Be Who YOU Be - 2

"Be Who YOU Be" is a thought far deeper and life-changing than I ever realized when I first"heard" it. I had no idea what would happen from the place I was with the grieving question, "But, Who do I Be?" "I don't KNOW Who I Be!!!! Father, show me Who I Am!"

I AM LOVED By GOD Himself!!! That is WHO I Be!!!!

Well, who doesn't Know that???

There are at least two basic aspects of "Knowing". Of course I knew that, "Jesus Loves me this I know, for the Bible tells me so." I mentally have known that from memory as a child in Sunday School.

But, have I "Known" what that really means?Do I comprehend how that knowledge really impacts my life? What level of knowledge of God's Love for me do I really have? It is somewhat like, 'Do you know so and so?" "Sure, isn't she the one with the long blonde hair that works at the front desk at....?" and, "Do you know Duane Krieger?" "Sure, he is my husband. We've been married for, ahhhhh, 38 years. Yes, 38 years! The level of "Knowing" is drastically different.

I suggest that our level of knowledge of God's Love for us drastically affects our understanding of God, consequently, affecting our response to God. I used to respond to God sort of like an abused dog, cowering within myself, thinking God was ready to punish or condemn me at any time for even the slightest fault.

One of the most powerful thoughts I have had regarding this was one day when I was meditating on Matthew Chapter 14 where Peter was walking on the water toward Jesus. Peter saw the wind and became frightened and began to sink. Verse 31 tells us that, "Jesus immediately reached out and grabbed him."

Probably most would never have the eye-opening revelation like what I had that day, but we all interpret things according to our past in many ways. I thought, "Jesus didn't hold Peter's head underwater yelling at him, chewing him out about his lacking of faith." NO!!!!! No, No, No!!!!! NEVER! IMMEDIATELY Jesus immediately reached out and grabbed Peter and got him to safety. He Loved Peter so much that He immediately rescued him. Yes, he corrected him, but not by holding his head underwater. 

More and More, as I grow in my "marriage" relationship to God, I am seeing and "knowing" Him more and more accurately. Things I used to think God would do, or heard other people say that God would do, I realize cannot be true, because He LOVES Me.

Ponder the following scriptures and find more that tell you about the Love your Father has for you. Allow the "Truth" to permeate deep within you and pray He will expose the lies you have embraced and see you Father as He is... Deeply devoted to you!

1 John 3:1 - See how very much your Father loves us, for he calls us his children, and that is what we are! But the people who belong to this world don’t recognize that we are God’s children because they don’t know him.

Ephesians 3:17- 19 - And may you, having been [deeply] rooted and [securely] grounded in love, be fully capable of comprehending with all the saints (God’s people) the width and length and height and depth of His love [fully experiencing that amazing, endless love]; and [that you may come] to know [practically, through personal experience] the love of Christ which far surpasses [mere] knowledge [without experience], that you may be filled up [throughout your being] to all the fullness of God [so that you may have the richest experience of God’s presence in your lives, completely filled and flooded with God Himself].

Ephesians 2:4-5 - But God is so rich in mercy, and he loved us so much, that even though we were dead because of our sins, he gave us life when he raised Christ from the dead. (It is only by God’s grace that you have been saved!)

Psalm 145:8 - The LORD is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in loving devotion.

Psalm 103:8 - The LORD is merciful and loving, slow to become angry and full  of constant love. 

Psalm 85:13 - for your love for me is very great. You have rescued me from the depths of death. 

Lamentations 3:22 - The faithful love of the LORD never ends! His mercies never cease.

 Ephesians 1:5-6 - For it was always in his perfect plan to adopt us as his delightful children, through our union with Jesus, the Anointed One, so that his tremendous love that cascades over us would glorify his grace—for the same love he has for his Beloved One, Jesus, he has for us. And this unfolding plan brings him great pleasure!

Think about THAT for a while, why don't you!!!!

And....."Be Who YOU Be.....Loved by your Father with the Same Love He has for His Beloved One! " Be Loved because that IS Who YOU Be!!!