I posted on a social media site a few weeks ago about a conversation I had with our oldest son one night. He had basketball practice, and his brother and I had to leave in the middle of it to run an errand. Knowing our MCs are pretty attached to me, I wanted to make sure he was alright with us leaving him alone. I explained that we would be right back and that I wanted to make sure he was okay with it. He informed me that he had been alone before (mind you he was in a gym full of people), and then he said the most profound thing,
"Besides, Mom, I know you would never leave me."
I've got to tell you, a few tears welled up in the crinkles of my eyes. The purity of the faith in that statement was too much. My heart was tender to the fact that he knows I love him; that he knows he will not be abandoned; that he knows I will come back for him. Sometimes as a mama, who in the midst of the training up has made mistakes, there is a piece of me afraid those truths might have gotten lost. I was relieved to know they hadn't.
My tears weren't just of relief, though. Some were of conviction. Could I, or more importantly have I, acted out of such pure faith toward my Heavenly Father? At times, yes, I have. At times, no, I have not. There have been those moments when I have felt I have been abandoned and forgotten.
I have learned, however, that what I feel is not always the truth.
The truth is that from the opening lines of Genesis 1 to the final words of the book of Revelation, God Almighty has declared these truths -
He deliberately loves me.
He will not abandon me.
He will come back for me.
I must be deliberate in believing them, not just knowing them.
I must be deliberate in acting and reacting out of those truths.
I must be deliberate in not letting the voices of fear and doubt drown out those promises.
When I don't "feel" Him, when I don't "see" Him, when it appears I am alone, I must be deliberate in reminding my flesh the truth of God's word. I must purposefully remind myself that Christ sacrifice was a deliberate plan to conquer the enemy and restore me unto Himself.
Deliberately delivered from sin and death,
because I am deliberately loved.
And so are you.
Let us walk forth today not only knowing that, but believing it.
I must be deliberate in acting and reacting out of those truths.
I must be deliberate in not letting the voices of fear and doubt drown out those promises.
When I don't "feel" Him, when I don't "see" Him, when it appears I am alone, I must be deliberate in reminding my flesh the truth of God's word. I must purposefully remind myself that Christ sacrifice was a deliberate plan to conquer the enemy and restore me unto Himself.
Deliberately delivered from sin and death,
because I am deliberately loved.
And so are you.
Let us walk forth today not only knowing that, but believing it.
