I belong to Jesus...
http://adahlblog.wordpress.com/2010/01/25/133/
Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle and set apart for the gospel of God-the gospel he promised beforehand through his prophets in the Holy Scriptures regarding his Son, who as to his human nature was a descendant of David, and who through the Spirit of holiness was declared with power to be the Son of God by his resurrection from the dead: Jesus Christ our Lord. Through him and for his name’s sake, we received grace and apostleship to call people from among all the Gentiles to the obedience that comes from faith. And you also are among those who are called to belong to Jesus Christ.
There is a longing inside of us to belong. I see it everyday in my life. I desire to belong. To be accepted. To be needed. To ‘fit in’ to a mold of some sort. Maybe I’m by myself in this one, but for some reason I don’t think I’m alone.
I’ve come a long ways in my desire to want to ‘fit in’ with the world around me. For me, my worst years of feeling like I didn’t belong were in my youth. I wanted to ‘belong’ to every team. I wanted to ‘belong’ to every conversation. I wanted to ‘belong’.
Dear friends, I wanted to belong so bad and then I found out who I ‘belong to’. I am a hand crafted, beautiful being that was created intricately by my creator, God. A God that desired so much for me to know that I belong to Him that He sent Jesus to die a horrible death on a cross, only to rise again, with a promise for my eternal life. I belong to no one else but Christ Jesus. Paul has it right; we are called to be set apart for the Gospel, to cling to the only true promise of Jesus.
Do I still struggle with the desire to ‘belong’ to things in this world? You bet. But knowing that I belong to Jesus Christ means all the world to me.
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