That was how I closed the message last Sunday morning, and that phrase has been swirling around my head all week.
I am increasingly convinced that the most difficult task in the life of a follower of Jesus is to chose to daily TRUST JESUS, no matter the events, circumstances, tragedies or successes that surround you.
It seems like when things are going bad, we loose our trust in Him, and when things are going good we tend to attribute it to other things...
- our hard work
- dumb luck
- coincidence
- etc...
BUT it is to say that we too often miss just how active a roll God does in fact play in our daily lives, and we easily miss that in that role, He works in ALL THINGS -- good, bad, tragic, and beautiful.
The trust that God is asking from us is so different that I think we often realize. He is not fundamentally asking us to trust that...
- He'll make everything work out
- Life will make sense
- You'll find a spouse
- We can change our city for Jesus
- that cats won't be in heaven (sry)
but trust that --- We actually do, and Deeply do, MATTER TO HIM.
When we believe that, then we can enter every situation in life with confidence that God is good & God is in control. Not to mention the fact that I really do believe it's only in this place of trust that we really, truly, care about the people around us, and long to make a difference for the kingdom.
God is, His name is JESUS & He is NUTS about you.
Our unrestrained trust in Him produces unrestrained love flowing out of us; love that flows back to Him, and love that flows to our fellow man.
So here's your Guerrilla Lovers Assignment for the weekend.
This assignment is to be accomplished sometime over the the next three days (so before Monday).
WHAT!?
For me, the love tale in this movie is the love of a father for his son. A love that sets the entire movie into motion, and then culminates into the realized dreams that a dad once had for his little boy.
So, whatever movie it is for you that has the ability to grab your inner emotions & place of love, WATCH IT some time this weekend. If your married then watch it together. As you watch the movie here is all I want you to do. Focus on the thought that the actions of love in the story (the pursuit, the sacrifice, the passion) are all the realities of How God feels about you, and has pursued you, and has sacrificed for you.
Perhaps the reason the themes of the movie pull at you has always been about a deeper reality than the movie, but the reality that love has been pursuing you since before you were ever even born, and it's name is Jesus.
Our unrestrained trust in Him produces unrestrained love flowing out of us; love that flows back to Him, and love that flows to our fellow man.
So here's your Guerrilla Lovers Assignment for the weekend.
This assignment is to be accomplished sometime over the the next three days (so before Monday).
It's simple, get your favorite love story movie & watch it.
Now, I know some of you guys just thought, "chick flic!!!" That's not what I said, I could be, but not necessarily. One of my favorite love stories is the movie, A Knights Tale.WHAT!?
For me, the love tale in this movie is the love of a father for his son. A love that sets the entire movie into motion, and then culminates into the realized dreams that a dad once had for his little boy.
So, whatever movie it is for you that has the ability to grab your inner emotions & place of love, WATCH IT some time this weekend. If your married then watch it together. As you watch the movie here is all I want you to do. Focus on the thought that the actions of love in the story (the pursuit, the sacrifice, the passion) are all the realities of How God feels about you, and has pursued you, and has sacrificed for you.
Perhaps the reason the themes of the movie pull at you has always been about a deeper reality than the movie, but the reality that love has been pursuing you since before you were ever even born, and it's name is Jesus.
