
Dear friend,
I hope you're ok. So many things fight for our attention and our hearts. Even the things God has called us to do: take care of our families, ministry work, our jobs...these things can slowly encroach on the intimacy we have with Him.
In this podcast episode, I share what God has shown and told me about why it's so important to stay close to Jesus. And why we can never let the work make us forget or give up time with the One who gave it to us.
Speaking from my own life, it's Yeshua, Jesus, who is my song. Everything I do comes out of Him. On the days I forget that and let the busy-ness of life take over, I feel lost and all of a sudden feel the weight of everything He was holding.
It reminds me of the verses from John 15:4-5
"Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in Me. I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing."
This is an invitation from the Shepherd. To Abide in Him. He wants us to be with Him because He loves us and knows having our hearts in His is how we can do this life.
I love this version of Abide With Me that Audrey Assad sings. My favorite part:
I fear no foe with Thee at hand to bless,
ills have no weight, and tears no bitterness.
Where is death's sting? Where, grave, thy victory?
I triumph still, if thou abide with me.
Whatever you're going through, please know, you're never alone when you have Jesus.
You can listen to the podcast episode on Apple, Spotify or using the link below. I also share a visitation experience I had in which Jesus asked me to keep my eyes on Him when I was in a terrible storm of life.
love, Bunmi
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