Loved! A truth about you!

Jesus, agonising in prayer before his betrayal and suffering has his heart determined to endure the upcoming pain. His unlimited ability to see the future shows him every detail of his next hours of suffering. Actually even in the beginning when he created everything, including us, he foresaw every detail of suffering he would have to endure. He created us anyway, having full knowledge of every detail of the price he would ultimately pay for our redemption.

Marks Gospel says, Jesus "took Peter, James, and John with him, and he began to be filled with horror and deep distress. He told them, 'My soul is crushed with grief to the point of death. Stay here and watch with me."

What was he so compassionately seeking after so that he would choose to suffer both the horror of anticipating the suffering and the physical suffering of the Crucifixion? The answer is YOU.................oneness, intimacy and companionship with you, now and forever. He loves and values you that much. Ever wonder if you have value as an individual or if anyone could ever love you? God does and the proof is in the suffering he endured to bring you into a relationship with Himself. And you did nothing to compel God in this sacrificial offering of love. Sounds strange maybe to say this but the demonstration of God's love through the cross declares that you are unconditionaly valued and loved.

In Johns Letter Jesus says "I in them and you in me, all being perfected into one. Then the world will know that you sent me and will understand that you love them as much as you love me."

Hear the truth with your heart. Listen to the Word communicate God's heart to yours..............that he desires for you to experience the Fathers love toward you which is exactly the same love He loves Jesus with. And he wants you to experience oneness with Him just as Jesus and the Father are one.

The writer of Hebrews says "He was willing to die a shameful death on the cross because of the joy he knew would be his afterward."

Again, the joy set before Him empowering Him to endure the cross is you................personally. You cannot change this truth. You are loved beyond the ability of your mind to comprehend. Hear the truth with the heart of a child who does not have a lot of reasoning ability to make sense of things mentally. Hear the truth with your heart. God is trying to communicate His heart to your heart.

Paul's Letter to the Romans says - "Salvation that comes from trusting Christ – which is the message we preach – is already within easy reach. In fact, the Scriptures say, "The message is close at hand; it is on your lips and in your heart." For if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For it is by believing in your heart that you are made right with God, and it is by confessing with your mouth that you are saved. As the Scriptures tell us, "Anyone who believes in him will not be disappointed. "

And John in His Gospel says - "But to all who believed him and accepted him, he gave the right to become children of God. They are reborn! This is not a physical birth resulting from human passion or plan – this rebirth comes from God."

Now, be still, stop striving. Trust the Lord with your heart and receive Him and He will be your new Life, eternal life.