“Behold what manner of love the Father has bestowed on us, that we should be called children of God.”- 1 John 3:1 (NKJV)
Michael John Cusick concludes Chapter 3 of Sacred Attachment with this observation. That, sooner or later, if you’re willing to be honest with yourself, you know your life isn’t working. Perhaps you don’t truly know the love of Jesus. Not in a way that allows you to accept His hands washing your feet. As a result, you end up feeling stuck.
However, the author wonders, what if you reviewed the hardest parts of your story, the twists and turning points? What if, instead, you looked at them from a more compassionate and accurate viewpoint? To see yourself the way God sees you.
Therefore, Michael John Cusick exhorts:
“If behold seems like an odd choice to describe how God loves you, let me explain why it’s one of my favorite words in all of Scripture. In the King James Version of the Bible, behold appears more than a thousand times. Translated from the Greek eido, behold literally means ‘to see’ or ‘take notice’ or as I like to translate it, ‘Would you look at that!’ ”
In conclusion, the author acknowledges, we find it hard to imagine that losing our faith could be a good thing. Because what you wind up losing has nothing to do with your beliefs, your passions, and your desire to know God. Rather, what you lose has everything to do with your efforts, your ceaseless striving, and your exhaustion and weariness.
Thus, sometimes we must lose what we cling to and call our faith in order to:
- receive God’s love.
- allow Him to wash our feet.
- experience divine secure attachment.
Today’s question: What does it mean to you to rest and trust in a God who beholds you? Please share.
Tomorrow’s blog: “Unintentionally test God?”