Sprinkled and Dunked

I was listening to this song by Rend Collective recently, and the first verse really hit me. When I stand accused by my regrets And the devil roars his empty threats I will preach the gospel to myself That I am not a man condemned For Jesus Christ is my defense How often do we "preach the gospel to ourselves?" Not nearly enough, at least in my case. I am always looking for opportunities to preach the gospel to others, but not often do I simply sit and reflect on the truth of it in my own life. I know I am saved by Jesus' grace. That is not in question. It's just that sometimes, in the chaos that is life, when I feel defeated because I have failed again, it is easy to overlook. So I encourage you, when you're down, when you're tired, when you are defeated - preach the gospel to yourself! Remind yourself that "there is therefore now NO condemnation for those who are in Jesus!" The truth that saved you is no less true today, now that you have been saved

God has really been imprinting this on me all this week: If you seek holiness, pursue Jesus. If you seek righteousness, pursue Jesus. If you seek peace, pursue Jesus. If you seek security, pursue Jesus. If you seek faith, pursue Jesus. When we pursue Jesus wholeheartedly, as we grow in our closeness to Him, He will grant us the rest. In Jesus, we will find all that we seek. Pursue the Giver, rather than the gifts.

  I finished reading "Gently and Lowly" by Dane Ortlund today. It was tough for me to read, and at times I almost put it down because I wasn't sure I agreed with the author. But I didn't put it down. And the more I read, the more I realized that the limiting factor in my understanding of the depth and richness of Jesus' love is my own small, human, mind. How can we truly understand the infinite? How can our minds make sense of words like "immeasurable" when we spend our lives measuring and quantifying? Jesus' love for His people knows no bounds. He holds nothing back. Even when we think we don't deserve it. Even when we forsake Him. Even when we rebel and wander away. He still loves us without limits. If that sounds too good to be true, as it did to me, that's only because we impose limits on Jesus' love that He Himself does not. God's goodness is infinite. Neverending. Immeasurable. It is too good for us to understand, or even at tim...