MUSIC MONDAY | RECKLESS LOVE

MUSIC MONDAY | RECKLESS LOVE: STEFFANY GRETZINGER


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This past week has been a challenge for me. Crying never ending tears, it seemed like, constant spiritual warfare in my thoughts and desires. To the point I just felt so weak, that I felt like I couldn't fight anymore. All I could do was cry out to God, and tell Him my desperate need for Him. Asking Him to expose any lies I may have received as my own. I believe tears aren't a sign of weakness, but strength. Strength that shows that this soul STILL needs HIM, this soul is co-dependent in Him, even when living in a world that believes in independence! I knew Who holds my life. All I could do was cry. And cry. And cry some more. And then, listen, and receive what He had for me. 

Later that day, the Lord led me to play this song. Oddly enough, even though it's sung by one of my FAVE worship leaders, I've never heard it all the way though until that moment. It was in this moment that He reminded me of His unending love for me! 

Here's the thing. God revealed to me that I was allowing distraction from the enemy of my soul! I was focusing on the wrong things: the people that has hurt me, left my life, current season I 'feel' I was placed in, being misunderstood, you name it I probably thought it. Because of this distraction, I felt that I was disappointing God! LIE. I felt as though I was the WORST daughter ever in the world. LIE. I felt my love was growing cold. LIE. I felt,...well, defeated...and again a LIE!!!! The enemy will do ANYTHING he can to distract us from doing the will of God, and walking in our TRUE identity in the Lord. 

You see, Jesus is our righteousness. God doesn't HAVE to love us, but He CHOOSES to! He also says in Eph.2 that we are not saved by our works, and that He began the good work in us. We are HIS workmanship! And HE will COMPLETE the good work He started! He also says in John that HE LOVES the WORLD! (even if we get so worldly, sometimes, He STILL chooses to love us) so much that He gave Himself for us! (Jesus is God in the flesh. Check out John 1:1, 14) But He also stated that in John 3 that He never came to condemn the world because it was ALREADY condemn, but that He came to SAVE the world. And how did He do that?! With LOVE! His LOVE! We no longer need to work for His love, because He has already given it ALL 2000+ years ago on the cross, and yet, STILL saving lives! 

I opened up and talked to Jesus, and asked Him to forgive me for getting distracted, and allowing certain things to consume my thoughts. His response? "Jennifer, I know it's the Adam that's in you. I have already forgiven you for all things. Just receive Me now. Receive My grace. My love" Tears, of course right? He led me to listen to this song by Steffany. Later that night, sitting in my bed, all distraction aside, I began to focus and think on Him. He reminded me the FIRST day I said yes, and received and felt His love fill my body. That first day was the FIRST day I heard Him call my name. Same day I first felt His arms hold me!. As I am being reminded of this and other encounters leading up to that very moment on my bed, I felt His presence sweep thru me once more, and with ONE HOLD, and 3 WORDS "I Love You", everything else seemed to die! The lies, the hurt, confusion, etc. They all scattered and left at the presence of the Lord!

I HAD to be on the receiving end! It's already there! He has already provided it! I just needed to receive it! Focus my thoughts on Him, and allow Him to fill those places in my heart again. The pieces that felt broken, or weighing down on me.I had to invite Him to LOVE those areas in me! ... I had to re-surrender my beliefs, my heart, desires, passions, thoughts,to Him again. I had to let Him challenge those areas in my heart again. Either I would give up the CONTROL,and the  unforgiveness, hurt, loneliness, emotions that I was harboring, or surrender them all to Him, and have Him reshape and remold me back into His image! It was my choice! To choose Him and rest in His LOVE for me, or to dwell in the emotions and lies that were surrounding me at the time. .... Of course I chose Jesus!

Below, I have written out the lyrics to the bridge, because this is a PERFECT picture of God has done for me in the story above! The PERFECT picture of what He does for us ALL!!! ~Be Blessed~

Lyrics

'There's no shadow You won't light up,

No mountain You won't  climb up

Coming after me

There's no wall You'll kick down

No Lie You wont tear down,

Coming after me"

        

We were never created to do this life alone. He has ALWAYS promised to be with us! We were created for Him, to sit at His feet, have a relationship with Him, and being made whole in Him. 

What are you fighting? Will you let go, and Invite Him in? Give Him the control, and allow Him to fill up and love those spaces in Him! Let Him make you WHOLE again! 

What are you believing God for today?! Do you have any special encounters you would like to share?! Maybe there's a song that God has been drawing out to your heart lately! Please, comment and share with us below! Would love to hear from you!! 

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