Why do you think it is so hard for us to know, in our hearts, that God loves us? That He wants the very best for us? Why do you think we fight that so much?
If we have spent any length of time walking with God, we know that God loves us. I am using the word “know” in an intellectual sense. We can have verses memorized (and that is great thing), we can read books about trust, we can tell others what ‘trusting’ in God is. But is that how we live our lives? There have been so many times that has not been true for me. Intellectually, I know that He loves me….but I live as if I don’t, taking back whatever it is I am fearful or concerned about.
We may know things intellectually but we live out what we truly believe. Take some time over the next few days to reflect on the following quote by Brennan Manning. Allow it to sink in and find a place to settle in your heart.
“The splendor of the human heart which trusts that it is loved [by God] gives God more pleasure than Westminster Cathedral, the Sistine Chapel, Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, Van Gogh’s Sunflowers, the sight of ten thousand butterflies in flight or the scent of millions of orchids in bloom. Trust is our gift back to God, and He finds it so enchanting that Jesus died for love of it.”
As you spend time thinking about this quote ask yourself if you know that God loves you, in your head… or in your heart.
Peace,
Deb
4 comments:
That quotation makes me want to weep because I know how much I struggle to give him that shining gift of trust.
I think that trust is something as your learn to give more and more of it to God, it starts getting easier to keep looking up and stop looking around. As you look up, you cannot help but give more and more trust, through affirmations and guidance. Less of the world and more of the Maker…
Ruth,
Thank you for your recent comments. I always enjoy reading them and hearing your perpective. I agree...this quote is so meaningful and rich. It is overwhelming to think how deeply God desires that I trust Him. All I can manage, some days, is to give Him my desire to trust Him. I think that pleases Him.
Have a lovely Sabbath, Ruth.
Deb
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