I AM YHVH who brought you out of the land of Egypt.
Open your mouth wide and I will fill it. Psalm 81:10 There is no wanting in Jesus. There is nothing held back, There is no exclusion Nothing earned. What do you want? Open your mouth wide and I will fill it Come. Gaze upon my plenty, Gaze upon my beauty, Do not stand outside, do not look longingly Come, and take what you want. _______________________________________________________________ There is a marked difference between defensive clinging and offensive taking hold of. One is muted, pushed down, white knuckled, desperate, and soft in need of hope. The other is messy, strong with objection, with questions with desire to see justice. Both are honest, but one is more so, and whose mess is the very ingredient of break through. It is this: Hold Nothing Back. In order to take what you want, you must give away what you don’t in order for capacity to be there. This is the Christian walk- Choosing always to believe that the cross was sufficient and strong enough to bear the weight of sin, and to continually throw what is not good, pure, holy, kind, or gentle upon it. The cross is sufficient for the mess and it’s volume. Let it be loud. Let it touch those around, let the problem be real and don’t say sorry. Don’t say you don’t want it, yours or theirs, for the kingdom of God strengthens weak knees and seeks the lost, upholds the cause of the weak. Jesus is found in the navigation. Jesus is found in the mess because the mess prohibits people from remaining in their own bubbles. A mess touches everyone whether they want it or not, and it forces humans to be human, to be vulnerable, to need God, and to need each other. Together is where and how we see and know and experience God, for he is a God of relationship and this is what He desires above all else. So come. Hold nothing back, and take what you came for. If you crave intimacy, take it. To be held and know you’re loved, come and sit a while on Papa’s lap and listen to the stories of old. Listen to his voice and watch as his increase unfolds even from Abraham, on forward for it will have no end.
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