Confident in love…

Obedience is the means for men to see the work of God. Jesus was obedient unto death, the fruit of which is the Holy Spirit, the Helper, being sent to the body of believers for union and communion unto transformation and the renewing of the mind and the regeneration of the earth. By faith Abraham was ready to offer up Issac on the altar of obedience, for union with God. The prophets have told us time and again that the desire of the Lord is mercy, not sacrifice. Jesus tells us this, “Whoever keeps my commandments, it is he who loves me.” And again, “To obey is better than sacrifice.”

So what is the point of this post? Here I will sum it up. Confidence in love must be married with obedience in order to give birth to a renewed mind. You are not confident in anything if your conscience bears witness against you. However, when we move by the Spirit’s leadings we are confident that we are in a relationship with Him, bearing the fruit of love. There are things that must happen in us in order for us to be confident in love when it comes to us walking with the Lord in any true contemplative depth. Obedience moves us into the place of confidence, and if not our obedience then it was His perfect obedience to the Father that led us to the place of assurance in salvation.

As we grow in Christ then, it is imperitive for us to engage grace in walking the course of His commandments. The depth of our experience in divine love is proportionate to the measure in which we agree with the Spirit’s jeoulosy within us. If we do not attempt to obey then we cannot expect to delve into the depths of His love! His love looks like perfect sacrifice, obedience unto the end and He will have a bride equally yoked in devotion. Amen.