When Two Minds + Two Bodies = One Heartbeat
Jeremiah 9:24 (New Living Translation)
24 But those who wish to boast
should boast in this alone:
that they truly know me and understand that I am the Lord
who demonstrates unfailing love
and who brings justice and righteousness to the earth,
and that I delight in these things.
I, the Lord, have spoken!
Today’s message in the music comes from song ”If You Don’t Know Me By Now”, originally written by Kenny Gamble. The song is about being so connected to a person that you get to know them at the core of who they really are- - - -good, bad, and ugly. The beginning of the song starts with “All the things. That we've been through, You should understand me. Like I understand you”.
In my life I have been blessed with several relationships where I have become so entwined with another human being that our spirits have actually become intertwined with each other. This weekend was a great example. I have been out of town since last week with someone who is very near and dear to my heart. And although I met this person in Dec 2006, it wasn’t until this weekend that I realized how much we had REALLY grown to know each other. We were finishing each other’s sentences, having the same thoughts at the time and even predicting each others needs. It was a very unique situation given the circumstances of our relationship, but it also brought a lot of clarity and security to me. He has grown to a point where I can no longer mask my feelings. I can no longer say “I’m okay”, and he not know the I’m not.
Another relationship in my life that has taken me to this level of love, is my relationship with Lisa. She and I have been through so much in our lives that sometimes I don’t know where she ends and I begin. We learn so much from each other and we have figured out how to love through our disagreements, faults and personalities. I tell her that we are twin souls sometimes. There are days that I’m walking around smiling and lifting up the spirits of those around me and my world is crashing on the inside. It’s in these moments, when no one can see my pain, that Lisa will text me a word of encouragement. I’m in her heart to a degree where the Lord will show her what’s going on behind the outer shell the world and strangers to me can see.
In the same way I experience this in my natural life, I can’t put it into words how wonderful it is to experience in my spiritual life. God knows us inside and out. No amount of make-up, clothes, or lack of clothes can fool him. He sees right to the heart of each and every one of us. He knows what makes us ticks, what makes us smile, and the true make up of our DNA. He loves us in spite of ourselves. In spite of our opinions and attitudes. He knows what we are thinking and what we are feeling despite the words that we may be speaking or the story we may be trying to sell to others.
When we take the time to get to know God the same way that He knows us, we will be able to share His heartbeat. We will be able to predict His needs. We will be able to discern when His spirit is grieving or His heart is hurting. God is God, but if we were made in His image that means He feels just as we do. He gets angry, He gets hurt, and personally I believe He gets lonely. Not in the sense that He is insecure and needs to have someone in his life, but in the sense that He desires us to be apart of His world.
In the second verse of the song there is this line “Just trust in me like I trust in you. As long as we've been together, It should be so easy to do”. God has been with us since before we were in our mother’s womb, and no matter how we have treated Him, He has always been there for us. If after everything He has blessed you with up to this point in your life, you still don’t KNOW Him, you may never get to KNOW Him. God proves to us daily how much he loves us, now it’s our turn. It’s our turn to make the effort to touch the hem of his garment. When you’re resting with your heart on His chest, how many heartbeats do you hear? Is your heart beating to a tune of its own, or is it in tune with the heartbeat of the king…………………..
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