God's Relentless Pursuit

Wow! I have not been on here since July! Which really isn't too big of deal because their are onky a handful of people who even read these anyways:P

Anywho.....

I have been doing a lot o thinking an praying as of late to How good God really is. I mean I know we sing about it and talk about but do we actually believe it? I mean He has took me from a Drug addicted Loser headed for the grave or prison(whichever would have first) to a trophy in His massive showcase. He made me evrything I am today and for that I can't help but praise him. I don't think the same, look the same, act the same, or talk the same. I am truly a new creation in Christ Jesus(1Cor 5:17)!The same God who painted the skies, carved the canyons, planted the redwood trees, hung the galaxies,shaped the vallies, and turned water into wine longs after me. He is persistent, patient, loving, gentle, perfect, ever-present, soft-spoken, good, Holy, massively BIG,and relentless. He never faints or gets sick of us. He loves us all the same. We cannot earn his love nor escape it. We cannot live outlve Him and we cannot live with out him. No matter how far we run away from Him, we are always within his reach. The Psalmist penned " I can never escape from your Spirit! I can never get away from your presence!"(Ps 139:7). We are nothing without Him, yet everything in Him. He is faithful even when were faithless because it is in His nature and he cannot deny Himself(2Tim 2:13). He is God, we are not. His purpose is to help you and give you an eternal Future(Jer 29:11). He will complete what he began in you(Phil 1:6). He is so good. He want's us to become less so he can become more(JN3:30). We can do nothing apart from or without Him knowing(Jn 15:5).
I know I've been rambling but I can't hold my love back from Him any longer! He has been reminding me of How he brough me up out of the muck and mire and set my feet upon a rock! I almost overdosed on drugs on several occasions and He kept me alive. There were nights when I don't even know how I got home and He protected me and everybody else on the road. I used to not be able to tell the truth and now I cannot tell a lie. He delivered me from the drugs,alcohol,lying,stealing,fear,epilepsy,prison,selfish ambition, greed,crime,bad relatonships,disease, and from death. I have truly been crucified with Him, it is no longer Ben Reed but it is His life in me(Gal 2:20). I have tasted and seen how good God truly is and I will never go back.I can't but He can!
Take sometime to reflect on how good God has been to you lately....