ONLY BECAUSE HE LOVES YOU

Have you ever wondered what Jesus is thinking? Like have you gotten up in the morning and instead of telling Jesus what is on your mind  —have you ever just let Him tell you what is on His mind? 

Maybe you have no idea what He could be thinking. Let me tell you that He is thinking of you all the time. You and I are on His mind all the time. If you love someone you know you think of that person you love, all the time. Of course you do and so does He. Jesus is always thinking of us because He is in love with us.

Let me remind you that if you love, you will always have things to work out with those you love. That said, know that Jesus has things He needs to work out with you. He needs you to know those things He is thinking so that He can well prepare you for what is to come.  

Jesus wants us to know that He is sad that we don’t know what He is thinking —and that He is sad we are not preparing for His return. If we knew what Jesus was thinking we would be preparing for His return and that would take away His heartache. There are so many things Jesus wants us to know that we can’t know unless we know what He is thinking.  

Jesus is sad —

—2 Peter 3:8 Nevertheless, do not let this one fact escape you, beloved, that with the Lord one day is as a thousand years and a thousand years as one day. 9 The Lord does not delay and is not tardy or slow about what He promises, according to some people’s conception of slowness, but He is long-suffering (extraordinarily patient) toward you, not desiring that any should perish, but that all should turn to repentance.10 But the day of the Lord will come like a thief, and then the heavens will vanish (pass away) with a thunderous crash, and the [material] elements [of the universe] will be dissolved with fire, and the earth and the works that are upon it will be burned up. AMPC

Now if you didn't know before you know now He is sad, long-suffering as He patiently waits for us to get ready for His return. Because He loves us and doesn't want us to perish He is waiting for us to get ready, to repent, change our ways to be in agreement with Him so we can live with Him. If we are not ready to live with Him, we will perish and that is not what He wants to happen. 

We have to know what Jesus is thinking so that we can prepare for His return. We cannot by ourselves know we are ready, but we have to know and work that out with Him.

Therefore ask, ask Jesus what He is thinking. Ask Him what you need to do to be ready for His return. Don’t assume you know what He is thinking, ask Him. Relieve Him of His sadness by taking time to find out what is on His mind. When you find out what is on His mind, that will definitely change what is on your mind.