Invaded, Knit With, and Totally Fused with God

The real me does not want to get away with anything. 

The real me wants to, on my very worst day, love like crazy.

The real me. What a thought. The real me does not want to get away with anything. That changes my entire orientation when I understand it. Instead of asking the question, "How can I be a better person? What would it take? I need to die to self. I need to somehow go through these seven steps of making this pretty lousy person into a more lovable, more sacrificial person. What would that take? How many days of discipline?"

Instead of that, I start with this: Because of what Jesus did on the cross and the resurrection, the moment I found myself putting my belief in Jesus dying for me, the moment that happened, I became a brand new creature. Invaded, knit with, totally fused with God, and now this creature that exists is Christ in John. No longer a loser, no longer a compromised person who doesn't really want to be good. 

I really do want to be a lover. I really don't want to fail. It's not in my DNA now.

Now I ask a different question. What lie am I believing that is convincing me that in some way I do want to get away with something? Because it's not me. What lie has gotten in the way that has convinced me that I have to fight for my rights and that I should get more of this, and it's not right, it's not fair, and I've got to be less sacrificial, and more self-protective? What lie has gotten in, or what thoughts are still running from the flesh or from before I became a believer?

That's such a different question to ask. It's such a different way of seeing. Oh my gosh, you guys! If we can get that the real me doesn't want to get away with anything, then I start asking the right questions, and I start trusting that's who I am. I start to trust.

You're kidding me... John Lynch, that old conniver, that old chameleon, that old scammer, that old bluffer, that old three-faced person...I'm the real deal. Are you kidding me? I'm legit. I really am a good man. It's true about you — young woman, young man, old woman, old man. 

The more you can dare to believe that's what happened to you, the more beautiful this life opens up for you and for those around you.

I'm so proud to be on this journey with you...

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