Lean on Jesus' love for you

Now there was leaning on Jesus' bosom one of His disciples, whom Jesus loved. - John 13:23

In the book of John, the "disciple whom Jesus loved" was mentioned more times than in the books of Matthew, Mark and Luke. This is because John is constantly aware of Jesus' love for him than his love for the Lord. He is more conscious of Jesus' love for him and he made mentioned of it throughout his epistle.

Contrast this to Peter's proclamation of his love for the Lord. When Jesus was brought captive by the men of the High Priest, Peter actually denied Jesus three times before he broke down and cried. At the foot of the cross where Jesus was crucified, it was the disciple John who was there. Peter was nowhere to be found.

John always practiced the Lord's love for him. His trust is not in his love for the Lord but the Lord's love for him. We love for He first loves us. How is this Godly love been expressed? At the cross, the love of God was fully exhibited! Jesus Christ who knew no sin, did no sin and in Him is no sin, was crucified at the cross to divinely exchange His position of righteousness with our position of sin!

That one completely complete work at the cross by Jesus Christ suffices for all mankind. Whosoever believes in that finished work and acknowledges Jesus as Lord and Savior shall be saved. And his whole household shall be saved as well. That's not to say the whole household is automatically saved. They have to accept the gift of salvation personally. When one is saved, the good Lord will open the door of Heaven wide for the rest of his household to be saved. We just believe, Jesus does the rest.

Now, when we are conscious of Jesus' love for us, we are assured all things will turn out for our good. Not all things are good, but ALL things will turn out for good for those in Christ. That's a promise for those in Christ. We just believe in his grace and mercy.

When something bad happens, don't dwell in that bad situation all the time and lament the absence of God in that situation. Instead, give thanks to God that that bad thing happened for a reason for Him to show His grace for us. For where there is sin, grace super abounds. See the grace of God working all things for our good.

Trust in God's love. His love will never fail. And His grace will see us through. Rest in the complete work of Christ Jesus at the cross. For at the cross, all our sins are forgiven and whoever accepts the gift of salvation is saved, is sozoed. We are being made whole in every area of our lives. Where there is a need, grace will flow abundantly in that area. That is not to say we purposely create a need for God to meet. When a need arises, God's grace will be there to meet it, with exceedingly abundantly more than we think or ask for!

Lean "hard" on Jesus' love for us. See his unfailing love reaching out to us. See His grace flowing in and through our lives and see the manifestation of our miracles. Hallelujah!