One of the key
words that the Lord spoke to me at my training camp for the World
Race, way back in August 2008, and which came to be a powerful theme for
the year – as well as for today! – was
RECEIVE.
He is the giver of good gifts, and His love
is ridiculous!
The abundant life Jesus promises doesn’t end
here,
but this is definitely where it has to begin.
Megan Rouse, a former World Racer who is now
at the G42 Leadership Academy in Spain, wrote this simple blog last week
which reminded me of my
job
description.
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The Lord says there
is nothing that you can do
that would make Him love you more.
There is also nothing that
you can do
that would make him love you less.
He loves you because He loves you.
Because He loves you. Because He loves you. Because He loves you. Because
He loves you. Because He loves you. Because He loves you. Because
He loves you. Because He loves you.
Because He loves you.
Because
that
is
what
He
is
like.
It is His nature to love.
And you will always be the Beloved.
And His love is unchanging.
And He loves you 100%.
He won’t love you
any better when you become better.
He loves you 100%
right now.
And even if you have no plans to become better,
He will still love you 100%.
Because He loves you.
Because that’s the way that
He is.
And even if you don’t want to change
He will love you 100%.
Even if you have no plans to walk with Him
He will love you 100%.
Because that’s His nature.
He loves all the way. All the time.
His love is
unchanging.
What will change, says the Lord,
is your ability to receive my love.
And… I want to crown some more of that ability inside
you.
So I challenge you, says the Lord,
open your
heart to me.
Open your heart to
me. And you’ll receive
more of my love than
you’ve ever experienced before.
I dare you. Give me your heart.
Give
me whatever your obstacle is. I’ll take it. I’ll remove it out of the way because I love you as you
are… right
now.
I love you 100% as you are
right this moment.
I love you as you
are. So
be loved.
You are the beloved.
It is your job, says the Lord,
to be loved outrageously.
It is why I chose you. That’s why I set my love upon you.
So that you would live as one who is outrageously loved.
That you would receive a radical love.
So radical that it would blow all your paradigms of
what you think love is.
And know, says the Lord, I will love you outrageously
all the days of your life.
Because
I don’t know how to be any different.
This is who I am.
And this is
who I will always be.
This is the I AM
that I promised
you.
I am He that loves
you outrageously.
And you may love me back
with the love I give you.
You may love me back
outrageously with the outrageous love
I bestow on you.
And know this, says the Lord, you can only love me
as much as you love yourself.
So my love comes to
set you free from yourself.
To set you free from how you see
yourself. To set you free
from the smallness
of your own thinking about yourself.
My love comes to set you free from rejection
and from shame and
from low self-esteem and from despair and from abuse.
Because when I look at you, says the Lord,
I see something that I love.
I see someone that I can love outrageously,
and I have so much to bestow upon you.
So much to give you,
so many places to take you in my
heart.
But you can’t go there
unless you allow me to love you.
And my love for you
will
break
every barrier,
will bring every wall crashing
down.
And know this, says the Lord,
my love
damages fear.
My love hates fear.
My love will fight fear.
It will fight fear in
you.
it will fight fear around
you.
and if you have fear…
know that you have a treat in store,
because my perfect love
casts out fear.
There is no fear
where I am present. Because my love
casts out fear.
Beloved. You are my beloved. You are my
beloved.
And in my love I want you to feel good about yourself…
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My job – and yours – is to be loved.
Then to love.
Let us do our job well today!
