Christ in every moment, every single moment. With Christ I am immersed in love, my trust deepens, I cannot fear, my perspective is holy aligned. A focus on Jesus is a glimpse of God’s sovereign design of love for me:
All-encompassing love.
Jesus rebuked Peter when he refused to focus on that sovereign design, “Get behind Me, Satan! You are an offense to Me, for you are not mindful of the things of God, but the things of men.” In this lost and anxious world, His children will only be found in His word, by His Spirit, in His love.
Jesus spoke God’s word and God’s truth. He did then and He does now through the Holy Spirit in His believers. Peter had heard with earthly ears, at that moment not tuned to the divine. What Jesus told Peter was God’s perfect plan to save the world by His own suffering. What Peter heard and fiercely opposed was Christs’ suffering.
But it was love that God was offering. Again and again, He offers love. He offered love to Peter and He offers love to me. He died to love me in every moment, every single moment.
I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. Galatians 2:20
Meeting God at the Park 