REST
In Him
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A while back, I was seating at my table, I was praying, speaking to God, and I was telling Him something, I can’t remember exactly what I was saying but then He spoke to me and He said
“You are my Beloved Daughter, in whom I am well pleased”
I said ah, me? Beloved? Well pleased?
I didn’t accept it.
I couldn’t handle the thought of God saying the exact words He said to Jesus to me.
To me who was messing up, to me who sinned continually, I couldn’t fathom it so I refused it.
To myself, I thought, I didn’t do anything to deserve it, it’s most likely a mistake but then I was reading Destined to Reign today and I read the section where it says we are God’s beloved and there were the same words God said to me.
I’m crying as I write this cause I thought that I had to do something before God could say He is well pleased with me but no, no…. because Jesus died on the cross, He took my shame and He gave me good, He made me to sit with Him in Heavenly places.
So when The Father looks at me, He doesn’t see my sin, all He sees is The Blood of Jesus, the Blood of the Lamb slain.
The blood of the Lamb that washed my sins away, and so I am righteous.
He says in His word that I am no longer a slave but now a son, I have been adopted.
I didn’t cleanse myself, neither can I ever pay the price, nothing I do by my strength can make me holy.
So to all living under the weight of religion, of the Law, I want you to know that there is rest in Jesus.
He will take it all away, the pain, the endless cycle of self righteousness that doesn’t yield much, He will take it and give you grace.
And I pray that the Grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Love of God and the Sweet Fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you Beloved.