6 being confident of this very thing, that He who has begun a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ;
I never really understand why God loves me so much. I look at who I am, who I really am on the inside, and realize that in me no good thing dwells, yet God still looks for me, seeks me out, finds and fashions me, helps me, and elevates me.
This is quite a mystery, but hey, I'm loving the journey; arduous but exciting! When I was a young convert, there was a song we sang in Song Service...
'When I think of the goodness of Jesus, and all He's done for me,
My soul cries out hallelujah, I thank God for saving me...'
He truly has brought me, and my wife a mighty long way...here is a picture of us a week after we got married. I was only 19 years old, and Jana was 18...looking back, had someone come to me and said, 'LaMont, you and your wife and gonna globe-trot, struggle to hell and back, have people you love leave you - betray you, break your heart and desert you!' 'As you heal from this, you're going to have Leaders abandon you, let you down, and mistreat you...'
I probably would've run in the opposite direction!! However, I thank God that through it all - God has kept my wife and I, sane, rational, and in love with each other, and Him!
Over the 25 years I've served Christ, one thing has been consistent through it all...God has never left my side, and He will always take care of me and my family...no matter what!
This quote from Puddleglum (Chronicles of Narnia: The Silver Chair) sums it up rather nicely...
'Aslan never told us what would happen,
He only told us what to do!!'
This is true when it comes to serving Jesus Christ ~ He never tells us what the outcome will be, He only tells us what to do!! We should serve God with reckless abandon, and this is going to take an unfailing love on our part to do this...
I believe with all my heart the reason why we struggle as Christians is not because we don't do enough for God, or we aren't as disciplined as we should be...nope. I believe we have yet to drink in a sweet, satisfying love for God...ask yourself, do you really Love God? Or do you just love yourself a bit more?
Everyday, I have to make a decision that 'Today', I'm going to love God more than I love myself...I pray you do the same.
