Listening to the Source
Oh, the goodness of God to provide multiple images for us to communicate and teach us that He is the Source…our Source! Our Father is the beginning point! Truly, this Truth encapsulates why the shema approach—hearing God—for living our one life is not only essential but a true joy!
Meditate…marinate…soak in the following passages—which represent just the “tip of the iceberg”—to lead you to give you gratitude to your Heavenly Father. As you give Him thanks also ask Him to empower you to receive from Him as the Source for your life today. It will be His joy to do so and your delight to experience the surrender into dependence! (Bible verses are from the New King James Version.)
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
(Genesis 1:1)
Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness…So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.
(Genesis 1:26a, 27)
“You have seen what I did to the Egyptians, and how I bore you on eagles' wings and brought you to Myself. Now therefore, if you will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant, then you shall be a special treasure to Me above all people; for all the earth is Mine. And you shall be to Me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.' These are the words which you shall speak to the children of Israel."
(Exodus 19:4-6)
The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.
(Psalm 23:1)
For with You is the fountain of life; In Your light we see light.
(Psalm 36:9)
“O house of Israel, can I not do with you as this potter?" says the LORD. "Look, as the clay is in the potter's hand, so are you in My hand, O house of Israel!
(Jeremiah 18:6)
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made. In Him was life, and the life was the light of men.
(John 1:1-4)
Then Jesus answered and said to them, "Most assuredly, I say to you, the Son can do nothing of Himself, but what He sees the Father do; for whatever He does, the Son also does in like manner.
(John 5:19)
Jesus said to them, "Most assuredly, I say to you, before Abraham was, I AM."
(John 8:58)
Jesus said to him, "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me
. (John 14:6)
I (Jesus) 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.
(John 15:5)
For no other foundation can anyone lay than that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ.
(1 Corinthians 3:11)
Therefore we also, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily ensnares us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.
(Hebrews 12:1-2)
I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End," says the Lord, "who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.
(Revelation 1:8)
