Lovingkind Counsel

I was in a meeting with one of my staff and I began to break down my actual job description and responsibilities and afterwards my staff paused and asked me if I felt the money or the pay was worth the work I did and I drew a blank. I really had no answer I told her that I didn’t know and as she went on giving examples to help me answer her question. I drifted back through the things I had done and accomplished and I told her that money was never the scale that I used to determine the value or quality of what I do here. I do it for the big picture -the vision of what I need the program to become. 

The Bible says that where a man’s treasure is there is also his heart Matthew 6:19-21, but many of us have placed value in the wrong things. We have made Heaven our goal, and have assigned the value there. When the goal is intimacy and the treasure a restored relationship with God the Father. Heaven is just a perk and it’s our automatic portion. Its what happens as a result of our relationship. In case I just flipped someone’s world upside down… Here’s an example stay with me… My family and I live together so if I tell my son that we’re going to be moving, because of the relationship he has with us (his provider, his parent, we make sure he has food to eat and cases of water to drink). He automatically expects that he will be moving with us. The thought wouldn’t even cross his mind about what he would have to do to make sure he could be with us in the new place because he knows that he is an important part of the family.

So I want to take 2mins and talk to you about value. More importantly, your value. I hope you know that you’re also an important part of the family too! You are so valuable to our father and you are valuable to me. All He wants is for you to come get to know Him. It’s more than repeating the sinners prayer. It’s more than just show up for services, meetings and Bible study. So I have a few questions for you… How is your relationship with your Heavenly Father. Have you become like a child? Have you rent your heart and bowed your will? Do you know his voice? He wants a relationship and a relationship is intimate. I think about a natural relationship… I love my husband and while there are times for us to be together with others it’s extremely important that we have time alone together too. The same is necessary to strengthen and build intimacy in any relationship.

Hear His heart today! Come back to me my beloved come to me! It’s not too late! You’re not too far away! You’re not too far gone! Return to your first love. There’s no mess that you’re in that I can’t get you out of. You’re not too dirty! I’ve never stopped waiting for you. This is me perusing you! I’ve never stopped loving you. I will never stop loving you. I will not throw you away. I am not ashamed of you. You are loved you are loved you are more loved than you can imagine.

Just say “Yes”… Because tomorrow is not promised.

I love you, but not more than God.