Gaze Upon Him
Written by Jarred Rushing
(4 minutes)
Gaze upon him, join your life to his, and joy will come.
Your faces will glisten with glory.
You'll never wear that shame-face again.
(Psalm 34:5)
It's a new week, full of new opportunities to walk with Abba.
And we must re-invest our hearts again in this relational journey with Him.
Intimacy only happens when both parties open themselves up completely to one another. Abba is always willing to engage His heart with ours, but we are easily distracted by the cares of life, large and small. So it's necessary as we start this week to make a conscious decision to choose Yahweh.
We must choose His love. This is done through intentional acts of intimacy, honor, and obedience to His voice. And like Pastor Tim mentioned in Sunday's gathering, the suddenly's will show up on the backs of many days strung together. After many days of intentional engagement with Yahweh we will see something happen "suddenly," and we will think to ourselves, "Where did that come from? How did that happen?" It may have felt sudden to us but it is simply us reaping what we have sown through intentional acts of intimacy, honor, and obedience to Yahweh's voice.
As we begin this week, we must choose His love. We must throw our whole heart into the truth that we'll never be more loved than we are right now. Abba isn't waiting on our perfect behavior and He isn't withholding His love because of our past mistakes (or the future ones that He is already aware of). The full force of the Father's love is flowing towards us right now. We simply lack awareness. Choosing His love is choosing to be aware.
Henry Nouwen, a Dutch priest and professor, puts it like this:
"You must believe in the yes that comes back when you ask, 'Do you love me?' You must choose this yes even though you do not experience it. You feel overwhelmed by distractions, fantasies, the disturbing desire to throw yourself into the world of pleasure. But you know already that you will not find there an answer to your deepest question. Nor does the answer lie in rehashing old events, or in guilt or shame. All of that makes you dissipate yourself and leave the rock on which your house is built. You have to trust the place that is solid, the place where you can say yes to God's love even when you do not feel it... Keep saying, 'God loves me, and God's love is enough.' You have to choose the solid place over and over again and return to it after every failure. "
Only Abba's love provides the answers to our deepest questions.
And only gazing at Him and joining our life in union to His will provide the joy and rest our soul longs for. As we gaze upon the face of perfect love, our shame-face will fade away and we will begin to glisten with the glory, the very presence, of God.
Find a moment today to be overwhelmed by Yahweh's love. He's waiting for you.
And He shows up every day to take the walk. There are beautiful moments ahead of us this week. Abba has mapped out the most amazing adventure for those who would lock their eyes with His.
Abba, I choose today to fix my gaze on You. I leave the life of striving behind and I trust the solid place of Your perfect love. Like Ruth, I will rest here as You take care of everything on my behalf. I let go of the hurried pace of life and I surrender to the joy of resting in You. I am so excited to take a walk with You this week, to be led into the most amazing adventure of my life, right by Your side. You love me with a perfect love, and Your love is more than enough.
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