The Bible tells us the very hairs on our head are numbered (Luke 12:7). Why? Because every detail of your life matters to God. He reveals Himself to you personally and intimately because He loves you and died just for you!

Jehovah Shalom means “the Lord is our peace.” This word shalom literally has the essence of nothing broken, everything fixed, everything being repaired. Shalom is total restoration and total peace for all that we need. This is God extending Himself to humanity saying “I love you”!

The pinnacle of God’s heart, the pinnacle of God’s desire, and the pinnacle of God’s love is not that He could be the authoritarian ruler of the universe. We have to get over that concept, because it wasn’t out of an authoritarian desire to create that God placed male and female in His garden. He was already omniscient, He was already omnipotent, He was already almighty God. Rather, it was His love for you and me that caused Him to begin the creation story!

Only humanity was created in the image of God. Only humanity was given the right and the ability and the authority to walk with the living God, to speak words as He spoke, to create as He created, to live as He lived, and to fellowship as He fellowshipped.

When you call on the name of Jesus and open up your heart to receive Him, He moves into your life in His entire presence and His entire being.  You become just like it was in the garden in the beginning: a spirit being in a flesh body, in contact with the living God.

Our days are made up of moments, and each day there can be special moments where we feel the touch of the Master on our shoulder, the whisper of His voice in our ear, or the gentle thought of His love in our heart.

What God has written in your heart, when spoken from your lips, is like a spiritual magnet that draws the favor, circumstances, and people necessary to see it fulfilled. Temporary course changes, shortages, shrinkage, or setback will not affect future fulfillment!

Jesus can suddenly stand in our midst. He is alive, His presence is within, and He has a long history of showing up in the midst of our messiest situations. Let us live with an expectation of His presence!

What compels us to go continue going to the hurting peoples of the world? Our confidence in the resurrected Lord that His will has not changed, His plan for man has not changed, His power has not changed, and His love has not changed!

When you are born of God and carry His Spirit in you, you consider things with an eternal viewpoint. You value things that others might consider foolish. Celebrate your difference!