on the mountain top
… when nothing disturbs me
… when I am not at odds with everything around me
… when I am not caught off guard
What about in the valley
… when circumstances contradict
… when funds have dried up
… when health is dismal at best
Do I believe then too
that God is with me
that God will keep me safe
that God still loves me
that I am His forever
“Remove the stone,”
Jesus said. (John 11:39)
Remove the stone?
Lazarus was in the tomb
four days
when Jesus came
The stench was heavy
Yet Jesus said, “Remove the stone.”
But…
But nothing.
Remove the stone.
Have you forgotten?
“Didn’t I tell you that if you believed you would see the glory of God?”
Jesus said. (John 11:40)
Remove the stone.
The stone of unbelief
Jesus prays for us, that we may all be one
Like the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit are one,
we too may be one with them
completely one
completely loved.
“Father, I want those you have given me to be with me where I am, so that they will see my glory, which you have given me because you loved me before the world’s foundation.” (John 11:24)
“I made your name known to them and will continue to make it known, so that the love you have loved me with may be in them and I may be in them.” (John 11:26)
Remove the stone …
every stone attempting to crowd in and take over
The glory the Father gave to the Son who in turn gives to us … abiding always and only … is a one-on-one personal, intimate relationship of pure love.
But you must believe ... in the Father, in the Son, in the Holy Spirit ... in united love ... in Truth.
Faith is unutterable trust in God, trust which never dreams that He will not stand by us. - Oswald Chambers, My Utmost for His Highest (August 29)
(c) September 3, 2017
