I was speaking to the Lord earlier today about relationship.
My relationship with Him.
We always talk about being in relationship with Jesus.
The importance of it.
And it is important.
It’s vital.
However…have we humanized something that is Holy?
Have we “dumbed down” the divine with our lack of understanding?
This isn’t a human relationship.
We aren’t peers.
This isn’t equal footing.
He is God.
I am not.
I fear the Western church has overplayed the relationship hand.
Not all.
But many.
Jesus Christ, the Savior of the world – HE IS HOLY.
Angels surround Him day and night singing….
HOLY, HOLY, HOLY IS THE LORD GOD ALMIGHTY WHO WAS, AND IS, AND IS TO COME.
John the Beloved saw Jesus and fell as if dead – BECAUSE HE IS HOLY.
We are not in a casual relationship with the Creator of the Universe.
Yes, He calls us higher.
Face to face.
Breath to breath.
Heart to heart.
But if I don’t leave this encounter radically changed, I simply have a wild imagination.
Jesus Christ – The Lamb Slain – is not my dude, my homeboy, or the man upstairs.
He isn’t my buddy.
He isn’t a feeling.
HE IS GOD.
This relationship isn’t built on my thoughts and feelings.
Does Jesus care about my feelings?
Yes.
He cared enough to tell me…
My heart, thoughts, and feelings can be deceptive.
My relationship with Him must be built on His thoughts of me, and this world.
His feelings.
Because His thoughts and feelings are perfect.
Perfect love.
Perfect grace.
Perfect mercy.
Perfect forgiveness.
Perfect justice.
I can not know the Lord apart from His word.
If I attempt this, I have simply created a god in my image.
Who likes what I like, and says what I say.
That isn’t God.
That makes God my servant, versus me being His child.
May we always remember this…
We have been invited into THE THRONE ROOM OF GOD. SEATED HIGH and LIFTED UP is JESUS CHRIST who is – ALL HOLINESS.
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