Cosmos

When we hear words like ‘make Jesus number 1 in your life’, what they really mean is know Jesus is the source of your life.
We boast not in our love for Him, but in His love for us.
Don’t be afraid to love your spouse/partner/mate with your all; when you know Jesus is the source of your love, you are safe! ;)

Jesus easily tops your chart without much effort, when you already know He is your source, your author and finisher, the only way,truth and life, apart from His love we can do nothing! That’s how humility preceds honour, we have honoured Him by acknowledging that He is the only Person needful, our all in One and One in all :)

When God addresses us, He affectionately calls us His beloved ‘Child’ in whom He is well-pleased, not adult, not minister, not any other title but simply ‘My Child’.
Does a child cries?
Does a child whines?
Does a child crave for attention?
Does a child has wants and needs?
If all yes, then why are we stopping ourselves from being the apple of the Father’s eyes? Why restrain ourselves with such tight formalities and emotional control, when the person we should be most free to express ourselves to is our Creator, our Daddy God? Does God need our formality when He already knows the deep intents of your heart?
God desires for you just the way you are, come boldly to Him just the way you are, whether in tears or frustrations, our Abba is willing to listen and embrace you just the way you are. Drop the pretense and restrictions, come to Him as a child would freely surrender in the security of the Father’s Love.

Jesus is our Lover, we the center of His affection..if that’s case, isn’t it weird if we have to get His beloveds to be excited about God, to ‘get on fire for Jesus’ ? It’s like being reminded that you have to be excited about your relationship with your spouse, which isn’t necessary when you are already so in love with each other. Knowing Jesus’s love for us, is the surest way to set any hearts on fire. It’s not about magnifying the enthusiasm or the zeal, it’s about magnifying God’s Love, beholdng the person of Jesus, and all the romance and excitement will follow :)

I am Lady Wisdom, and I live next to Sanity;
Knowledge and Discretion live just down the street.
The Fear-of-God means hating Evil,
whose ways I hate with a passion—
pride and arrogance and crooked talk.
Good counsel and common sense are my characteristics;
I am both Insight and the Virtue to live it out.
With my help, leaders rule,
and lawmakers legislate fairly;
With my help, governors govern,
along with all in legitimate authority.
I love those who love me;
those who look for me find me.
Wealth and Glory accompany me—
also substantial Honor and a Good Name.
My benefits are worth more than a big salary, even a very big salary;
the returns on me exceed any imaginable bonus.
You can find me on Righteous Road—that’s where I walk—
at the intersection of Justice Avenue,
Handing out life to those who love me,
filling their arms with life—armloads of life!

— Provb 8:12-21 (MSG)

When Jesus talked about ‘eternal life’ he actually gave a definition of what that word meant to him. Do you know what it is?

“Now this is eternal life: that they know you, the only true God” (John 17:-3)

It’s interesting how often we let our thoughts about eternal life go straight to pie in the sky when you die, but that’s not what Jesus is talking about when he talks about eternal life, as least not from what his own definition is.

Following this train of thought, when Jesus said: “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.” it seems likely he was talking about this life, not the next.

The Pharisees, in Jesus eyes, were perishing right before him, for although they followed their religion strictly, even having the real God as their focal point, they didn’t know God. What did they know? They knew their own variation of God, one that was not actually correct. They knew of an angry God, of a wrathful God, of a judgmental and strict God… Jesus came to not only show us who God truly is, but bring us into a living and active ‘knowing’ of this great God. The God of all grace. The God who sits on a throne of Grace. The God who operates in our world with a Spirit of Grace.

How interesting that according to Jesus’ definition, Eternal Life is not all about the next life. It’s actually about this life, this very moment, and every moment we live and breathe.

— Mick Mooney