Reading: Matthew 10
Scripture: "Don't think I've come to make life cozy. I’ve come to cut—make a sharp knife-cut between you and your families (paraphrased) - cut through these cozy domestic arrangements and free you for God. (MATTHEW 10:34, MSG) If you don’t go all the way with me, through thick and thin, you don’t deserve me. (MATTHEW 10:38, MSG) - Jesus to His twelve disciples
The words of Jesus in this chapter truly surprised me, made me wonder and at some point, I feared and asked... "Will I really be able to get through all these, O Lord?" The Lord has enlightened me with yet another truth and took that fear away.
Another truth that should live and remain in our hearts for this truth will be the only thing we'll have left that cannot be taken away from us when the time comes that everything else is.
Reading: Matthew 1-4
Scripture: "... I Myself will search and find my sheep. I will be like a shepherd looking for his scattered flock. I will find my sheep and rescue them from all the places where they were scattered on that dark and cloudy day."
(EZEKIEL 34:11-12)
I will search for My lost ones who strayed away, and I will bring them safely home again." (EZEKIEL 34:16)
An indeed wonderful truth that came from His Majesty which beauty I can never, ever define. It's GOD HIMSELF through HIS SON, JESUS who came down from Heaven, left everything there - His crown, His throne, His Lordship only to find a sheep like me who has strayed away so far and for so long and yet, He never stopped yearning to shepherd and finally hold in His most loving arms. "I’ll take over and gather what’s left of my sheep, gather them in from all the lands where I’ve driven them. I’ll bring them back where they belong, and they’ll recover and flourish. I’ll set shepherd-leaders over them who will take good care of them. They won’t live in fear or panic anymore." - The Lord, Jeremiah 23:4, MSG