Welcome to "Your Father's Heart."
And this is eternal life, that they may know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent. John 17:3 (NKJV)
The verse above has been and is the prayer and passion in recent years for ourselves, our children, our grandchildren and on to you family. It was the passion for Jesus also in His last recorded prayer on this earth for those closest to Him. All the teaching and preaching on eternal life is now summed up in this "knowing" of the Father and Jesus.
What does it mean to really "know" the Father and Jesus? In the original language of our passage above the word for "know" is enlightening and powerful. It is not about the "doing" of religious activity and just getting it right...it is about intimacy and "being." The "being" of relationship, and the life of love, and love of life, that flows from there will leave the simple "doing" of religious activity bankrupt by comparison.
What would we want to request for or say to you in our final hours or "death bed" if you will?" What would matter most? We seek to pour from our heart what He has poured in, through our own devotionals, studies, and thoughts. One foundational truth we are learning is that Christianity is not how many works, activities and duties we are performing, however good...it is about what, or really Who, is sourcing the activity of our lives. Am I working my "head off" for Jesus, or is Jesus, who is the "Head," working His life in and through me which results in His creative overflow to my world? One way is tiring, one is transforming! Which do you desire?
With love to all of you, Sam and Joy
The verse above has been and is the prayer and passion in recent years for ourselves, our children, our grandchildren and on to you family. It was the passion for Jesus also in His last recorded prayer on this earth for those closest to Him. All the teaching and preaching on eternal life is now summed up in this "knowing" of the Father and Jesus.
What does it mean to really "know" the Father and Jesus? In the original language of our passage above the word for "know" is enlightening and powerful. It is not about the "doing" of religious activity and just getting it right...it is about intimacy and "being." The "being" of relationship, and the life of love, and love of life, that flows from there will leave the simple "doing" of religious activity bankrupt by comparison.
What would we want to request for or say to you in our final hours or "death bed" if you will?" What would matter most? We seek to pour from our heart what He has poured in, through our own devotionals, studies, and thoughts. One foundational truth we are learning is that Christianity is not how many works, activities and duties we are performing, however good...it is about what, or really Who, is sourcing the activity of our lives. Am I working my "head off" for Jesus, or is Jesus, who is the "Head," working His life in and through me which results in His creative overflow to my world? One way is tiring, one is transforming! Which do you desire?
With love to all of you, Sam and Joy
