Learning To Be Loved
(5 minutes)
The mighty Spirit of the Lord Yahweh is wrapped around me because Yahweh has anointed me, as a messenger to preach good news to the poor. He sent me to heal the wounds of the brokenhearted...(Isaiah 61:1)
"Who wants to live a life worshipping the King, yet everything we do and every decision we make is made from a broken heart? And every decision we make causes more broken hearts along the way? Because broken hearts begets broken hearts." (Pastor Tim)
Brokenness begets brokenness. Like King David himself, when we live life with wounded, broken hearts and don't allow Abba to heal them, we inevitably pass that brokenness on to the next generation. King David doesn't have a life that any of us would want. He also doesn't have children that any of us would want. As Pastor Tim said on Sunday, we're not always doing this maliciously, we're just doing the only thing we know to do. When we don't allow the wounds of our broken hearts to be healed, we live and love out of those wounds, instead of whole hearts.
Jesus told us to love people the way He has loved us. This requires that we learn to be loved by Him. "Because the danger is we will love people exactly the way we've been loved." (Pastor Tim) And this is how the brokenness is perpetuated, generation after generation. Because we are loving our our families, our spouses, and our children out of the wounds of our broken hearts, instead of hearts that have been healed and taught to love by Abba. We love how we've been loved because that's the only example we have. Abba is asking us to take the walk with Him so we can learn to be loved and so we can be healed of every heart-shot that we are still living with, and loving with, from the past.
What areas do see in your life where you are still living and loving from a broken place? Can you come into His presence, let His grace extinguish any shame and condemnation surrounding that brokenness, and allow Him to speak tenderly to your heart about what He thinks?
I remember getting hurt as a toddler and running to my parents. The incidents always hurt my feelings more than they hurt me. And I was told something back then that I believed with all my heart - "a kiss will make it all better." And it actually worked, because the kiss wasn't for my injury, it was for my heart. Would you believe me if I said that Abba's kiss is designed to make it all better? Abba's kiss doesn't remove what happened, but it does remove what happened to your heart. The healing is very real and it's a result of Him lavishing His love on the wounded area inside of you. The real question is...will you let Him?
Let him smother me with kisses... (Song of Songs 1:2)
Beloved One, let Him smother you with kisses. Let Him lavish His love on the wounded areas of your heart. Don't resist. Don't recoil as He comes near them. Don't push Him away and tell Him not to touch. A kiss from Abba will make it all better!
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Worship: "Learning To Be Loved By You" by Melissa Helser
Honor: Give Online to The Wilderness Place
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