God wants you to trust him. He wants you to be a kindred spirit with whom he can share everything, someone he can trust with his heart and his reputation. In a good faith relationship there is no reserve, no doubt, no suspicion or criticismโjust good will and complete openness. Maybe that is one of the reasons God uses the marriage relationship to illustrate his relationship to the church.
God wants us to trust that he loves us above and beyond all things. And when bad things happen, like they did in the life of Job, we will give God the benefit of the doubt, believing โthat all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purposeโ (๐ฅ๐ผ๐บ๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐ด:๐ฎ๐ด).
We donโt get bitter at lifeโs circumstance, depressed, or lose confidence in his loving care because we can trust that HE loves us and seeks our best. He is our closest friend.
God created us for the express purpose of becoming family (๐๐ฝ๐ต๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐ญ). He desires communion, a relationship of oneness. Jesus prayed that โthey may be one, even as we are oneโ (๐๐ผ๐ต๐ป ๐ญ๐ณ:๐ฎ๐ฎ). So this oneness is what Jesus came to establish. It is not just to cause us to stop sinning. So much of religion is focused on just trying to keep the law, or do good things, or keep the Sabbath, tithe, go to church, confess your sins, or read your Bible. Thatโs pitiful religion. It is all shallow compared to cultivating a faith relationship with the Heavenly Father. What God is looking for is a relationship of faith. He wants you to come to a place like Job did when he heard that all his earthly treasures were stolen or destroyed leaving him suddenly with nothing, and yes, even when his entire family was killed: he fell on his face and worshipped God. Job knew God loved and cared for him. That faith relationship he shared with God was the most precious thing in his lifeโabove his wealth, health, wife, and children. Job knew he had a friend in God, that God had good will toward him, and that he had a purpose even when it was not apparent and seemed to contradict the circumstances. That is what a faith relationship looks like. Expect the best from God. Expect the best from your spouse. Be the best friend to God and everyone else, and you will be a rich person indeed.
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God wants you to trust him. He wants you to be a kindred spirit with whom he can share everything, someone he can trust with his heart and his reputation. In a good faith relationship there is no reserve, no doubt, no suspicion or criticismโjust good will and complete openness. Maybe that is one of the reasons God uses the marriage relationship to illustrate his relationship to the church.
God wants us to trust that he loves us above and beyond all things. And when bad things happen, like they did in the life of Job, we will give God the benefit of the doubt, believing โthat all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purposeโ (๐ฅ๐ผ๐บ๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐ด:๐ฎ๐ด).
We donโt get bitter at lifeโs circumstance, depressed, or lose confidence in his loving care because we can trust that HE loves us and seeks our best. He is our closest friend.
God created us for the express purpose of becoming family (๐๐ฝ๐ต๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐ญ). He desires communion, a relationship of oneness. Jesus prayed that โthey may be one, even as we are oneโ (๐๐ผ๐ต๐ป ๐ญ๐ณ:๐ฎ๐ฎ). So this oneness is what Jesus came to establish. It is not just to cause us to stop sinning. So much of religion is focused on just trying to keep the law, or do good things, or keep the Sabbath, tithe, go to church, confess your sins, or read your Bible. Thatโs pitiful religion. It is all shallow compared to cultivating a faith relationship with the Heavenly Father. What God is looking for is a relationship of faith. He wants you to come to a place like Job did when he heard that all his earthly treasures were stolen or destroyed leaving him suddenly with nothing, and yes, even when his entire family was killed: he fell on his face and worshipped God. Job knew God loved and cared for him. That faith relationship he shared with God was the most precious thing in his lifeโabove his wealth, health, wife, and children. Job knew he had a friend in God, that God had good will toward him, and that he had a purpose even when it was not apparent and seemed to contradict the circumstances. That is what a faith relationship looks like. Expect the best from God. Expect the best from your spouse. Be the best friend to God and everyone else, and you will be a rich person indeed.
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