John 14:19-21: “Soon the world will no longer see me, but you will see me. Since I live, you also will live. When I am raised to life again, you will know that I am in my Father, and you are in me, and I am in you. Those who accept my commandments and obey them are the ones who love me. And because they love me, my Father will love them. And I will love them and reveal myself to each of them.” [NLT]
God is doing such a work of love in my heart. It is a work that I am having a hard time explaining. That says something since I live by words. I bring messages made up of words, I write with words. My greatest desire is that my words speak with the power of the Holy Spirit to change people’s hearts.
So why am I having such a hard time explaining God’s love and His work of love in my heart? I think it is because God’s love is an experience, a deep experience, and an individual one. Communicating truth, right doctrine, encouragement, comfort, even conviction is easy. Communicating an experience of love is not. It leaves me tongue-tied, word-deprived. Nothing I say using words can truly communicate what I am experiencing.
Jesus promised that He would reveal Himself by His love. “I will love him and reveal myself to each of them.”
As I sit here, computer on my lap, staring at this screen as it waits for me to add my words, all I really want to do is lean my head back on my Savior’s breast, quiet my soul, and drink in His love. I want Him to reveal Himself to me in greater and greater measure.
So, I pray for you today, as you read these words¸ that you also experience the Love of God in greater and greater measure. Lean your head back, quiet your soul and drink in His love.
