Fully Known Before God
What a blessing to come at the end of the day and know that we have a Father we can fellowship with. He knows us inside out. He fully knows what happened during our day—the highs and lows, struggles, failures, mistakes, injustices, and achievements. He celebrates the wins with us and comforts us in the losses.
We are fully exposed before the One we are accountable to (Hebrews 4:13). That can be a scary thing for one who is not in fellowship with God. But for one who pursues after God, that is a big relief.
We don't need to explain nor defend ourselves. God knows. God understands. God forgives the unintentional errors. God honors the sincere intentions. We come as we are, and we are received as we are (Psalm 139:1–4).
You Don’t Have to Carry It Alone
If you're one who always worries about what people think, if you find it hard to move on from a setback or mistake, remind yourself that you can lay all those down at God's feet. He cares for you (1 Peter 5:7). He commands you to give all cares over to Him and to stop being anxious (Philippians 4:6).
Don't worry about the future to the point of unhappiness and insecurity. As God takes care of the sparrows, He will be mindful of you (Matthew 6:26). You are not overlooked (Isaiah 49:15–16).
Do You Know the God You Trust?
It is ultimately a matter of trust, understanding, and knowledge.
Do you know the God you call your Father?
Do you trust that He can do above all we could ever hope or think (Ephesians 3:20)?
Do you understand the nature and grandeur of His identity and character?
He is pure, perfect, wise love (1 John 4:8). He has no ill intentions (Jeremiah 29:11). He is not self-motivated (1 Corinthians 13:5). Pefectly loving, ultimately good, and truly selfless. Yet radiantlh Holy, supremely Sovereign,and flawlessly just. Too hard to comprehend, but that's just who He is. And yet, this is the God who invites you close (James 4:8).
In the Triune God's completeness, He thought of creating you and I to share in the experience of the Godhead (John 17:22–23). How can we still cast Him aside? How can we still doubt? How can we still desire to live our own lives when the God who is ever before us has seen our beginning and our end (Isaiah 46:10), and He knows how we can have the best life now?
He is after our good, and He is constantly working things out for the best of those who are in close fellowship with Him (Romans 8:28). Nothing about His pursuit of us is accidental (Ephesians 1:4–5).
The Spirit is there. No frills. No dramatic entrances. He is there, has always been, the moment we became a child of God, grafted into His family by accepting the gracious gift of forgiveness and eternal life through faith in the finished work of Christ on the cross (John 1:12–13).
He remains with us—God in us right now (1 Corinthians 3:16, 4:30). God for us, in heaven, seated on the right hand of God, our intercessor and advocate with the Father (Romans 8:34; 1 John 2:1), and God Himself, the eternal Creator, Father of all, Lord of all (yet sadly not Lord in all. Three persons, one God, present and active in every part of our lives (2 Corinthians 13:14).
More Than Duty—A Response to His Invitation
Sit in His company today. Still yourself. Enjoy Him as it is our privilege to do so (Psalm 16:11). Lay yourself bare. Prepare yourself for the company of the Holy, untainted One (Isaiah 6:3).
Worship and be blessed. Let it not be a duty you must do; let it be an invitation you respond to (Matthew 11:28–29).
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