Monday, March 26, 2012

The soul freedom a relationship with God gives

One of the more touching aspects of God's dealings with us, who by faith have begun a binding relationship with Him, turning from our sin, is that God is as close to us as we wish Him to be.
In our relationship with God He never moves; we, by our selfishness and sin, distance ourselves from Him. A loving Father, He chooses to remain ready to walk and talk with us. Our need is His priority. I'm so glad He does deal with us as children. We don't gain merit with Him for our performance-His concept of us is the same, we're cherished and welcomed. He relates to us on the basis of love. His passion is that we stay on path-inclined to live and breathe in all He has for us. As this is the general direction of our lives, He's pleased to look beyond our intermittent slip ups. Yes, these are violations of His law and love; but even these tend to make us more prone to please Him more consistently. The joy of reaching the secure realization that God deals with us on the basis of love, not our faithfulness to Him is no pass into sin. A truth so stabilizing and freeing is one that should makes us run in the way and worth of His steps; dying to reciprocate His love and not spit in His face by our fallen conduct. Yes, you'll stumble from time to time; but walking In His ways; you'll even start forgiving yourself and forgetting the times you've fallen for that is how He is with you.

But you are always the same;
you will live forever. The children of your people
will live in security.
Their children’s children
will thrive in your presence.” (Psalm 102:27, 28 NLT)

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