This blog is intended to be a place where Sonshine Staff can share how we are meeting the risen Lord Jesus in new ways as we allow Him to prepare for service this summer.
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
"He is Jealous for me"
So I was sitting there last night doing my devo and I didn't really understand the context nor the meaning of the whole thing... I once had a friend tell me to just sit and listen. So I did. AND WHOA! I began to think "He is a holy God; he is a jealous God" How can God be jealous? It says in the Bible that he is a "Godly Jealous" how can jealousy be Godly!? Then I realized... God's jealousy isn't out of revenge or self-consciousness but rather he is jealous for our attention. It angers him when we use our time in useless ways. We must commit our all to him. My favorite worship song is "How He Loves" One of the lines is, "He is jealous for me loves like a hurricane" This idea is so paradoxical (at least to me). 1.He is jealous -How can something so perfect be jealous? I like to think of it as passionate and loyal. He gets mad if we are not the same to him. Also when you look up jealousy in the dictionary two of the definitions stick out: "solicitous or vigilant in maintaining or guarding something" and "intolerant of unfaithfulness or rivalry" This takes a new spin on jealousy...God is guarding us because he is loyal and he does not like when we are unfaithful. 2. Loves like a hurricane. Love is well love. it is something peaceful and assuring, a hurricane is devastating. His love is devastating it wrecks our lives. God is so committed to us that he is jealous for us and loves as much and as big and endless as a hurricane. HE IS JEALOUS FOR ME! GOD IS SO LOYAL TO US AND WE TAKE IT FOR GRANITE!!! AHHH!! boom. He loves us so much and would never give up on us. That's commitment.
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