I heard a statement some time ago. It said, "I can hold your head, but I can't turn your eyes to freedom".
In a time that seems so uncertain for so many, what is real is that we are in no less control now than we were when things appeared stable - we had a sense of control, but in truth control has never been in our hands. Fear comes in at the void of the unknown, the feeling of uncertainty.
But there is certainty in only few things. There is a Father that loves each and every one of us. That is a certainty. No matter where you are, what you've been through, how you've behaved - you are not beyond love and His attention. When our eyes open to see this, our eyes turn to Freedom.
In freedom there is no fear, as perfect love casts out all fear. That is written in the Book 1 John chapter 4, verse 18. We can release our false sense of control (for this merely adds worry for no reason) - book of Luke, chapter 12, beginning at verse 35. Seeing ourselves, and all that we are in the hands of the One who has all things subject to His control, yet One that loves us beyond our ability to comprehend, this brings us to the Father, and it is through the gift of His Son (yet fully a part of Himself as One) that we have freedom.
I can hold your head, encourage you, show you love and compassion, but it is a simple choice that only you can make, to turn your eyes to freedom.
I'm this freedom, we have peace, in the midst of the storm. In this freedom, our eyes are opened to more than we can see.
In a time that seems so uncertain for so many, what is real is that we are in no less control now than we were when things appeared stable - we had a sense of control, but in truth control has never been in our hands. Fear comes in at the void of the unknown, the feeling of uncertainty.
But there is certainty in only few things. There is a Father that loves each and every one of us. That is a certainty. No matter where you are, what you've been through, how you've behaved - you are not beyond love and His attention. When our eyes open to see this, our eyes turn to Freedom.
In freedom there is no fear, as perfect love casts out all fear. That is written in the Book 1 John chapter 4, verse 18. We can release our false sense of control (for this merely adds worry for no reason) - book of Luke, chapter 12, beginning at verse 35. Seeing ourselves, and all that we are in the hands of the One who has all things subject to His control, yet One that loves us beyond our ability to comprehend, this brings us to the Father, and it is through the gift of His Son (yet fully a part of Himself as One) that we have freedom.
I can hold your head, encourage you, show you love and compassion, but it is a simple choice that only you can make, to turn your eyes to freedom.
I'm this freedom, we have peace, in the midst of the storm. In this freedom, our eyes are opened to more than we can see.
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