Peter, I love the fact that your thoughts are centered on God.
You know a secret, I can tell.
Keeping our eyes centered on Him is part of what we know to do but there's another, quite sacred part to it too. When we rightly turn our eyes on Jesus and continue to adore Him -- His heart flutters. We've read about how He is like a gazelle, leaping and bounding over the mountain tops. I see him in total joy, coming for His Beloved. And I see those who stay their eye on Him as the target of his bounding journey. We are told that we can "hasten the coming of the Lord".
Consider now, if you will -- and let your heart soar as you do, what that means exactly. Imagine a love story between father and son. We can hasten the Day of the Lord. Imagine a father who wanted to give the very best possible reward to his son and who wanted to do it perfectly right on his wedding day. Then look around and catch a glimpse of the fact that you are the gift that is being given to the bridegroom. Yeah. Little you. A present from God to Jesus. Now understand what happens when you, in faith, turn your eyes to Him. Read more about it in the Song of Solomon but what I mean specifically is where He slips His hand and oils the lock. He's helping you to free yourself so you can find him. You are lovers conspiring in perfect holiness, if I dare say. We are. Every part of his body is.
Our job then, is to overcome evil and to join together, trusting Him in all things.
Did I tell you, Peter, that I love the fact that your thoughts are centered on God? It's true. Thank you for sharing and know that your Redeemer is strong! He sees hearts.
(PS -- Hi, Brother Mike. I do so love you even though I have not said it directly in too many months. Jesus does too, and this you already know. Remind me sometime to tell you about my "What does a spleen do?" mini-revelation, but not here).
