“The revolution will not be televised.”
Gil Scott-Heron
The Kingdom of Heaven is within you and the energy of the new creation must be expressed through you! The Kingdom can only be seen when you come into alignment with God’s will and walk in the power of the Holy Spirit that dwells in you. Then you will do the works of Our Father as Jesus did. For He only did what He saw the Father doing.
“But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD.” Gen. 6:8
Genesis 6:8
“But blessed are your eyes, for they see, and your ears, for they hear. For truly, I say to you, many prophets and righteous people longed to see what you see, and did not see it, and to hear what you hear, and did not hear it.”
Matthew 13:16-17
What do you see when you look into another’s eyes? If you are farther away, you might see their emotion. As it has been said, ‘the eyes are the window to the soul.” And if you are close enough, you will see a reflection of yourself. When Noah looked into the eyes of the LORD, He found grace there–grace for him, grace for his family, and grace for the whole of humanity.
He had a revelation of the grace of God. It had nothing to do with what Noah had done or had not done, nothing to with whether he had a corrupted lineage. God looks at the heart, and Noah saw the righteousness and purity of himself through the eyes of the LORD.
After he had this revelation, he walked with God. He acted in accordance with God’s will and vision and built an ark that would preserve and protect LIFE. This is what a revelation of the LORD does for us. It brings LIFE. He shows us who we really are. He shows us the grace He has poured out on us, the love He has for us. He shows us that He never thought less of us, though we thought less of ourselves.
Look into the eyes of Your Saviour; there is grace to be found there for you too!
She picked up the stone she had been carrying in her pocket. It was smooth from rubbing with her fingers and cool to the touch. It was her favorite stone, the only stone she had left.
“Can I have it, little one?”
“Why, I don’t know that I could part with it. I love it so, you see. I found it a long time ago and I don’t remember life without it. What would I have in its place?”
“Ah, but you see, that is precisely why I want it. Perhaps you are meant to know what loss of a thing feels like. I will tell you this, If you give me the rock, I’ll give you more of me. And I’ll still have the rock, but I’m very good at keeping things safe.”
“Well…maybe.”
And then, looking into his deep brown eyes, she could see the love he had for her, how he wanted her trust in even this seemingly small thing, so she opened her hand and offered the last thing in the world she had to call her own.
And she immediately felt light, and free–like the world was so full of possibility. Like she had so many options for how to be in this world than she thought possible while holding on to that one thing she had cherished for so long.
She was starting from scratch; rediscovering herself and what life could possibly be in this rockless world. And instead of feeling dread over her loss, she just felt peace, a little apprehensive, but sure that she’d made the right decision, and that maybe when she was ready he would give back her rock and it would fit with her new life that she was setting out to discover.
But for now, she had given everything over to his care. Her faith was simple and small, and she felt good.
He held out his hand, and she clasped it tightly. They would be going on this adventure together. She would never be alone again.
From the fear that I am unlovable…
Deliver me, Jesus.
The idea that a person is unlovable goes back to the feeling that in order to be lovable we have to do and say the right things. Though it may be difficult sometimes for other people to love us, for God it is effortless. This is the beauty of the Gospel. God loves you; He loves me; He loves everyone. If you doubt that, you have only to look to the One who laid His life down for you on the cross–Jesus Christ, the Son of God who is fully God and fully man. He is the real, tangible proof that you are indeed lovable.
For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him might not perish but might have eternal life. (John 3:16)
A Bell and a Pomegranate 