When “Have To” Gets Removed
(5 minutes)
"We're learning to be fascinated with Him because He's taught us that He's fascinated with us. Understand, anything that happens in us, anything that we learn, anything that's happening first starts with Him because He's fascinated with us. That's what's going on here!" (Pastor Tim)
As we continue to meditate on Abba's words this week, we must do it through this lens. The reason Abba is inviting us into this level of fascination is because He is fascinated with us. Anything He's asking us to be a part of is already a reality for Him. He's been fascinated with us before the world ever was. His heart was set on us from the very beginning. Do you believe that He is fascinated with you? Do you believe that He set His heart on you from the beginning of time? Do you believe that He sent His Son to die because He already loved you?
The foundation of everything we will build upon starts here: He first loved us.
"Last week we talked about determination and fascination, but determination only gets you so far. We will move heaven and earth for the things that we love. The things that we really want to do, we'll make it happen." (Pastor Tim)
This word is doing significant things in our Kingdom family.
When "have to" gets removed, what's left of you and Abba? When determination loses steam, are you finding that you are still fascinated with His face? Determination wanes; fascination perseveres. Determination gets tired; fascination keeps burning. Why? Because determination is fixated on "doing," but fascination is fixated on His face. And lovers always get more done than doers.
What happens when "have to" gets removed? What happens when determination goes away? What happens when there's nothing left to do? These are important questions that must be answered. Martha never stopped long enough to find out, but Mary did. She found her treasure at the feet of Jesus, gazing into His eyes. We truly will move heaven and earth for the things that we love. Martha and Mary, both moved heaven and earth to do the thing that they loved. What are we moving heaven and earth to do?
Abba is inviting us all into a life of fascination, and this week we'll discover a key part of making that happen. But first, let's stop long enough to answer these questions. Wherever we find ourselves, Abba is ready to meet us there. But if we never stop long enough to hear His voice speaking to us about these things, we will just continue chasing things with determination that we were never meant to chase after. We'll spend our whole life chasing things that would have been added to us in a life of fascination.
So above all, constantly seek God's kingdom and his righteousness, then all these less important things will be given to you abundantly. (Matthew 6:33)
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