I recently had the privilege of hosting and leading an intimate women’s group using Tullian Tchividjian’s masterpiece “One Way Love.” Each week these beautiful women and I grew in being vulnerable and real with each other and with Jesus.
Each week we fed and feasted on the truth of the gospel; the truth that our identity is found in Jesus alone and in all He did for us. That we are free to ditch pretending and performing for God and others. That living by rules and “shoulds” is demanding and exhausting. That it’s all about our Father’s inexhaustible one way love for us (especially when we think are least lovable).
That it’s all about knowing Jesus and receiving His grace as we are because He became our curse at the cross so we would become the recipient of His righteousness and resurrection life.
We need the true gospel every moment, every day like we need oxygen. We need to hear over and over again that it IS finished. And that now you have an endless supply of new beginnings. That you are free to find rest in HIS perfect sacrifice; to find rest in being known and sought after as you are. That you can give up trying to force anything to happen but by His Spirit He does it all.
This is the good news for a tired church and a tired world. The good news of a good good Father Who gave up His Beloved Son to take our place so we could take His as the beloved…to have a real relationship with a real God who really really really pursues you every second of your life! In your hurt, in your pain, in your confusion and in your weariness, He meets you there to be with you there.
And there, He becomes your hope, healing, peace and abundance. This is the gospel. Grace upon Grace. Trust and take it.
Resting In His Love,
Annalee Reyes