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My God is jealous for me! Let that sink in for a minute, my God is jealous for me. I can’t help but wonder if we know the weight of that statement. Some thoughts that come to mind when I think of God being jealous; giving me his undivided attention, wanting to shower me with his love, possessively watchful of me, and totally loyal.
For the past couple of days now, I have been consumed with this thought that God is jealous for me and I am amazed at just how much God really loves me. Enough to allow his one and only Son to lay down His life for me! To me, that’s scary. I’ve never known anyone to love me that much.
Then I think how I treat Him, cold and aloof. Truth be known, the only real time I try to spend with Him is when I need something. Occasionally, I will tell Him that I love Him in a song or two on Sunday. But to really go after Him like He goes after me, well I must admit that I fail miserably at that. Sadly I see Him mostly as my go to God, I go to Him when I need Him to bail me out of something or when I want Him to make something happen for me.
His love is all encompassing, mine is so one sided. Sometimes when I call upon His name, I picture Him saying OK what do you want this time. And you know what I am sick of it, if I were God I would have said long ago, “you are dead to me, this one sided relationship that you have with me I done, don’t come looking for me anymore”. Thankfully though He is a jealous God and does not give up on me that easily.
Lord I want to know you better; I want to know you like you know me! I want you to feel the love that I have for you, like the way I feel your love! I want my mind to be consumed of you! I want you to know just how beautiful you are to me!
Lord, hear my cry and accept this broken vessel. I have made a mess of this life you have given me, but I am giving you my broken peaces wanting you to put me back together the way you intended it to be. Lord I know you love me and that I am yours. Grab hold of me before I sink to the deepest depths of despair – I know it is not to late for me. Lord thank you so much for loving me the way you do.
In fact, Lord help others see the love that you have for them, let them see that you truly are a jealous God and that it is not to late for them to hand over their peaces to you. Help every one of us see that your grace is big enough even for all, for Christians and sinners alike!
