Truth

Star Wars - A New Hope

Recently over the last few months, two of my girls have traded in Princess Cinderella for Princess Leia.  Yes, we have gone a bit Star Wars crazy over here.  We have seen all the movies (with parental supervision of course and with one finger on the fast forward button for those scary parts), checked out a bunch of books from the library, and thanks to Netflix – we have been caught up in watching the “Star Wars - The Clone Wars” animated series.

I’ve been enjoying watching this show with my girls mainly for the cool quotes that begin each episode.  While my kiddos are watching Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi, I am pondering such gems as this…  “Searching for the truth is easy.  Accepting the truth is hard.”

How true that statement is for some of us!  You can search and search for the truth.  I know I sure did.  You can attend church after church, none of them one really feeling like it is the best “fit” for you.  You can join this group or that one.  Read book upon book.  Listen to this speaker or attend that conference.  Maybe dusting off the Bible and flipping through…  Genuinely searching for the truth, trying to find the answers your heart seeks can be so easy. But accepting the truth, that God loves YOU, well, that can be very hard.

If your heart is hurting, hearing that God loves you can be difficult to accept.  A wide range of feelings like pain, inadequacy, or worthlessness can block you from letting the light of Jesus in.  Sometimes you keep searching for that one thing that will make you feel whole or complete.  When you hear the Good News, that Jesus is that one thing you have been looking for, acceptance of Him can be difficult.  You wonder, is that it? Nothing I do, no good deed, not even being a “good person” will earn my salvation? Just accept Jesus as my Savior? That can’t be it!

If you are searching today, let me share some truth with you.  My friend, God does love you!  He chose you.  He sent his son to die for you.  I know that accepting that can be so hard.  You may feel unlovable or unworthy.  But God does not see you that way.  His love for you is deeply personal.  He created you (Psalm 139:13-14). His love for you is vast.  He thinks of you more than there are grains of sand by the sea (Psalm 139:17-18). God’s love for you is intricate. He knows the exact number of hairs your head (Matt. 10:30).

Stop searching.  Soften you heart and allow the truth to sink in.  Nothing you can do or have done will earn your salvation.  There is no sin that is too big for God to forgive.  God is not waiting for you to get your act together and become a perfect person.  All you need to do today is accept the truth.  You are saved by the precious blood of Jesus Christ.

“Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.” John 14:6 (NIV)

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