No matter how far a person imagines themselves to be away from Him, He comes to where they are; ‘He’, being Almighty God. He is the Great I Am, the Way, the Truth, the Life and the Creator of all things, including beautiful sunsets and the magnificent firmament above that we enjoy so much at night.
Allow me to bring the title of
this writing to your attention lest you not understand the scope of what my
thoughts revolve around. The ‘Are
Factor’ is the emphasis of this writing.
I trust these thoughts will speak to your heart and bring solace when
needed.
You and I ‘are’ so important
to God that He will go out of His way to embrace us with agape love wherever we
may roam. Christians ‘are’ positively
the apple of God’s eye; not perhaps, hopefully, maybe, should be, probably, who
knows, perchance, or conceivably; we ‘are’ important to Him!
The preceding is a truth that
we need to retain in the recesses of our mind, especially for those times when
the devil lies to us.
The truth of God’s love calls
out to us, because of the blood that Jesus shed at Calvary for our
redemption. The Lord goes the extra mile
to find us no matter how far we may wander or get off-track, God cares!
Know this, God comes to where
we are because He wants us safe and secure from all alarm, protected in His
care. He desires to hold us tightly
against His bosom and speak to us by name.
God’s amazing love reminds me
of a mother hen that looks out for her chicks and protects them under feathered
wings to keep them safe from the elements and predators.
(Psalm 91:1-4), “He who
dwells in the secret place of the Most High shall abide under the shadow of the
Almighty. (vs 2) “I will say of the Lord, ‘He is my refuge and my fortress; my
God, in Him I will trust.’ ” (vs 3)
“Surely He shall deliver you from the snare of the fowler and from the perilous
pestilence.” (vs 4) “He shall cover you with His feathers, and under His wings
you shall take refuge; His truth shall be your shield and buckler.”
The Lord is our shepherd who
is very much aware when a lamb has strayed from the sheep of His pasture. Consider the following parable.
(Matthew 18:11-14), “For
the Son of Man has come to save that which was lost.” (vs 12) “What do you
think? If a man has a hundred sheep, and
one of them goes astray, does he not leave the ninety-nine and go to the
mountains to seek the one that is straying?” (vs 13) “And if he should find it,
assuredly, I say to you, he rejoices more over that sheep than over the ninety-nine
that did not go astray.” (vs 14) “Even so it is not the will of your Father who
is in heaven that one of these little ones should perish.”
A point to remember is this:
Satan is the father of lies and full of deception! No matter how often he tries to convince us
that God is too busy to come to where we are if we stray from the fold, Satan’s
rhetoric is always false. His narrative
is full of lies when he tells us that God is not concerned about our affairs.
These lies are generated from
the pit of hell to cause doubt that God loves us. Satan wants us to stumble, but God does care
and goes before us in power and might.
God cared so much that He gave
His only Son to die on a cross for our sins so that we would not be lost but
have everlasting life in heaven with Him.
God adores us! He desires that we
become part of His family, a son or daughter.
Not only is the devil a liar, but
he is also a thief in sheep clothing. He
wants to steal our joy, peace of mind, and blessings from God. Satan attempts to discourage and cause doubt
in our mind when he bombards us with narratives that we are too far gone,
regarding sin, to ever be forgiven by God.
The devil is nothing more than
a deceiver of humanity and is hell-bent on stealing the ‘hope’ we have in the
promises of God, while giving nothing in return. Satan pollutes the mind with negativity,
which causes uncertainty about the fact that God truly cares for us. The Lord emphatically cares for our wellbeing. He has given the Holy Spirit to lead and
guide us into all truth.
(1 Peter 5:6-7), “Therefore
humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you in due
time,” (vs 7) “casting all your care upon Him, for He cares for you.”
Satan is anti-God in all
things. He combats good with evil by
hook or by crook, and rebels against God in any way, shape, or form. He is nothing more than a thief that goes
about as a roaring lion seeking whom he may devour, disguised as a sheep.
When God forgives our sins,
there is no question that we ARE, at that moment, His child. Nothing can separate us from the love of God
or steal the “Are Factor” from born-again Christians. We ‘are’ adopted into the family of God by
grace through faith in Jesus Christ.
(1 John 1:9), “If we
confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse
us from all unrighteousness.”
Written by,
Papa Boyd
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