My Hope is Built on Nothing Less

Blog - April 1, 2014

My Hope is Built on Nothing Less

A Lesson on Trust ~ Relationship

Notes from Jump Start on March 30, 2014


"Trust God; Love men." ~ Mike Murdock

 

Jesus, The Repairer of the Breach.... Isaiah 58:12

What breach and why did Jesus need to repair it?  In contract law, we find that when a party does not live up to their part in the agreement, it is said that that person "breached" the agreement.  In other words, that person broke contract which in most cases, the other party can sue for damages to be made whole.

Contracts, verbal and written, are needed because people, too often, fail to keep their end of the bargain.  Thus, a contract is a safe guard to protect both parties and in essence to assure that you can trust the word of the other party.

Getting into a contract with someone doesn't require relationship. Relationship in its very essence brings about exceptional character by all parties keeping the need to have contractual agreements minimal.

As stated last week, in order for trust to happen, three things must exist.

1. Relationship
2. Character
3. Track Record

This week we will talk RELATIONSHIP.

The dictionary's definition of relationship is, "a connection, association or involvement."  When the word is broken down by relation and -ship, we find that relation deals with how someone is connected or associated and that -ship denotes the character and condition in which the connection and association exists.  For example, my relation to my children's father is by marriage and my relation to my nieces and nephew is by blood.  Digging deeper into the word, relate, the root word of relation, is a term that shows that a party must bring or establish such a connection.  Therefore, we find that ONE has to 1. bring the possibility of a connection, 2. establish such connection and
3. cultivate conditions to create significance in that connection.

From the beginning, God has pursued relationship with us; in the garden, on Mount Sinai, but man breached the relationship and the possibility of it.  Jesus, The Repairer of the Breach needed to come and mend what man consistently broke.  He came as the Bridge and Connection because God knew that we were incapable of toting the line.

Therefore, we have found that the following happened for us through Jesus:

1. We were pursued; chosen by God.
2. He created the right conditions to create right relationship with Him.
3. He removed all barriers that have kept us from being connected.
4. He built a bridge through the cross to connect us and created an avenue of intimacy through the fellowship of His Holy Spirit.

It is evident that the cross is the bridge to relationship with Father God and that He created conditions for us to be in right relationship with Him.  Righteousness, or right relationship is a gift.  Our relationship with Him gives us the power to live what we already are; righteous.

God wanted to make our connection "fool proof" so He ensured that we were connected in three ways:

1. Marriage - we are the bride of Christ.
2. Blood - we are redeemed by the blood.
3. Adoption - born into the family as sons and daughters.

Because of the aforementioned, it is easy to TRUST our Father.  It is easy to love Him.  It is easy to get to know Him because He has freely and openly revealed Himself to those who want to see Him.  He has proven through His pursuit of us; through relationship that HE ALONE is worthy of our complete trust.

Take time this week to cultivate your relationship with Abba Father. Commune with Him and be open to His presence and leading. Take a look around and discover how trustworthy your Daddy is and learn to allocate trust to the right places.

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In HIM,

Jos

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