"For it is God's will that we have true enjoying with Him in our salvation, and therein He willeth [that] we be mightily comforted and strengthened; and thus willeth He that merrily with His grace our soul be occupied. For we are His bliss: for in us He enjoyeth without end; and so shall we in Him, with His grace."
Julian of Norwich (Ch. 23)
Sometimes we can be focused on our sin, our behavior, on our failures, feeling that we must focus on getting rid of sin and making ourselves presentable to God. But God doesn't want us to focus on our sin or on feeling we must do something to overcome it. He simply wants us to enjoy our salvation with Him, and be occupied with the work Christ already completed to rescue us, and how we are already saved and rescued and well! Christ defeated sin so we can forget about it. We can now spend our time thinking about God and His love for us. The more we think of all He already completed for us and how already safe and well we are in Christ, the happier and stronger and calmer we will become. And we will feel safe enough to be open with God and allow ourselves to be loved by Him, which is what He has wanted all along - just to be in a love relationship with us, His children. And that love He has will naturally overflow to those around us, so more and more people can enjoy being loved. The secret of the Christian life is this - enjoy all God has already done and how free and safe and well you already are in Him, and let yourself be loved! After all, God endlessly enjoys being with us and loving on us, and He wants us to endlessly enjoy Him and His love!
"The Lord makes me very happy; all that I am rejoices in my God. He has covered me with clothes of salvation and wrapped me with a coat of goodness, like a bridegroom dressed for his wedding, like a bride dressed in jewels."
Isaiah 61:19 (NCV)
A Prayer: Thank You for the wholeness and goodness and life you have brought to me in this great salvation!