Shpeel.

Sometimes I start thinking, and God just starts talking to me, and I have to write it all down. Hence the following post. He is so good!

You probably know about God's omnipresence. You know that He's with you all the time, wherever you go, etc. And that's wonderful. But you know, sometimes I think we just stop there, and don't take advantage of His presence, and the fact that HE is with us, 24/7! What does Him being with me at every moment entail?

I don't think it's about just Him physically being with me all the time. It's about Him being available all the time. Being there for me all the time. Being present with open arms..all the time.

There are a lot of Bible verses about how He is holding us in his right hand...some even say that we are holding his right hand. I love that picture. When I think of that, I get the image of a little girl holding her daddy's hand; secure, at peace, and totally unafraid with him. That little girl (or boy, if you prefer) is you. And that daddy is Father God, leading you through life with your hand securely in His.

What's amazing is even when we want to pull away, we can't. Even when we get distracted from Him, and look to other lovers, He is still faithfully holding our hand in His. Psalm 73:22-22 says, "I was so foolish and ignorant - I must have seemed like a senseless animal to You. Yet I still belong to You; You hold my right hand."

Honestly, I get depressed easily. I may feel guilty, sinful, whatever. But the fact that my God is never going to let go of my hand is amazing to me. His love is overwhelming.

In the movie Evan Almighty, Morgan Freeman (who is awesome), as God, says "Remember, whatever I do, I do it because I love you." Even though that's not in the Bible..I think it's true. God works all things together for the good of those who love Him. Everything He does stems from His love. He is love. He will never stop loving us.

He says in Psalm 81:10, "Open your mouth wide, and I will fill it with good things." What's so beautiful about our relationship with God, is that even though we were created to serve Him, and to please Him, we always end up on the receiving end. When we worship or obey Him, He blesses us way more. He is always going to love us more. The sacrifice He gave for us (Jesus) is way way wayyy more than we could ever give to Him. But you know what's even better? Is that He loves doing it! He loves filling our lives with good things!

I think the devil loves to downplay God's love. It's really easy to get distracted with the culture, ourselves, and just the busyness of our lives, and forget how much we are loved. Perfect love casts out all fear. I'm willing to bet that a lot of other things come from perfect love, too. And that probably does not sit well with Satan. So, his plan is to tell us lies, and distract us, so that we forget, or even start to downplay God's love.

So right now, just remember that you are loved, more than you can imagine. He knows you, loves you, and cares about you even more than you do for yourself. Rest in His love for just a minute, and know that your Daddy is holding you in his secure, victorious right hand.