So Will I

So Will I

Psalm 139:13-14

For you formed my inward parts; you knitted me together in my mother's womb. I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works; my soul knows it very well.

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God not only loves you, He really likes you. He enjoys your company. You are His child. You make His heart full. It is far beyond what a parent feels for their child. You are His creation. You are wonderfully made. His hands fashioned you and stitched you in your mother’s womb. He made great plans for you. Called you His own. He has numbered the hairs on your head. He sent His son to earth for you. He searches you. God knows you.

You are more valuable than the birds in the air and the lilies in the fields. As if that wasn’t enough, He placed the Holy Spirit in you. Yes, in You. You are not just marked as God’s own, you house Him. He dwells within you. He is with you every moment of everyday. Never leaves your side. He encourages. He comforts. He gently redirects you and calls you to be more.

The enemy understands this power within you. He understands how special you are to God. He is determined to ensure you never realize this power or understand how God feels about you. The enemy fears the power of the Holy Spirit, the very being that lives within you. The enemy looks to divide creation. He wants you to believe it is you versus them. He wants you to believe God’s love is conditional and that He loves based on behavior. God loves all of creation! He loves your spouse, your x-spouse, your children, your friends, and your x-friends. He loves those that you don’t get along with, those that betray you, that hurt you and those that pay no attention to you. Remember He dwells in all those people too. His love has no limits.

The enemy knows that if you see God’s love as limitless and without question for everyone, then you will fully comprehend how vast His love is for you. The enemy wants you to base how much God loves you on the ability for others to love you. When someone fails to show up for you, appreciate you, or support you the enemy wants you to blame God and believe He is not there for you. But God is always there for you. When others don’t have time for you, God does. When others don’t have the means to appreciate everything you do. He does. When others don’t have it in them to support you, God does. These others are humans. God is not. God is beyond all of us. Humans will fail you. God will not.

God adores you! This, all this, is for you! He created creation for you. The stars, the oceans, animals, and so much more were made all for you. All worship God without question. All follow His lead. All were wonderfully made and are wonderfully in awe of the creator. Creation sings His praises. God sings your praises. Whose praises do you sing?

Follow the sound of His voice. Here His praise for you. Feel His immense love. God shows up for you. When creation sings His praises respond, “so will I.”

Prayer,

God of creation,

Thank you for chasing down my heart. Thank you for speaking life into everything. Creation recognizes Your awesomeness and power. Forgive me for not always remembering You dwell within me. Forgive me for not appreciating the vastness of Your love and all that You provide and do. Help me to comprehend the love You have for me. Help me to embrace the Holy Spirit within me and understand that power. Reel me in when days are long, stress is high, and I have neglected to be in Your presence. Reel me in so I do not miss a day to sing Your praises.

In Jesus’ name,

Amen

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