The Very Heartbeat of God

Meditations for Ragamuffins

May 2, 2024

The Very Heartbeat of God

May the Lord lead your hearts into a full understanding and expression of the love of God and the patient endurance that comes from Christ.

2 Thessalonians 3:5 

When we experience a Kairos moment, when God makes real to us His unconditional love for us, we will begin to see scripture in a different way. For instance, read these verses from John 13:23-25 (NKJV)

“Now there was leaning on Jesus’ bosom one of His disciples, whom Jesus loved. Simon Peter therefore motioned to him to ask who it was of whom He spoke. Then, leaning back on Jesus’ breast, he said to Him, “Lord, who is it?”

Those verses are within the larger passage where Jesus identified the disciple who would betray him. The verses seem to just reveal Peter asking the disciple John to ask Jesus for more information. Look deeper. Consider the position of John, leaning on Jesus’ breast. Now remember these words from the Nicene Creed’s description of Jesus: “God from God, Light from Light, true God from true God, begotten, not made, of one Being with the Father.” John was in a position where he was able to hear the heartbeat of Jesus, the very heartbeat of God.

My Takeaway: Revealed in the innocent details of Jesus having supper with his disciples is an understanding of what our relationship with Jesus is meant to be.

Seriously?

Yes, I believe so. God wants us to be so intimately close to Him that we can hear His heartbeat. 

Sē’lah

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(Selah is a word that appears in the Book of Psalms that I often use as the Complimentary Closing in my correspondence. Its meaning, as I use the word, is to pause and think about these things.)

 

These meditations are written by Alex M. Knight as he seeks the life in Christ as his way of life.  The meditations are published on the BLOG, http://seekingthelifeinchrist.blogspot.com/ and they are also distributed on the Constant Contact email server. You may subscribe to this email service by sending an email to: amkrom812@gmail.com.

 

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