I am the beloved of the Lord

Jesus loves me this I know. For the bible tells me so. That's part of a Christian song. I will sing this song to me son regularly. There is another part of the song that says Jesus is strong.

For God so loved the world that He sent His only begotten Son to die for the world that whosoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life. The moment a sinner accepts Jesus Christ as His savior and Lord, that sinner is transformed from a state of sin to a state of right standing with God. He/she is made the righteousness of God in Christ. All his/her sins are forgiven forever!

God cannot punish a Christian for his/her sins for the punishment has been vetted on Jesus Christ and it will be an injustice for God to punish Christians for their sins. That is not to say Christians should live a lifestyle of sin. How shall it be where Christians are dead to sin and alive to righteousness! How can it be where Christians see the grace and loveliness of Lord Jesus Christ. When we fall in love with Christ Jesus, we shall fall out of love with sin. For sin shall not have dominion over us for we are not under law but under grace!

It is fine to know that Christians are saved from eternal damnation. More importantly, be conscious that we are the beloved of the Lord. Beloved means to be deeply loved, very close to the heart, according to one dictionary. That means we are deeply loved by Father God and we are very closed to His heart. For as Christ is, so are we in this world. The heart of Father God is full of Jesus and we are in Him. So we are His darlings. He only has good thoughts toward us.

As the beloved of the Lord, we get to enjoy whatever Jesus is! Jesus is full of love. We can to enjoy His love and because He first loves us, we can love one and another. Out of the abundance of grace we can extend favor to another. Jesus is wisdom personified. We have the mind of Christ and His wisdom shall manifest greatly in our lives. Jesus is full of shalom life! This shalom life flows mightily in our lives. Jesus is shalom. The bible says Jesus has bequeathed His shalom to us. We have the peace which surpasses all understandings of the world.

As the beloved of the Lord, we are joint heir with Christ! Whatever He has, we have. Behold the Lord Christ Jesus and see our lives been transformed by Lord Christ Jesus. We see Jesus in the word. We see His loveliness and abundance of grace through His word. We are been transformed effortlessly by beholding Jesus.

All our needs are supplied. There shall be no lack in our lives for Christ has given His life, His very person for our every need. There IS fresh manna for today. Take no thought for tomorrow. Live today.There is sufficient grace for today. Be constantly mindful of the truth we are the beloveds of the Lord. Hallelujah!

The steadfast love of God

The bible says that God is love. His love for His people & His children will never change.

As I was heading towards my office this morning, I felt the heat from the weather. As I didn't want to perspire too much by walking to my office from the MRT station I decided to take a bus, for there is a bus stop very near my office building. I waited at the bus stop for about twenty five minutes & seeing that the bus I wanted to board had't arrive, I decided to walk to my office instead.

Just after lunch, it started to rain & rained quite heavily. I was thinking how fast the weather had changed. It was bright & sunny one moment & dark & stormy the next. It resembles some of our situations that we may be going through.

Sometimes we experience all kinds of breakthrough in a season. And then we go through valleys of our lives. Circumstances may change, but the love of God will never change. Give praise & worship God when the going is strong. Give thanks to God when the going is tough.

God displayed His love for the human race at the cross. Jesus was crucified at the cross to divinely exchange His position of righteousness for our position of sin. There is no greater love than this for Jesus died for us while we were sinners. God loves us while we were still sinners. What more now that we are His beloved children.

Jesus, our lovely shepherd

Jesus is called the Lord. He is part of the tripartite God. He is known as Emmanuel. He is the Messiah. He is Jehovah. However, there is one name that Jesus usually wants to be identified with His beloved: Shepherd.

A good shepherd will always lead his flock into green pastures. He will always bring them beside still waters. He will path a way when there seems to be no way. He will carry the lost lamp on his shoulder and he will protect his flock with his stuff against attacking animals.

Jesus is the good Shepherd. He will always lead His people into good happenings. He will always brings His people into rest. He will make a way for His beloved where there seems to be no way. He will carry the weary Christian on His strong shoulder and He will protect his people against all forms of attack.

Why Shepherd? Because sheep is very dependent on the shepherd. They depend on the shepherd to lead them to green pastures. They depend on the shepherd to bring them to still waters. They depend on the shepherd to defend them, to keep them safe from all harms. They are totally dependent on their shepherd.

He who promised is able to answer exceedingly what we can ask or think of. Trust Jesus, our lovely Shepherd.

Walk in the light

Beloved, we are called to be sons of God. We are called to walk in the light for we are the light of the world.

When we are walking in the light, no darkness will be able to comprehend us. No darkness will be able to overtake us. There may be darkness in our lives. The moment we are conscious of the light in Jesus, all darkness must flee!