YOU

“But Simon Peter answered Him, “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life.”

John 6:68


I have this thought racing through my mind, a solitary thought this morning, “You”. As I consider all the things we need in this life, things like food, shelter, clothing, water, and most of all, oxygen, I wonder where does God fit into all this? Do I see Him as the essential aspect of my life or is He just a benefit to me? Can I live without Him? After all, I lived apart from Him for many years of my life even though He was working in mine. I simply failed to recognize that He was there.

Today is a different story though. I know Him now and I sense His presence in my life and I desire Him to be there too, today more than ever. I want more of Him and less of me, as I believe you do. Going through old songs on my lap top I remembered a song that reminded me of the relationship we can have with God. The song speaks of human love and for me it’s always been easy to see God through the eyes of love because after all, Jesus is a person and more importantly, He is God and as 1 John 4 reminds us, “God is love”. I pray today you see God for who He is, a person, who loves and feels and gives and receives love. I pray you realize that He longs for us to meet with Him. That's why we can call Him, our Father. The song I was referencing said something like,

“Every road that I've been down, the only truth that I have found, There's only one thing I can't live without… You. I was searching for something I thought I would never find, losing my mind, in and out of bad love, I thought I was born to lose… Then came You.”  I pray each of us can say that about Jesus today. The song went on to say,

“Now I realize every time I get lost in a temperamental mood, You still stay cool, just when I think that this life's about to drive me insane You take the reins, every time I feel I'm drifting off course You're my compass, you're my one true north. In a mixed up world You make sense to me… Yeah, every road leads me to you, and that's all I need to know, every road that I've been down in my life, every time I feel I'm taking off, every road that I've been down in my life every road, leads me to You. Yes it did, yes it did, every road, every road leads me to you.”

I pray every road you go down today leads you to Jesus Christ and that you discover afresh or for the very first time in your life that Jesus is the “YOU” we all need, our one truth north. Follow Him trusting He will always lead you safely home.

 
“I, Jesus, have sent My angel to testify to you these things in the churches. I am the Root and the Offspring of David, the Bright and Morning Star.”


Revelation 22:16


I LOVE YOU!