FATHER’S Love heals and restores.
Hurting people have come to feel uncomfortable among “believers” since they are made to feel defeated or embarrassed by their current condition. We must not deny the reality of our hurts, weaknesses, or infirmities but bring them to the altar and lay them before Our High Priest Jesus Christ. FATHER is not some distant God Who is unmoved by our circumstances. HIS Nature is to heal and restore for HE is the Originator of Unconditional Love.
Those who teach the Word without Love being at the forefront insinuate and imply that they are superior to those who “don’t get it”. They can analyze and interweave Scripture and present a multitude of supporting facts but without Love they are simply clanging cymbals. Jesus had compassion on those in need. He still does and let us walk in that same compassion for those who are hurting.
We do not need lengthy formulas to “work” the Word in our lives. We need Truth in its simplest form. Men have created and knitted formulas together intending FATHER to be placed in a box and abide by their formulas for success. Man creates laws whereas FATHER’S Law can be summarized by two Commandments centered around Love. In Matthew chapter 22, Jesus spoke and summed it up:
34 But when the Pharisees heard that He had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered together.
35 Then one of them, a lawyer, asked Him a question, testing Him, and saying,
36 “Teacher, which is the great commandment in the law?”
37 Jesus said to him, “ ‘You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.’
38 This is the first and great commandment.
39 And the second is like it: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’
40 On these two commandments hang all the Law and the Prophets.”
Jesus came to deliver us from our burdens, not add more heavy burdens, whether spiritual, mental, emotional, or physical. Jesus spoke in Matthew chapter 11:
28 “Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
29 Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.
30 For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.”
If you are hurting and not at peace, seek Jesus Christ in His gentleness and simplicity of Truth and Love. His message is applicable to all ages, all levels of maturity, and all situations in which we find ourselves. We must not let our pursuit of deeper understanding and fruitfulness be hindered by moving away from revelation and into man’s logic and reasoning. If we wait until we have full knowledge of a Truth from FATHER, we will be still waiting when we die for HIS Truth is greater than our ability to fully comprehend it. Let us walk in the revelation we have and seek FATHER’S Voice on a day-to-day basis and minister to others accordingly. How simple it that!
There are many who are paralyzed in their walk because they continue to seek out some mystery thinking it is the key to their life as reality is simply passing them by. That is called “paralysis by analysis”. We must quit overthinking and simplify our walk by adhering to HIS Truth in simplicity. Once we do then we can articulate HIS Love and Truth to others which in turn will change their lives.