my Son. There is no prep work. I want you just exactly as you are right now.! Remember, I made you this way, I will never ever reject what I have made because I’ve made what I’ve made with and from my love.
Hallelujah, I belong to the Father. I am His. I can rest in this today and tomorrow and into eternity. I can find comfort in the fact that there is nothing I can do to make Him love me. He simply does! And there is nothing I need to do to make Him love me even more than right now. He can’t love me any more than He already does. That’s a resting place.
Here is another comforting truth: I don’t have to earn my Father’s love because it’s freely given. And, by the way, how would I know when I’ve earned enough to receive His love anyways? Many of us grew up to parents who gave conditional love – when you achieve this, I’ll love you – except the achievements were never enough. The B on the report card stuck out like a beacon of failure amidst the many A’s. Not good enough, try harder and then I’ll hug you. This is the world, isn’t it?
I have called you by your name; You are Mine.
Isaiah 43 : 1b
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