Love Like He Did – Just Like Him
Wow, Jesus was incredible in the way He acted towards people who hurt Him. It was if they had never even hurt Him. He loved them, even though they betrayed Him, He loved them even when He was falsely accused and punished. He said: “Father Forgive Them For They Know Not What They Do.” Just Like Him, we can’t be that way without the strength of El Sali, the God of our strength. (1 Corinthians 10:1-4) Our human condition is not able to be like He was. Without God empowering us, we are not good, nor do we react godly when we are intentionally hurt by others, unless we are positioned underneath the Rulership of God’s Love, then we have the self-control, kindness and love we need to respond Godly. Listen Up To This 1 Minute Encouragement Video:
How Can We Forgive?
How do you continue to love people who hurt you, time after time? How? How do you act Just Like Him. If they hurt you, how do you turn the other cheek? (Matthew 5:38-40) If they betray You and cruelly punish you, how do you forgive them? If they falsely accuse you and treat you like you don’t matter, like you are trash under their feet, how do you even want to ever be a part of their life again? How can we be Just Like Him when our heart is broken by people who just don’t care if they hurt you. (Psalm 55:12-14)
More Of Jesus – Less Of Me
I desire to be like Jesus, but I don’t have the power to do so. I know what the Word says. It says forgive over and over again 70×7, keep forgiving. I know that Jesus said: Love your enemies, (Matthew 5:43-48) pray for those who cruelly persecute you. I know He forgave, just like we never even hurt Him. But how can I? How can I Be Just Like Him? The more people hurt me, the less I want to be in their lives. So it begins with less is more. Less of me, more of Jesus. He must increase, I must decrease.
Ouch! Betrayal Hurts!
How do you do it? Betrayed by people who you loved dearly? Jesus Understands And Knows We Can Be Just Like Him? (Luke 22:48) The more that I get hurt by the same people, the more they punish me for something I did not do, the more that they reject me, the less I want to reconcile with them. I don’t want them in my life. (Romans 7:15-20) But, this was not like Jesus, He was not this way. He was a Reconciler. Look at Peter, who denied Jesus three times, He forgave Peter and made Him one of the “living stones” (Matthew 16:18) of the early church. Listen Up To This 1 Minute Encouragement Video:
I Can’t Do It
If I call myself a Christian, than no matter how I “feel” about people who have treated me cruelly, and stolen from me things I can’t ever get back, I must forgive. (Colossians 3:1-25) Just Like Him. I can’t do this on my own, so I need to have a conversation with God about how I “feel” and I need to ask Him to fortify me by His Truth, to strengthen my will to do the right thing, be be Just Like Him. (Psalm 147:3) I can’t do this on my own. This I know. If I want to be “Just Like Him” and forgive like I have never been hurt, pray for those who cruelly persecute me, then I must yield to God, I must decrease, (John 3:30-35) He must increase.
“You have been hurt. I see your soul pain. Seek Me first, and all your expectations will fall in line in pleasant places. Watch and pray with Me and you will hear the revelations of My heart and know without a doubt My love is not polluted by the unnatural desires, falsehoods, and humanistic pride of your world. Take down the distorted picture of love that hangs in the shadows of your soul and hang the portrait of My unblemished love in the spotlight of your spirit! I hope to be the reflection of love that inspires you. Your world’s definition of love is elevated on the pedestal of self-gratification. The spotlight of My love is focused on giving to others sacrificially. My bride, if you love the world and the appeasement of man, you will experience the turmoil unnatural love results in. I offer you supernatural love, devotion strong in faithfulness and secure in omnipotence. Bride, My love is timeless, free and omnipresent! The world’s version of love has limits, controls and conditions. Today, which do you choose?” Excerpt From The Book: The Bridegroom’s Voice By KimberlyMac
Becoming…
I have found forgiveness to be a painful process, a day by day clinging to God, digging my life roots deeply in His Truth. Believe me, it is a process, becoming more like Jesus, is a day to day growing through thing. If we are hurt by someone deeply, we want to hate, we want to hurt back. (Ephesians 4:31-32) Sometimes our flesh just screams… walk away… yes, we want to walk away forever, and disown those who are treating us with so much emotional cruelty, as they try to punish and ghost out of their lives. It feels utterly impossible to forgive as bitterness takes a hold of our soul, (Hebrews 12:11-15) we are the ones who get imprisoned by the unforgiveness. I pray we don’t let bitterness become a root that that defiles our soul. We can forgive by the strength of the Lord in us.
Let Go – Let GOD
To Be Just Like Him… It is all about letting go and letting God Work, it is all about recognizing we can’t fix it, but God can. It is about saying: “I Am Not The Fixer. God Is The Fixer.” It is all about letting God lead and moving in followship of Him, (Matthew 16:24-26) choosing to be like Him, as we yield to Jesus, and are empowered by His Holy Spirit to be so, Just Like Him!
Yield To God’s Way
Becoming…like Jesus…(Philippians 2:1-8) It is all about followship, day to day being found in Him, refocusing from what the enemy is doing, to what God is doing, and leaning into Who God is, and how and why He is trustworthy to finish well. I desire to be Just Like Him, so the best thing for me is to yield (Y.I.E.L.D. Y.es I. E.mbrace L.ordship D.aily) to Him, to His way, (Galatians 2:20) His timing, His methods and I wait in hope that He will deliver me from the enemy of my soul and make a way where there seems to be no way!
Engaged In Spiritual Warfare
I pray He will deliver us from false accusations, bad assumptions, condemnation, emotional pain, human punishment and not being loved well. I hope we will pray without ceasing and continue to ask and ask that He will make a way for us that no man could make. There is peace in our earthly spiritual battles, as we work out our salvation, and as we face our giants with courage, faith and confidence, (Philippians 2:12) being sanctified by God’s Holy Spirit, to become “Just Like Jesus”, as we from moment to choice decide to love well, “Just Like He Loved” out of the power of His Holy Spirit in us. Awe God, all praise and glory goes to You!
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