Simply In Love With Jesus

Simply in love with Jesus
Each day this love satisfies
Temptations and lies, they call for me

Idols contend for my heart
"Why deny yourself"
"You are a foolish man"

I call out in desperation
"To whom shall I go?"
"I am in love with Jesus"

He gave His life for me
He truly loves me
He does not use me for gain

Is there any other hope?
I will die trusting in Him
He is the only being I have found worthy of my trust

When all my enemies, all my friends, and all my family have left me
He still remains
I cannot deny the One I am simply in love with

Fully Known, A Lesson from Psalm 139

What a great revelation it is that we are completely known. I suppose for some it may be frightening. For example, if you have never acknowledged and forsaken the depths of your sin, it may be unsettling to know that God knows everything that you have ever done. But as a redeemed child of God, the follower of Christ should find comfort in the truth that he or she is fully known (Psalm 139:1). What a great comfort it is to realize that God knows everything about us: our actions (Psalm 139:2-3), our thoughts (Psalm 139:2), our ways (Psalm 139:3), our words before they roll off our tongues (Psalm 139:4), and every detail of our bodies (Psalm 139:13-15). He knows our flaws, our desires, our plans, our pains, our past and our future (Psalm 139:16). He knows what makes us happy, and what makes us sad. He knows our fears, our joys, our strengths, and our weaknesses. Let us rest in the truth that we are fully known and fully loved in Christ Jesus, and called children of God (1 John 3:1).

I am often tempted to measure my worth by what others say or think about me. One of the hardest lessons for me to learn (and I am still learning) is that no man or woman (Christian or non-Christian) determines my worth. We are able to praise God with the psalmist, "I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well" (Psalm 139:14). We are deemed "wonderfully made" not because of what our culture says is wonderful, or because of what any human deems wonderful, but rather because of the identity of our Maker. If infinitely perfect hands formed you with infinitely perfect wisdom, then in perfect wisdom you were perfectly made. "For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother's womb" (Psalm 139:13).

I pray that instead of letting humans define our worth, we as the Body of Jesus would rest in the knowledge that we are fully known, fully loved, and perfectly made.