This is something I experienced during a team worship session in Haiti but I was just looking back in my journal and decided I wanted to share it.
“God gave me peace tonight. I’ve been so exhausted and drained lately but today I got to rest, bask in His presence and enjoy worshipping Him. It was all about emptying my mind and relishing in His love and just being present.
At one point I had this image of Satan staring me right in the face – and then his face got smaller and smaller until it *popped* like a balloon right in front of me. He has NO POWER in my life and is filled with no substance; nothing but air.
Then God just reminded me of the cross and the crown of thorns that Jesus wore for all us and for ME! What a sacrifice and all because He wanted to give His creations the choice to love Him and pursue Him rather than being a puppeteer. By taking that risk God left Himself open to be rejected and separated from us.
He so badly wanted to be in a relationship with us that He took another chance and gave us a very real part of Himself by sending His only son to live as a human and be killed by humans. He did this so that along with Jesus, we could also share in the inheritance He has for us as His children. It is this inheritance that allows us to be completely rid of sin and bondage while walking in love and freedom.
Who could ever know a more pure love than this – agape.”
