God has been speaking so strongly to my heart, about His own heart. I have been overwhelmed with prayers for you my dear family and friends. I have been blown away by scripture where He has revealed His incredible heart for His people. I have been reading in Jeremiah, it is a heart breaking book. Although in the passage the Lord is speaking of Israel and Judah, a lot of what is being said can be applicable to us today. It breaks my heart as I read it. It shows us a picture of God's relentless heart and yearning for His people.
"For long ago I broke your yoke And tore off your bonds; But you said, 'I will not serve!' For on every high hill And under every green tree You have lain down as a harlot." Jeremiah 2:20. How true is this for so many of us. Our God has set us free yet we choose to live as slaves. Slaves to ourselves, and our own self-pity or selfish ambitions. We continually place ourselves above all, whether that be our focus on how terrible and pitiful we are or how magnificent and great we are. It is all focus on self and not serving God. What a terrible battle we all face. The enemy loves to try to get our focus on ourselves rather than God. All the Father wants is for us to accept the freedom He is trying to give us through the love of His Son. His heart breaks and is devastated as we ignore Him and His cry and call for us to come back to Him, "My sorrow is beyond healing, My heart is faint within Me!" (Jeremiah 8:18).
God's love is crazy. His heart yearns and breaks for us. He wants to live in close intimacy with each one of us. His heart breaks when we place walls in between ourselves and Him. Even as I write this my own heart breaks. I realize how I continually place things in the middle of Him and myself. I realize how I am always tempted to place my own troubles and pains as more important than Him. Why do I allow distractions of this life to come in between me and My one true Love? What freedom He brings when we lay all else aside and just serve Him! The joy and the peace and comfort He gives surpasses all else!
I am blown away and brought to tears when I think about the Father crying out in anguish for us to just look His way. To see Him, to receive Him! That's all He longs for. That is what He desires from His depths. Can we even begin to imagine His depths? How deep of love He has, the fact that He longs for US that desperately? We are so undeserving of this kind of love, yet it is extended to us. Please let us just receive it and receive Him. Let us bring love and joy to Him who pursues us unceasingly!
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