OVERWHELMING BEAUTY
A revealing conversation with Jesus
Morena my Jesus, how are you this morning?
I am good my son, my beloved. But if you really want to know, my heart aches.
Why is that Jesus?
Sin. My people continuously choose sin over me. They open the doors to lusts and rage, jealousy and desire. The enemy picks them off one by one as he offers them the desires of their heart. So few stand in holiness.
I know that includes me.
Yes sometimes it does.
I am sorry Lord that I don’t choose you every moment.
Jonathan I understand the power of the enemy’s perversions and diversions that he offers - I get it. But it is the rejection of me that carries the greatest pain. I simply want to be chosen. I want faithfulness and loyalty. I want to be loved as I love my beloved. Is it too much to ask for faithfulness?
No it isn’t Lord. But I also understand. It is much harder to love someone who you can’t see.
Yes Jonathan that is a great truth. But I do reveal myself to those who seek me.
I know that, but most people get taken out by the enemy before they even come to a place of hungering after you and seeking the deeper things….Lord it just seems to me that there could be an easier way to reveal yourself to people.
Easier leads to superficiality. I am after those who genuinely want me, not just an experience. If I made it easier, if I revealed myself in my greatness, all would have to come because there is no other option, nothing else could compare. That then is not real choice. It’s like the most beautiful woman in the world coming into the room and you being able to marry her. The vast majority of men would jump at the opportunity without even getting to know her because she is so overwhelmingly beautiful - it would bypass all of the normal courting and getting to know a person to identify if they truly were the perfect fit. The lust of the flesh would arise and become all consuming and thereby due diligence towards making an informed and enlightened choice would be discarded. I can’t afford to lead mankind into this place because it only ever produces bad fruit.
Wow that is such an insightful statement - I see what you mean. I know my own heart would fail in that place.
Jonathan you know and love me faithfully. You seek and desire me consistently, and you are growing in holiness. I get that this is a journey. I just desire that you desire to come. So few have this desire to come deeper with me. So few actually want me beyond the safety net of getting into Heaven.
Wow, that is sad.
The heart of mankind is wicked above all else. The enemy has been effective at polluting the soul of my creation.
Then why don’t you step in more?
I do. When I am invited. When I am asked for. Then I do. This whole thing has to be a choice, an equal and informed choice, not a display of majesty and beauty that is so overwhelming that there is no choice, just an involuntary response of flesh to glory. Remember what John did when he saw my glory - he fell down prostrate before me. That’s what flesh does in my presence. This is why I hang back. This is why I tell my story and invite people to come on a journey with me. This awakens a human to the truth in his heart. Does he actually want me, or does he want to continue to rule his own life. This is why people have affairs, or look at porn, or lust after material items, get drunk, high or lost in fantasy and distraction. They think they are hard done by, that they have missed out and been let down, that they deserve more, and that they should go after what their flesh desires and hungers for - because in the end, it is all about them.
Wow I see what you are saying. It all boils down to ‘self’ ruling above every other thing.
Yes it does. This is the ultimate battle of the ages. People respond to beauty, or the lust and desires of the heart, because at the very core is a desire for a need to be met in them. People respond to beauty because it makes them feel good. They respond to the lust of their flesh because it fills an empty void. People are responding to these stimuli because it makes them feel better - it all reduces down to being about their needs being met. And I won’t play that game. I am not flashing my glory and majesty in front of people so I can get more people in my team. I am looking for true lovers who will choose me, seek me, give all and lay all down, for me. I am looking for true love. That is why I don’t hand out free passes and get out of jail cards for free. I lead people through the challenges of life so that they can observe me and see my demonstrations of goodness towards them. They can then make an informed choice as to whether they want to be with me, or not. As you well know, it all reduces down to a freewill choice, to be with me, and to have as much of me, as any human being wants.
Wow Jesus - this is all quite profound and revelational.
Yes, and that revelation comes because you are faithful to seek my face and hunger after my presence, and desire the deeper things. I share my heart with those who love me and seek my face. Remember when we started this morning, you paused and saw me curled up beside you. I feel safe with you. I feel desired by you. I feel loved by you. And I love sharing my heart with those who love me.
Wow Jesus you blow my mind. This is deep meat.
Yes it is, but it needs to be taught to those who hunger after me.
Amen. Thank you for sharing.
Revelation 1 v 9-18
9 I, John, your brother and companion in the suffering and kingdom and patient endurance that are ours in Jesus, was on the island of Patmos because of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus. 10 On the Lord’s Day I was in the Spirit, and I heard behind me a loud voice like a trumpet, 11 which said: “Write on a scroll what you see and send it to the seven churches: to Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia and Laodicea.” 12 I turned around to see the voice that was speaking to me. And when I turned I saw seven golden lampstands, 13 and among the lampstands was someone like a Son of Man, dressed in a robe reaching down to His feet and with a golden sash around His chest. 14 The hair on His head was white like wool, as white as snow, and His eyes were like blazing fire. 15 His feet were like bronze glowing in a furnace, and His voice was like the sound of rushing waters. 16 In His right hand He held seven stars, and coming out of His mouth was a sharp, double-edged sword. His face was like the sun shining in all its brilliance. 17 When I saw Him, I fell at His feet as though dead. Then He placed His right hand on me and said: “Do not be afraid. I am the First and the Last. 18 I am the Living One; I was dead, and now look, I am alive for ever and ever! And I hold the keys of death and Hades.
