belonging

I have been reminded a lot recently by Holy Spirit that I belong to God. He is daily repeatedly whispering to me you belong to me. It happens at the most strange moments; wiping a table at the restaurant, as I make a cup of tea.... its lovely. I like it. I want to hear this all the time. I belong to GOD! God almighty is in charge of me, has got my back; the buck stops with him not me. It makes me just say phew! It brings such profound strength and freedom.

What does it mean to belong? Definitions are quite straight forward...one is "to be bound to by ties of affection or dependence". I am tangled up and tied up with God, I am bound to him; I can't get away from him; he has got me; I am totally dependent on him, addicted to him, he has my affections completely and utterly. I am literally lost without him.

To belong is to be bound to him. To be bound means to be confined, to be limited, to have boundaries in place, to be legally obligated, to be married. How amazing to be limited to God because if I am limited to God nothing else can have any place in me. I cannot belong and be limited to God and have anything else limiting me. If I belong to him I cannot belong to any other - its one or the other, and I choose to belong to him. He loves it!

For surely O Lord you bless the righteous; you surround them with your favour as a shield. psalm 5:12.