The Man, Christ Jesus.

It was the thirteenth day in May, 2016. There was a preacher,  a congregation and of course the lord with the angels.  The preacher said, "The man Jesus is close to you, so close you can touch Him"
"He wants to hold you in His arms forever, feel His embrace".  My heart literally kept swelling,  I thought it was going to burst,  I felt so many things in me,  an electrical surge so powerful,  at the same time, I felt as though my heart was melting like butter.  The tears were uncontrollable, the reality of his love was so great,  his presence so strong. Then I saw him,  visibly!  I stretched out my hands,  I touched him, tangibly! I fell to his feet,  sobbing profusely,  overwhelmed with love,  he bent down,  pulled me into his arms,  kept patting my back,  I was screaming now,  "Jesus, I love you!! ", he then whispered into my left ear, "I love you" , I heard him audibly!  Then the preacher said,  "Tell him everything,  everything! ". Then I started to talk, " I'm sorry lord,  I am lazy " he corrected me, "You are not lazy ".he said.  I continued,  "I have been holding back,  you deserve more,  you deserve all, you have my all,  you are my all,  you have my life,  oh Lord,  you are my life" . He then whispered into my ear continuously,  "I love you ". It sounded more like a song to me and it was very beautiful.  I saw myself in his eyes,  I saw perfection!

That was one of my many encounters at the last Christocentric Weekend (it's a monthly glorious programme organized by ChristMind Family) .

Please do a little something for me,  touch your face,  you can feel it right?  Yes,  then you can touch Jesus the same way you just touched your face.  If anyone is around you, look at that person,  you can see Jesus the same way. Speak outloud,  you can hear Him speak to you that loud. The man Jesus is real,  yes,  man!

1 John 1:14: “The Word became flesh.” (1 John 4:2; 2 John 7). Jesus was born (Luke 2:7). He grew (Luke 2:40, 52). He grew tired (John 4:6) and got thirsty (John 19:28) and hungry (Matthew 4:2). He became physically weak (Matthew 4:11; Luke 23:26). He died (Luke 23:46). Our focus here however is on Christ, the glorified! he had a real human body after his resurrection (Luke 24:39; John 20:20, 27).

  1Timothy 2:5, "For there is one God and one mediator between God and mankind, the man Christ Jesus

He is God the man, who died for man and He rose as a man, then ascended into glory.  This doesn't change the fact that He is God.

John 1:1 - In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

John 1:14 - And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.

John 10:30 - I and [my] Father are one.

Isaiah 9:6 - For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Prince    

If you can touch him,  it means you can touch God,  ahah!! The father and the son are one. If that is difficult for you to believe then you need to break free from the shackles of religion!  Yes!  The only difference is God the man,  who died for man. I love the Lord!!!!!!

I apologise for not putting up the series  as i promised,  hopefully I'll get my laptop in a good condition soon and will work properly on it.  Before then I'll  keep writing on more revelations I get from this wonderful romance. Until then,  keep plumbing His depths and climbing his heights!
 Thank you.
Love you loads! 😄😄
_______Jedida.
   

IN OVER MY HEAD (2)

I had lost all hope,  it seemed to me that there was no going back.

    Then it came,  in my most miserable state, that glorious presence that heightens the beauty in everything. He was with me.  Oh what joy filled my heart! He did not desert me after all. He touched me and I felt the warmth, I felt the love He had for me.  I then remembered all that I had done,  I was scared, I didn't deserve His love, anyone's for that matter. He immediately knew how I felt,  I could see it in His eyes,  It was as though He could feel what I felt. The tears started again,  "go away from me, I'm undeserving of Your love, a failure that I am". "Hush..... " He said,  He pulled me close, wrapped me in His arms and whispered in my ear, "I love you".  It was then the truth hit me. He loved me still, that I was crushed to Him did not matter. I could see from the way His eyes shone that He did not see in me the failure that I saw, He could see no wrong in me, I was perfect. By telling me He loved me. He said it all. It was not merely an expression, it was an expression of a fact.

   I was forever changed, I then understood that His word is my reality. Circumstances don't make my reality, what He says about me does. That I stumble and fall again and again does not make His love for me dwindle. His love gave me love, with it came hope, peace, faith and joy. I couldn't but love Him with my very being. I even love Him because He first loved me. 

   His love settled it all, there was no suicide, Now, I know I have something to live many lives for. Whatever comes my way, I know we are in it together. Now like Jenn Johnson I can sing "Whether I swim, whether I sink, it makes no difference". This manner of love I still cannot comprehend, He is love Himself. I shall continue to plumb the depths and climb the heights but as I've found, there's no end to it. Even now I am still in over my head,  but beautifully so, beautifully in over my head.

          

IN OVER MY HEAD

      "You're at it again", I said to myself.
It sure had started again. It was evident in my eyes,  I could feel the ferocious storm they call fear in my heart. My head was pounding terribly!  There was no way I could stop the tears from flowing. My heart kept swelling in my chest like it was going to burst. There was no questioning it,  I was definitely having another one of my many "moments". My head began to pound like it always does when I cry hard.
      "I have failed!" , there was definitely no way the tears could stop now. My heart shattered,  there was no one to talk to, none to share my burden with.  I was very much disappointed in myself,  how could I have done that!  I had very great plans and much confidence in my abilities. Everyone told me I had great potentials,  "What happened?!!!! ", I cried out,  "What went wrong?!" I screamed,  "What did I do wrong?!!!" I thought I would have been able to stop it, I thought I had it all under control.  It happened all of a sudden,  just like a balloon , it popped in my face. It all came crashing down like a sand castle in the rain.
   Out of the blues,  I remembered what they always say,  that there's someone who is always willing to hear,  someone in whom you can always confide. They  say,  you can cast all your cares upon Him, perhaps it will work,  I'll give it a try I thought. So,  I sat very still,  tried to be as calm as possible but nothing!  I was expecting to hear that voice but it never came,  I felt worse,  "even He is refusing to help, perhaps He too has deserted me". Fresh rivers of tears gushed out from my eyes, "I'm going to put an end to this miserable life of mine".  I was definitely in over my head. 
   

LIKE A CHILD (2)

         
   

      CANDOR

         Be sincere in all that you do. Be straightforward, be honest, never engage in artful deceit. The story of Ananais and Sapphira (Acts5:1-11). They were deceitful. No one asked them to sell their property but because of their nature they felt they had to give something and appear like they had given it all. They could have as well told Peter they brought half of what they got for it and even keep the money to themselves. Never try to
deceive God or man. Love never deceives!  Our father never deceives, He does things in all sincerity . We have the nature of God, we are expected to show forth this attribute.  The love of Christ floods our hearts, 
we are not cunning. Be sincere and relate with God in all openness.He detests darkness. You want a heart to heart discussion with God, go to Him as you are; PLAIN.  What's there to hide anyway?!! He knows it all!!!!! He knows our every thought, even before we say it, He knows it so why shy away 
from the truth.  It is only a wicked heart that deceives! In love, things are said and done in all sincerity. Even in our work for God,we are honest in all our dealings as His obedient children.
      Remember our relationship with 
God is evident  in our relationship with people.   Be sincere with God and man.

LIKE A CHILD [1]

Each time I hear something about childlikeness, I remember my baby sisters. God has taught me a lot through them, especially how to act like a child. There is a huge need for us to relate with God as His CHILDREN. As believers, we are children of God[Gal3:26, 1John3:2]  and there are so many benefits attached to this one of which is INTIMACY. He is our father because of the ‘new birth’, we've been born again into His family.. He has always loved us even while we were still sinners, this means even before we became His children, He loved us. Intimacy with God is evident in our relationship with people.

Have you ever asked yourself what Jesus meant in Matthew19:14;  “Let the children alone, don’t prevent them from coming to me. God’s kingdom is made up of people like these.” [MSG] this means the kingdom is made up of people with childlike qualities.  Those who know God are enthralled with Him, thoroughly smitten! king David was a man who was like a child in his relationship with God. He sought Him with his whole heart{Psalm42;1-2}. David was in awe of in Him! He was enamored with Him! 

                                                                                        

INNOCENCE

              Innocence is always related with children. Oh the beauty of a child; innocence! Such openness to loving and being loved!     Children don’t hold back in loving and they accept love in all sincerity. They always mean what they tell you and they say it as it is. There is no form of corruption in them. We should always tell God things as they are, not try to keep things from Him. Many people don’t pray to God about everything, they hold things back and this could be intentional or unintentional. You should never intentionally hold anything back from Him no matter how bad you think it is, His opinion of you cannot change. And don’t ever make the mistake of thinking you can do anything yourself! Many people make this mistake because they learn 'self dependence'. Anytime something comes up such people try to handle it themselves. You should always take it to Him because He cares, be 'God-dependent'.  Never ever try to handle things with human wisdom but depend on God’s wisdom. We can never outgrow God's supervision.{Proverbs3:5-6}

          

             *  Simplicity is key! Be simple-minded[this is different from being a simpleton].  You should never have preconceived notions about people.

Innocence gives you the freedom to enjoy things freely as only a few adults can , remember where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty and we have that Spirit in us! We should express that liberty in every way.  Many of us unconsciously tie ourselves down.  God’s wish for us is fullness of life. Jesus came that we have abundance of life.

BE GENUINE AND REAL with Him…..like a babe. David was childlike in his love for God. He was so expressive! He never held anything back, when he made mistakes, he was always truly repentant, even in his show of appreciation, he was very extravagant. Just imagine a King dancing like he was mad in front of the whole kingdom. Little wonder God called Him a man after His own heart!  He always expressed gratitude for every little thing done for Him by the Father, he marveled at the works of His hands. We should never get so used to God doing things for us no matter how little it may seem that even appreciation becomes a problem. A child is usually excited when he gets a box of chocolate and its the same with a lollipop.  We should never lose our CHILDLIKE WONDER. Never ever be stoic, wear your heart on your sleeve!

TRUST

                   

          There was a day my four year old sister couldn’t get out of her bike with no one around her, immediately she saw me walking towards her, she cried out for help with her arms stretched out wide. She stopped struggling., she had faith my strength. Like this little child, we should trust in God. At the time she got stuck in the bike, there was no one around, but God is always around and He is ALL-POWERFUL. So all you need do is open your arms wide in total surrender. Trust in God not only in words but in action, like a babe. Trust in God completely.  Children live lives free of worries because they have complete trust in their guardians. If you trust God completely, then you have the fullness of live, you're blessed[Psalm84:12]. Trust in His love for you, perfect love casts out all fears. So it is not just enough to know He loves you, believe that love, trust in it! His words are trustworthy and true{Rev21:5}  with trust in Him comes joy and peace[Romans15:13}. When you trust in God you emerge victorious, unscathed[Daniel6:23].
David trusted God's love totally{Psalm13:5}. He was ever awaiting His word, His directions. Like a child, depend on His every word, feast on it! cherish it!  Be totally sold out to God!

 

 

  [………… continued in the next post .........}

***I recommend a song, Bethel Music’s spontaneous worship by Amanda Cook; ‘Wonder’ ***

**Don't forget to drop your comments