Going to Jesus

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  03-01 “I Will Answer ALL Your Questions.” 03-02 The Will of the Flesh and the Will of Man 03-03 Self-will and Strong Will 03-04 The Danger of Liberty 03-05 A Chastened Man 03-06 Reconciled 03-07 “Reconciled” Response 03-08 “Reconciled” Response 03-09 One Way 03-10 “One Way” Response 03-11 A Checklist For Staying Free 03-12 Everything Jesus Is 03-13 Becoming An Unbeliever 03-14 We Cannot Even Love God 03-15 Seeing The Father 03-16 “You Are Still A Proud People” 03-17 'You Are Still A Proud People: Response 03-18 No More Church 03-19 “Church” 03-20 Because God Did Not Reveal The Truth 03-21 The Death Penalty 03-22 False Teachers 03-23 Leave The Saving To God 03-24 “That They Might Be Damned” 03-25 “A New And Living Way” 03-26 “Hard To Understand”? 03-27 Saving Love 03-28 With What God Is 03-29 Loving The Feelings 03-30 True Fasting 03-31 God Is Humbler Than Man

 

Thought for the Morning
3-17

“You Are Still A Proud People”: Response

Pastor John,

I was sitting here reading and re-reading this, especially this one line, “If you are sincerely humbling yourself to reach out to God, He knows you because He is doing toward you what you are doing toward Him.” That felt so very, very good! I started thinking about it on a human level. When someone wrongs us, we are hurt. That person has to humble himself to be sorry, and we have to humble ourselves to accept it. But when we love people, that’s all we really want in the first place -- peace with that person. I guess I never really thought about the humility it takes in accepting the apology.

It’s like, it only hurts because you love so much to start with. If you didn’t love that person, it wouldn’t even hurt. God has let me feel that for people lately. I can feel hurt, but tell God about it and say, “God if they would just talk to me, I’d be willing to completely forget it.” He spoke back and said, “That’s how I forgave you!” There’s no holding on to anything in that, it’s all forward >>>> full steam ahead>>>> And if we are like God, we are looking for a way in, a crack in the door, to love that person anyway! And that will be our attitude towards ourselves, too. It’s like God is teaching me righteousness (because sin hurts everybody involved), mercy (being willing to forgive) and peace (how to keep it). I have that song on my mind, “But what does the Lord require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy and to walk humbly with thy God.” :)

Okay, I have to get to work now. I’ve enjoyed thinking about this!

Thanks for that wonderful thought!

Cris