He IS......

Jesus desires for us to live in the fullness of who “He is.” He says in John 10 that He came to this Earth so that we could have abundant life. But how much abundant life do you allow Him to give you? There are so many qualities that make up who “He is,” and He is not sitting on His throne hoarding them for himself. He is begging us to let Him into every aspect of our life, so that He can be all these things to us, in us, and through us.

LOVE.

“We know what real love is because Jesus gave up His life for us” 1 John 3:16. Real love is an action, not just a feeling. Jesus could have saved himself a lot of pain and suffering by just telling us that He loved us instead of going through the gruesome death on the cross. But He loves us SO much that He demonstrated his love for us by suffering the most painful death any human has ever experienced and will ever experience. Jesus, perfect, holy, and powerful could have called himself off the cross or could have intervened during the lashes cutting into His flesh. Instead, he bore it all. Yes for our sins, but He went to through the most radical death to express His radical love for us. It didn’t stop on the cross. Jesus, today, still wants to demonstrate this radical love to us if we will open our hearts to receive it.

Our PROVIDER.

He wants to provide for every one of our needs. Matthew 6 encourages us not to be anxious about tomorrow. If God will take care of the flowers and the birds; He will definitely take care of His children. I feel as if people all around me are consumed with the way the economy is operating right now which is producing large amount of stress about finances. God is fully aware of what is going on, and even in the toughest times; He will provide for every house payment, utility bill, car insurance, life insurance, etc. However, Jesus tells us to seek HIM first, so all things will be given to us (Matthew 6:33). He didn’t tell us to first seek after those things. He said to seek after Him so that HE can give us more than we need. He knows that if we try to provide for ourselves, we’ll gain barely enough if any to get by.

Are you opening up your life so that He can provide for you?

Our Father.

Earthly fathers that adore and love their children want the best for them and desire that they have everything they need and more. Jesus doesn’t just provide the bare essentials for our needs, but He wants to give us more gifts and blessings than we could ask for.

“If you sinful people know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Heavenly Father give good gifts to those who ask Him?” Matthew 7:11.

Are you able to view Jesus as your Father?