Last night I read a devotional that struck a spot in my heart. It seems I have been a tightly wound ball of emotions lately and he had something to show me.
It came from Sarah Young Jesus Calling. It said, Remember that my delight in you based on My finished work on the cross, so don't fall into the trap of trying to earn My love. Instead, live as the one you truly are--My beloved--and let your gratitude keep you close to Me, eager to follow wherever I lead. I delight you!
The Lord your God is with you, he is mighty to save. He will take great delight in you, he will quiet you with his love, he will rejoice over you with singing. Zephaniah 3:17
The Lord make His face to shine upon and enlighten you and be gracious (kind, merciful, and giving favor) to you; the Lord lift up His [approving] countenance upon you and give you peace (tranquility of heart and life continually). Numbers 6:25-26 Amp
As I read this, it spoke to me in this way. "Remember I delight in YOU!! Don't let your emotions I designed and created you, don't fall into a trap of control to earn my love. There is no shame and nothing to earn, because I already took care of it all for you. No payment or action is needed. Take the freedom to live just as you are; as I designed and created you. Find gratitude in those moments to remind you to keep close to me. It is my love that leads you, because I DELIGHT in YOU!!"
As I woke this morning still pondering those thoughts, I woke to actually a couple verses on my mind.
Psalm 139:13 "For you formed my inward parts; You covered me in my mother's womb."
Jeremiah 1:5 "Before I formed you in the womb I knew you; Before you were born I sanctified you"
Luke 12:7 "But the very hairs of your head are all numbered? Do not fear therefore; you are of more value than many sparrows."
My mind wandered and pondered the intricate anatomical details of God's specific plan in choosing to delight in each one of us. In the human eye of man it can said to be traced to our grandmother from my understanding. When conception occurs and a female is developed from the right chromosomes she is estimated to have about 7 million eggs at 20 weeks in utero. That number drops to about 2 million at birth, then 3-500,000 at puberty. Only one egg will be released at a time. That one egg that God had my name and your name wrote on for his plan.
Take this concept for a moment that if that one egg was in the mothers womb while she was still within her mother's womb. That one egg out of millions of eggs. God chose you and me, because he delighted in us and has a plan for us. He knew such intricate and hand picked details before we were thought and planned for in the human flesh. He already picked and counted even the number of hairs on our head and said "I delight in You!" I value you more than many sparrows that I created. You are part of me and my plan, because I chose you to be my child. Acceptance, open arms and door into my family. I delight in you! I delight in your emotions, for it is how I created you. It is how I created you to feel and connect deeply. It is part of my plan.
How many times do we want to lay out our plan, our day, our details, and strive to find pleasure and delight in something so perfectly orchestrated? How many times does it usually work that way? Do we still find delight and pleasure? How many times do we experience intense or even surface emotions? Do we take delight in those emotions we were created to feel and process? Do we pause and ask God to help us find beauty in what we feel, and see what he sees not what we feel? He delights in all those intricate details and knew it before anyone we would ever encounter in our life would know it including our mother. To think we are handpicked, preserved, and chosen for a plan and purpose, because he delights in us. What LOVE!! Don't be ashamed of bad days, and strong emotions, but express them with a father who delights in who he created and chose.
Take this concept for a moment that if that one egg was in the mothers womb while she was still within her mother's womb. That one egg out of millions of eggs. God chose you and me, because he delighted in us and has a plan for us. He knew such intricate and hand picked details before we were thought and planned for in the human flesh. He already picked and counted even the number of hairs on our head and said "I delight in You!" I value you more than many sparrows that I created. You are part of me and my plan, because I chose you to be my child. Acceptance, open arms and door into my family. I delight in you! I delight in your emotions, for it is how I created you. It is how I created you to feel and connect deeply. It is part of my plan.
How many times do we want to lay out our plan, our day, our details, and strive to find pleasure and delight in something so perfectly orchestrated? How many times does it usually work that way? Do we still find delight and pleasure? How many times do we experience intense or even surface emotions? Do we take delight in those emotions we were created to feel and process? Do we pause and ask God to help us find beauty in what we feel, and see what he sees not what we feel? He delights in all those intricate details and knew it before anyone we would ever encounter in our life would know it including our mother. To think we are handpicked, preserved, and chosen for a plan and purpose, because he delights in us. What LOVE!! Don't be ashamed of bad days, and strong emotions, but express them with a father who delights in who he created and chose.
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