Of love, and adoption!
I attended a private university in Nigeria where I obtained my first degree. I was an average student at best and a very arrogant and confident person. I always thought I didn’t need to struggle for anything even where it came to getting high grades.
By my 3rd year in school, I found myself leaving school and taking trips to Lagos without my parent’s knowledge. I would go to my other friends who were in university in Lagos and there we would plan our itinerary from Thursday evening till Saturday evening. At the peak of my adventures, I would go to the clubs (Rehab, Aura, Tribeca, etc) with all of my friends and we would live life lavida loca; sip on champagne, jack daniels, hennessy on the rocks, Nuvo and really any other hard drink you could name.
I was the girl you saw dancing on the chair, twerking on some random stranger and if that wasn’t me then I was the one that was drunk and passed out on the club sofa. — I did all these and I still said to myself I am born again. Why? Because what does being born again have to do with living a boring and bland life; after-all the Bible in Ecclesiastes says to live my life to the fullest.
This story is not about me, but about the love of Jesus. I only gave a back story to give you insight into how sorry my life was before I met him. He showed me that truly he didn’t come for those who are whole but those who are sick . —
“Jesus answered and said to them, “Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick.”
Luke 5:31 NKJV
I was a daughter of God who had no knowledge about her access and authority in him but thanks be to God who called me out of darkness into his marvelous light and I went from being a prodigal child to being adopted whereby i have the right to call him ABBA! Hallelujah.
No life is too sorry, dirty, horrible or lowly for Jesus to turn around. The Bible says so: take a look at Rahab the prostitute who eventually became the great great grandmother of Jesus (Matthew 1:5) , Bathsheba the wife of Uriah who had committed adultery with King David, also became a direct ancestor of Jesus (Matt 1: 6), Saul a renowned persecutor of the church who through an encounter with Jesus became a deep teacher of the word of God. Or is it David, the man who slept with another man’s wife and then went ahead to intentionally and carefully murder him, his name is tied to the lineage of Jesus. What is my point? God loves you as you are just as he loved me while i was passed out drunk in rehab and aura many years ago. It is true, the bible says so:
It is because of his love that he continued to call after me.
Jerusalem maidens, in this twilight darkness I know I am so unworthy — so in need.
Yet you are so lovely!
I feel as dark and dry as the desert tents of the wandering nomads.
Yet you are so lovely — like the fine linen tapestry hanging in the Holy Place.”
Song of Songs 1:5 TPT
It is because of his love that he left the 99 to come after me just so I can encounter his true love.
God’s love does not condemn, instead his love is like the good Samaritan who binds your wounds, pours sweet expensive oil on you and lavishes you with all his possession. He says he has loved you with an everlasting love, and that nothing can separate you from his love. He loves you because he loves you because he loves you.
“Behold what manner of love the father has given unto us, that we should be called the sons of God” — 1st John 3:1
Today, he’s calling you to himself, he wants to reveal to you the length, depth and width of his love, that you may know the hope of his calling. Jesus loves you, and wants to know you. He wants to capture you heart the way he did mine. He wants to lavish his expensive oil on you. He really does. I say this from experience, because he has extended his love to me; a love that I am still encountering daily.
Why Jesus you might ask? The answer comes in my next post.
Will you accept this love?
He’s waiting.
Until next time!
Love,
Misi
