Today Is The Day

We are relational beings. When our relationship with Jesus is the strongest thing in our lives, the strongest bond, then that is what affects other relationships the most.

I realize in my life that my mood and thoughts can often be affected by the other people around me. That is normal I suppose, but it's not good if it is dominating over my relationship with Jesus first.

I think I am just really realizing what it means and how important it is that Jesus Himself, not His principles but His presence, is what I live for. When Jesus is the strongest relationship in my life, I am obviously spending the most time with Him and am more aware of His presence than anything else.

I am thinking of it like the "third" in a chord. The third determines whether the chord is a major or minor. So if the third is either sharp or flat, the whole entire chord changes and the sound and mood of everything shifts. Literally every other note can stay the same, but if the third changes, so does the entire mood and atmosphere. I really feel like this is how our relationship with Jesus is. Our relationship with Jesus is like the third in a chord. If it is sharped or flatted from its Major position, it becomes a minor, dark sounding key. Everything sounds sad, gloomy, depressing, and dark. But if it is in it’s right Major position, it makes everything sound very happy! If you are a musician, you know exactly what I am talking about. If you are not, research thirds and you’ll see what I mean! 

As I write about this, another thought is intertwined. Every day that I live is such a precious gift from Papa. I am not here long, and I want to make every moment of every day count for Him. How am I using my days, and how am I spending my time? Do I waste time on just me or am I actually doing something to usher in His Kingdom? I want to make an impact, I want to stop for the one. I just don't want to slip into the "waiting" mindset of "Hmmm...tomorrow, maybe that is a better time to have God encounters." No! Today is the day!

Today is the day to move on and walk in the love and power of God. Today is the day to TASTE AND SEE that the Lord is good! Today is the day to live in the fullness of God. The less I look at myself and the more I look at Jesus, the more I become like Him. What a perfect, beauatiful, amazing plan. He is soo good and so gracious! We become what we behold, and He is so beautiful that how can anyone once tasting and seeing that He is good go back to what they had before? Doesn’t even compare!

We are a world craving for love, attention, and beauty. Just look at a magazine cover! We’re so desperate for Jesus! Let Him come and totally invade our hearts, minds, bodies, everything in us with His beauty so that we can overflow His beautiful presence onto the world. Let our intimate relationship w/ Him become the music that changes the atmosphere everywhere we go. Make us carriers of your weighty presence Father, unafraid, unashamed, untouched, undignified, fully satisfied yet ravenously hungry for more of your Kingdom, totally convinced of “Christ in me, the Hope of Glory,” and completely in abandoned love with You!