I’m Done Pretending, I Want The Real Thing
(4 minutes)
"Let me tell you something about the Kingdom: nothing changes as long as you continue to pretend that there's nothing wrong." (Pastor Tim)
Too often we fall into the trap of pretending. We hide our ashes, decorate our lives with Christianity, and pretend that there is nothing wrong. We make our whole life about looking right and sounding right, instead of actually being right. This is the fruit of religion. Religion can't actually deal with any of our problems or the issues of the heart. We're just taught to become experts at hiding. And we're taught to run far away from anything that would seek to uncover and expose these areas. We live our lives being offended around every turn, and it's just our way of protecting ourselves from dealing with the deepest, darkest parts of our hearts. Those places are crying out to encounter Abba's love.
What brings the change we long for? What brings the wholeness that we were made for? "It takes a constant, consistent, at His feet, exposing of your heart so that your heart gets healed." (Pastor Tim)
We can't run from the revealing of these areas and be healed. They must be exposed to Abba's presence and encounter His goodness and perfect love. We must submit to His "wheel."
The word which came to Jeremiah from Yahweh saying, "Arise and go down to the potter's house, and there I will make you hear My words." Then I went down to the potter's house, and behold, he was making something on the wheel. But the vessel that he was making of clay was ruined (marred) in the hand of the potter, so he turned around and made it again, into another vessel, according to what was right in the eyes of the potter to make. (Jeremiah 18:1-4)
"You can't be remade into God's image if you still like your image." (Pastor Tim)
Surrendering to Abba's "wheel" requires the laying down and letting go of what we want so we can be remade again into another vessel. Like Pastor Tim said on Sunday, some of us prayed a prayer and some of us got on a wheel. You have to ask yourself which one you did. Is Jesus surrendering to your desires and the life that you want for yourself? Or are you surrendering to His desires and the life that He has for you? Being remade again into another vessel requires that we trust the hands of Abba. The spinning feels like you're losing control, but that means that He is in control.
Another thing is true when it comes to surrendering to Abba's wheel: the costs are laughable compared to the reward. What you inherit is far greater than what you lose. Abba's goodness will usher you into abundant life and you'll be made into the person you were always meant to be. Don't be fooled: you're not becoming a different person, you're becoming the most authentic and real version of yourself that you've ever seen - and that version just happens to look exactly like Jesus. You were made for unbroken fellowship with Yahweh. You were made for loving and being loved. You were made for complete faith and trust in Abba. You were made for a whole heart, healed in every way. You were made to find utter enjoyment in every moment because of your being joined to Jesus.
Beloved One, there's more for you! Will you surrender to Abba's hands and the spinning of His wheel? Will you allow Him to sit on the throne of your heart and lead you into wholeness and freedom? Will you let go of your image, so you can be remade into His image?
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