An invitation…

When we trust in him, we’re free to say whatever needs to be said, bold to go wherever we need to go. So don’t let my present trouble on your behalf get you down. Be proud!

My response is to get down on my knees before the Father, this magnificent Father who parcels out all heaven and earth. I ask him to strengthen you by his Spirit—not a brute strength but a glorious inner strength—that Christ will live in you as you open the door and invite him in. And I ask him that with both feet planted firmly on love, you’ll be able to take in with all followers of Jesus the extravagant dimensions of Christ’s love. Reach out and experience the breadth! Test its length! Plumb the depths! Rise to the heights! Live full lives, full in the fullness of God.

God can do anything, you know—far more than you could ever imagine or guess or request in your wildest dreams! He does it not by pushing us around but by working within us, his Spirit deeply and gently within us.

Glory to God in the church! Glory to God in the Messiah, in Jesus! Glory down all the generations! Glory through all millennia! Oh, yes!

                            Ephesians 3:12-21 (MSG)
You will never be able to trust unless your feet are firmly planed on love. Unfortunately, its because we have experienced the very opposite of love that we often have a hard time trusting. At our best we might feel capable of intellectually telling someone that we love them but the connection between our head and our heart is missing. When we spend too much time feebly attempting to figure out love, figure out why it went wrong, figure out how we can get others to give us more of it, we miss the opportunity to just be present in what has existed since the beginning of time.
His
never stopping,
never giving up,
unending,
always and forever love!
                    ~Sally Lloyd-Jones
Having our feet firmly planted on this kind of love- the way we were always meant to- allows us to make a connection between what we think and what we experience. It surrounds us. There are no limits to its dimensions, power, or fullness. It needs no figuring out because if you could, it’s limits could be described. The response to this love is not to figure it out or even to think about it. It’s an invitation to enter something meant for you, meant for your heart. An invitation with no strings attached.
You are invited to
just
be.

About joshkellar

I'm married to an incredible woman of God and have two daughters that love to laugh and delight in the Lord. My goal in life is to bring others into closer relationship with God by engaging them in His story as we journey together in a faith-filled community. The basis for every decision I make in life comes back to my calling to share the love of God with those around me. My hope is that at every opportunity I will encourage others into a greater lifelong journey of discipleship.

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