Trusting God...

So many people think God wants them to sacrifice their most precious things in order to please Him and are walking away from God because of it. They think God is a legalistic God who wants them to strive and work hard as a slave to please Him. They think He will never accept them because they've messed up. But here is what He really likes, this is what pleases Him: for Him to be our Daddy and us to be a trusting child in His arms. for us to approach Him based on what He's done on the cross, not our own works. To know He accepts us because of the blood of Jesus. Not anything we've done. Then to look in His eyes and feel His Daddy's Love for us. Then our love for Him and His love for us will motivate us to do the right thing. We will be close to Him. We will trust Him as a good daddy so will believe His promises He's made are true. We know the look in His eyes. We will know His guidance is only the best for us because He's good all the time, and trustworthy. And we won't want to break His heart. Surrender to God isn't about *us trying* to be more holy or acceptable to God. We can never earn it. It's about crawling up in Daddy's arm and resting. It's knowing that if my loving Daddy says "jump", I know He will catch me so I do it (am obedient) BECAUSE I know how much He loves me! There's those people who obey because they're afraid of the consequences, and they don't really know God or are close to him, but they live a life of legalism. Then there's those who don't obey at all because they think God is a punishing angry God, why would they want anything to do with Him? Then there's those who know God is a good Daddy and that Jesus took all their punishment, so they run into His arms and walk hand in hand with Him and change the world, knowing they have no righteousness of their own but that it all comes because of the blood of Jesus. "i desire mercy, not sacrifice." "i want to Guide you with my eye". "mercy triumphs over judgement" "there is now no condemnation in Christ Jesus" "without faith (childlike trust) it is impossible to please Him" "the ministry of reconciliation, not condemnation" ...how many people are far away from God because they don't realize just how much He loves them and they don't know they have a trust issue with God? All of our trust in Him & His finished work on the cross, not ourselves....He desires relationship more than anything else, and we cant be His friend without the Blood of Jesus! Thank you Lord that its not what I do but what You've already done. This is the Rest you desire for all of us.