It's been a beautiful week in the Lord. I haven't said this statement in a while now. Sometimes in the midst of your journey, you lose focus of the love you have for the Lord. The extremely grateful heart that resounds in you is lost in the exhaustion of this world. This week, in particular, has been extremely exhausting I have been working double shifts but when I thought my flesh would fail me I reached out to my brethren for prayer. The strength that was given extended until rest could come. I read John 12 tonight and felt the Lord's weakness. You know those moments when you know that pain is coming, something excruciating is going to be in your future. That moment was coming for Jesus but he turned that weakness into a strength by thinking of us. How humbling a statement it is to know that our Savior had such a love for us that just the thought of us gave Him strength. I never quite understood the scripture in John 12:20-26 and to know the thoughts of the Apostles during this time I would love. I was reading Chapter 12 in John and the people were laying out palms before Him and praising "Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord, even the King of Israel!" This was a moment for Jesus, He knew what was to come. The pain was coming to His flesh, this thought was upon Him. Then we come to the Greeks wanting to see him and the apostles are looking for Jesus, well they find him to tell him some Greeks are looking for Him. Jesus answer always was weird to me, I just never connected this with anything except a random thought but when I read it tonight it was different. Jesus wasn't talking to the apostle at all He was talking to Himself. A weak moment had come within His flesh and He was talking it out, "Truly Truly I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains ALONE; but if it dies, it bears much fruit. " When I read this I heard, "My Strength."
Friday, August 23, 2019
Sweet Essence
It's been a beautiful week in the Lord. I haven't said this statement in a while now. Sometimes in the midst of your journey, you lose focus of the love you have for the Lord. The extremely grateful heart that resounds in you is lost in the exhaustion of this world. This week, in particular, has been extremely exhausting I have been working double shifts but when I thought my flesh would fail me I reached out to my brethren for prayer. The strength that was given extended until rest could come. I read John 12 tonight and felt the Lord's weakness. You know those moments when you know that pain is coming, something excruciating is going to be in your future. That moment was coming for Jesus but he turned that weakness into a strength by thinking of us. How humbling a statement it is to know that our Savior had such a love for us that just the thought of us gave Him strength. I never quite understood the scripture in John 12:20-26 and to know the thoughts of the Apostles during this time I would love. I was reading Chapter 12 in John and the people were laying out palms before Him and praising "Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord, even the King of Israel!" This was a moment for Jesus, He knew what was to come. The pain was coming to His flesh, this thought was upon Him. Then we come to the Greeks wanting to see him and the apostles are looking for Jesus, well they find him to tell him some Greeks are looking for Him. Jesus answer always was weird to me, I just never connected this with anything except a random thought but when I read it tonight it was different. Jesus wasn't talking to the apostle at all He was talking to Himself. A weak moment had come within His flesh and He was talking it out, "Truly Truly I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains ALONE; but if it dies, it bears much fruit. " When I read this I heard, "My Strength."
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