Extravagant Love.

I just deleted everything I was going to post, because I read it over and deemed it inappropriate to tell the world... lol. Not that it was bad. Just something that should be kept between God and myself. But the title remains the same.

Today has been a series of heart-wrenching moments. I have felt so supremely cared for, which is so good. When you know that you are cared for, you know that you can care for others. This is what today has been about for me. The realization of how love acts. You receive so that you can give. How amazing it is that, as a lover of Christ, we keep receiving and receiving and receiving, so that we can give without measure to others. This is the glorious power behind our message. We come to God as our source, day after day after day, knowing that he will supply us with everything we need. Knowing that he will give us more than enough, so that we can pass on the blessing and will never be in lack of anything. We truly are the body; pumping life-blood through the entire system so that everything remains alive and growing and thriving. Life in Christ is not just having enough to get by; it is having more than you know what to logically do with. It is having to ask the Holy Spirit where he wants you to offload some of the immeasurable wealth that he has given to you. It is knowing that wealth is more than green paper that will burn or pretty houses that will crumble. We hold the keys to life and reality.

Matthew 6 has been looping in my mind for the past few days. I have read the passage so many times, and have been comforted by the "do not worry about tomorrow" part. But what I never have quite grasped before now was the verse that succeeds it: "but seek first the Kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all of these things will be added to you." It comes with a command and a promise. This is what life is about. Seeking his Kingdom and his righteousness. Not one without the other, which would be lacking in either power or obedience... but both, together. Complete. Relationship with the righteous King. And he promises provision of every kind.

Sooooooooooo gooooooooood!!!

Matthew 6:31-34

Therefore, do not worry, saying "what shall we eat?" or "what shall we drink?" or "what shall we wear?"

For after all these things the Gentiles (pagans) seek. For your heavenly Father knows you need all these things.

But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.

Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.