God lives and works today.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, He has made
us His children.
And now, He doesn't want any sin or
trouble to separate us from Him.
What a joyful message, especially for those among
us who experience painfully, time and again, how
far away we are from God and our
Lord Jesus.
Listen to the following meditation by Basilia Schlenk
called, No Longer Separated.
I remember when I was seven years old,
how we always played one particular game during
recess.
It began with one person standing in the
middle of a circle, who would look around
at all the children and choose one to
be her partner.
When it was my turn to be in
the middle, my eyes skimmed over all the
different faces, and came to rest on one
particular girl.
It was instantly clear, this girl was to
be my partner.
She was a girl named Lisa, who from
that moment on became my friend, and we
remained friends throughout the years.
There was nothing that we did not do
together.
We were literally inseparable.
This childhood experience reflects a human and a
spiritual principle.
First, we choose someone, and then we make
a bond of friendship, so that nothing will
separate us.
What must it mean for our Lord Jesus
to have said in John 15, I chose
you, and for us then to choose Him
as our Lord?
When we respond to His choice, we're united
with Him, and to be united with Jesus
means no longer doing anything alone, no longer
suffering alone, no longer thinking and planning alone.
To my great joy, I recently heard someone
say, I discuss everything from morning till evening
with my Lord Jesus.
Jesus is calling all of us to such
a relationship with Him.
It is as if He were saying, don't
you know whom you are allowed to belong
to?
You're not alone anymore.
You no longer have to stand alone in
your daily struggles and problems.
You may have a share in everything that
is mine, and I will bear with you
everything that causes you trouble, worry, and pain.
Oh, if only we didn't live so apart
from Him.
Jesus has chosen each one of us and
made a covenant of partnership with us.
He is waiting for us to keep that
covenant, and He is grieved when we don't
let Him share everything with us.
For example, think how sad it is when
there's a brick wall between husband and wife,
when they no longer communicate with one another,
no longer do anything together.
However, nothing could be more wonderful than when
we are united with our Lord Jesus, when
we can say, my Lord Jesus, you see
that I can't go on, but you have
chosen me, and because you have made the
covenant with me, I'll trust you and believe
that you'll work everything out.
Yes, I will believe, and I will expect
this from you.
From unity with Jesus flows streams of blessing
and rich fruit for our lives.
Oh, make me Thine!
Take all I love and treasure, my life,
my honor, if that brings Thee pleasure and
shows my love.
Yes, make me Thine!
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