IT IS NOT NORMAL

Voice of Eden (episode 202)

Thur 3rd Dec 2020

𝐈𝐓 𝐈𝐒 𝐍𝐎𝐓 𝐍𝐎𝐑𝐌𝐀𝐋

𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝,

One of the most surprising things I consider not normal that God has done and will always do is loving someone like me. It is even more overwhelming that He loved me even before I said yes to Him. It is not normal that His love is forever and lasting. Despite my numerous sin, He just would not stop loving me. If you can relate to this, which I believe you can, then you are a blessed person. 

𝐈𝐬 𝐢𝐭 𝐧𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐥 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐲?

It is only because we think from a fallen state that we find it difficult to believe that God can love someone just the way they are, even if the person chooses not to love him back. We also find it hard to believe that God never thinks bad of anyone. Today, He wants to change the way we think.

𝐋𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐰𝐞 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐆𝐨𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐰𝐞 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐧𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐧𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐥 𝐭𝐨 𝐮𝐬. 𝐇𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫, 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐚𝐛𝐧𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐥 (𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐧𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐥) 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐧𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐥.

Let me explain;

From creation, it is not normal for man to sin, now sinning is man's normalicy, and then not normal to be a righteous man. Today my friend, God is calling us to a new normal. A place where those things that we thought were not normal becomes our normal way of living; A place where we can love especially those who hate us, a place where we can forgive and let go of an offense normally, a place where we think good always, a place where we can bring the best out of others, a place where righteousness rules, a place where we put others first. The list goes on and on.

𝐋𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐛𝐞𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐫𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐉𝐞𝐬𝐮𝐬 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐝𝐨 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐥𝐞𝐟𝐭.

Jesus said to me, "𝒊𝒕 𝒊𝒔 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒈𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒊𝒔 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒏𝒐𝒓𝒎𝒂𝒍 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝑰 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒅𝒐 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒊𝒕."

We will all be amazed to find out what Jesus can do with our minds, strengths, weaknesses, jobs, families, hurts or pains, failures, successes, bodies, homes, our possessions and all that we have, if we would only give them to Him.

Stop making a big deal about what you may have gone through, because it is normal. Someone has gone through worse than you have, but start making a big deal about what God can do with what you have gone through, simply because it is only what God does that is not normal in the eyes of men.

𝐆𝐨𝐝 𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐮𝐬 𝐮𝐩 𝐭𝐨 𝐚 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐍𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐥.

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