What would a tell-all movie about our lives reveal? What low points would we want deleted? Just how rare or common might the deletions be? Might scenes like these be cut and lying on the floor?
Buried deep beneath a wave of consumerism induced euphoria from travels, purchases and glamorous self-promotion glimmered thoughts almost beyond consciousness such as: "Now I am somebody" or ânow they will like me.â Enjoying God’s gifts differs from deriving our sense of wellbeing from loving the world with its pride of life (James 2:15-17).
A husband allows his mind to linger over and trace the shape and beauty of a co-worker. "She is just so beautiful." The desires of the flesh war against the ways of the Spirit (Romans 8:5).
Slumped in darkness, a young man felt the crushing power of self-loathing. Guilt permeated his thoughts. âWhy canât I be better? What’s the point resisting. There is no hope.â The addiction’s lure to find a quick escape grew only stronger. Any hope of imitating Paul’s resolve, "I will not be controlled by anything" (1 Corinthians 6:12) faded into distant shadows.
What would a tell-all movie reveal about our lives?
If our life were a movie, it is sobering to realize God has watched every moment of our feature film. Not just our bodily behavior, but also our thoughts have also lain naked before his gaze. So perhaps it seems all the more astounding that he can love us. It is here we discover love.
If you have never felt unconditional love before, consider this. God knows who you are. He knows the fears. He knows the failures. He knows the insecurity and doubts. Yet, God loves you, not because you performed well, not because you are better than others, not because you are popular, rich, dependable, intelligent or fun to be with. He simply loves you.
Godâs love for you is much greater than just a feeling. When we were guilt-ridden, undeserving, and an enemy, love made a commitment-decision. God chose to act in the only way possible for us to be healed, forgiven, and granted life. Through Jesusâ death, God offers us love not based upon who we are but how he wants to bless us.
Many people eek out lives in quiet desperation, longing to be truly loved. We already have been loved. When we have known what it is to be truly loved, we can become equipped to love ourselves as we ought and then pass it on.
âIn this is love: not that we have loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacriďŹce for our sins. Dear friends, if in this manner God loved us, we also ought to love one anotherâ (1 John 4:10,11).
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