wLL 45 “I Don’t Deserve It” Part 2

~ Erin Audio ☊

Last week we ended with this key verse that we brides have come to embrace!

The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly. John 10:10

As His bride He wants you to feel and embrace that you deserve all that He paid to give you, as His bride. He wants you to be living lavishly drenched in His love. No, it doesn't mean you or I will live in a palace, feasting on delicacies. But trust me and trust other brides who have flung themselves into the waiting arms of their Beloved to know that where we live feels like a palace—what we eat, when we dine with Him, each morsel melts in our mouths.  

There are many reasons you need to embrace this truth and not shy away from moving from sitting on the floor at His feet, drenching His feet with your tears and woes. Moving up, sitting with Him nestled in His loving arms.

As a Bridegroom how many times has He reached down to pull you up to sit with Him? As His bride, we need to respect and honor what will bring our bridegroom joy, which is to live in such a way that it causes your heart to swell. To feel like we spoke about last week, feeling like your cup of joy is overflowing. In order for your face to shine, to glow because this is the evidence that He is real. This is true witnessing—people who see you will witness what's happening in you and in your life. So continuing to think, “I don't deserve this” and to always feel as if you've been chastised by the Lord is simply not the way a bride should live. Who would “What You Have”?

Of course, there are times when we feel conviction, where you or I might possibly say to Him, "Oh Darling, You and I know I could have done better" then hugging Him with a smile and possibly a tear, "Oh my Love, I'm so grateful that You love me so much! I know you'll help me to do better." What else can you feel but joy and happiness—radiating His love for everyone to witness? 

So the next time that you’re feeling, "I don't deserve..." something—anything— think again. Often what He's taught me to do is to imagine another bride I know, then asking myself, "Do I want this bride to think they don't deserve to be healed, or financially blessed, or delivered from whatever crisis they're going through?" Of course, not! Neither you nor I would ever want that for any of His brides. So, if we as humans think that way, how is our Heavenly Husband feeling? Heartbroken too.

Without a doubt He believes we deserve the best of everything—we need to accept everything that He wants to give to us and it's not the point of deserving or not deserving whatever it is. Simply accepting everything that He longs to give us, no longer crawling around on our bellies, feeling broken down, shut down, rejected— that's simply not His bride.

This means you, dearest bride. Each of us has to live this way ourselves because when we do, we are able to show other women how they can live this lesson too—because it’s the way they see us living!