Can't think of anything I could share with you today that would be much better than this. It's from the devotional Jesus Calling by Sarah Young. This is one author's take on what she felt God was saying to her. You should read it like Jesus is speaking to you in the first person. If you don't have it, try to get it. Alongside, but never in replacement of, scripture, I feel like it's slowly changing my life. Love to you all ~
April 19th
I love you regardless of how well you are performing. Sometimes you feel uneasy, wondering if you are doing enough to be worthy of My Love. No matter how exemplary your behavior, the answer to that question will always be: No. Your performance and My love are totally different issues, which you need to sort out. I love you with an everlasting Love that flows out from eternity without limits or conditions. I have clothed you in My robe of righteousness and this is an eternal transaction. Nothing and no one can reverse it. Therefore, your accomplishment as a Christian has no bearing on My Love for you. Even your ability to assess how well you are doing on a given day is flawed. Your limited human perspective and the condition of your body with its mercurial variations, distort your evaluations.
Bring your performance anxiety to Me, and receive, in its place, My unfailing Love. Try to stay conscious of My loving Presence with you in all that you do, and I will direct your steps.
Read: Jeremiah 31:3 Isaiah 61:10; Psalm 31:16 and
Psalm 197:8
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