↠ You’re Invited ↠
I've been thinking about what it feels like to be invited. Don't we love the feeling of being sought after? Of being wanted? Of being included?
After Jesus appeared to the disciples in his resurrected body in John 21:12, HE INVITED THEM TO HAVE BREAKFAST. He said "Come." Can you feel the excitement, the fear, the confusion, the joy, the wonder, the panic, the regret, the uncertainty, the awakening?
He invited them to adventure into the wonder of the mysteries of God: the resurrected Messiah displaying the deep, sacrificial, redemptive love of God.
You are also invited.
↠ I invite you to care about the depth of your relationship with God and others more than the quantity of things you DO for God.
↠ I invite you to care more about the present moment than the anxious “what ifs” that eat away at your soul.
↠ I invite you to care more about God’s vision for growth in your life than numbing your pain.
↠ I Invite you to care more about the depth of your soul than about how fast change can happen.
↠ I invite you to care more about facing uncertainty than trying to control the challenging moments of your life.
↠ I invite you to care more about what is happening inside of you than what those outside think of you.
↠ I invite you to care more about creativity than perfection.
↠ I invite you to care more about having time for your soul to listen to God rather than scrolling and posting.
↠ I invite you to care more about bravery than fearing failure.
↠ I invite you to care more about choosing to explore your shame rather than pretending you are fine.
↠ I invite you to care more about those around you who are forgotten and forsaken rather than obsessing about being important or popular.
↠ I invite you to care more about speaking the truth gently in love more than living in bitterness and resentment.
↠ I invite you to care more about the truth of your sacred value than the temporary jolt of acceptance you feel when you cheapen yourself by allowing the unacceptable behavior of another toward you.
↠ I invite you to care more about walking in truth in the innermost places of your soul rather than denying your self-protective strategies meant to keep others far from knowing you.
↠ I invite you to care more about what God thinks of you than how you sculpt your appearance for others.
God has invited you to take an adventure into your soul. Pick out two of the invitations. Write them out. Speak them out loud. Take a risk and say yes to the invitation to go deeper into what the Lord has for you.
"My soul is downcast within me; therefore I will remember you..Deep calls to deep in the roar of your waterfalls; all your waves and breakers have swept over me." Ps. 42:6-7
