💌The One and Only True Valentine was delivered to you by God 2,000 plus years ago. And He was delivered UP FOR you as if you were the only one alive.
He laid down His life to obliterate your sin and its punishment in His own body. After it was finished, He was raised to new life BECAUSE you were declared righteous by your Abba; your Daddy God! You are justified, blameless, innocent, spotless, flawless and favored in His eyes! This is why Jesus Himself IS your peace!
“Therefore, since we have been justified [that is, acquitted of sin, declared blameless before God] by faith, [let us grasp the fact that] we have peace with God [and the joy of reconciliation with Him] through our Lord Jesus Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed).”
Romans 5:1 AMP
And this is why you can have a very real relationship with your very real God…so He can lavish, yes lavish, His crazy, wild, unbridled love and grace on you.
Do you believe this? Do you believe it’s not about your love for Him, but it’s all about His love for you?
“This is love: He loved us long before we loved Him. It was His love, not ours. He proved it by sending his Son to be the pleasing sacrificial offering to take away our sins.” 1 John 4:10 TPT
Do you believe He loves you tirelessly when you’re tired and at your worst? Do you believe you can stop trying to live FOR Him and simply trust IN Him? Do you believe His love, kindness and compassion are chasing you down when you feel you’re unlovable and have nothing to give?
His heart burst open and was broken so yours could be healed and made whole.
Beloved, if you believe God has an agenda other than to be your everything, change your mind. His favor is free and unmerited. His passion for you cannot be reversed or extinguished.
He is madly in love with you and wants to bless you more than you desire to be blessed. You can’t earn it. You can only receive it (because Jesus made overpayment).
Receive it in your lowest of lows. Receive it in the midst of your failures, addictions and weaknesses. Receive it when you feel you deserve it the least.
That’s grace.
This Valentine’s Day, take some time away from the exhaustion, commotion and commercialism to be still in His Presence and simply consent to be loved. He’s the Rescuer, you’re the recipient.💌
Remember, He just wants you.
“My deepest awareness of myself is that I am deeply loved by Jesus Christ and I have done nothing to earn it or deserve it.”
– Brennan Manning
Resting In His Love,
Annalee Reyes