The Strength and Self-giving Love of Jesus
"The Strength and the Self-Giving Love of Jesus"
Lately I’ve been sensing a persistent invitation, God calling His people back to the heart of Jesus — to see Him and know Him more fully, not just in part.
He’s both the Lion who roars with authority and power,
and also the Lamb who laid down His life in love and humility.
This seems like a time of realignment for God’s people.
God is inviting us to walk closely with Jesus in both His strength and His gentleness.
To know Him as the conquering King and the suffering Servant.
Not one or the other — but both.
There’s a fresh move of His Spirit that’s calling forth a healthy integration.
Where sometimes we’ve leaned toward boldness without compassion,
or gentleness without courage.
But Jesus is calling us to carry His heart fully —
to speak truth with fire,
and to love with selfless grace.
For those of us who are called to speak for Him — prophetic voices —
there’s a deep reminder:
our authority must come from lives laid down.
Our roar must rise from a place of surrender.
Power that doesn’t flow from love can do more harm than good, love that doesn’t speak up and step up as Jesus would, is not true love.
But when the strength of the Lion and the self-giving love of the Lamb live together in us,
we’ll carry a voice that shakes the earth and heals the broken.
People won’t just hear our words — they’ll encounter His heart.
This is not a time for silence.
Love doesn’t stay quiet when injustice reigns.
Truth isn’t passive in the face of confusion.
We are being called to speak — not with harshness, but with heaven’s clarity.
To lift our voices not to overpower, but to awaken.
To declare what is true, and to do it from a place of deep connection to Jesus.
So let’s stay close to Him.
Let’s watch how He moves —how he advances to drive off darkness, how He stands firm, and how He kneels to serve.
Let’s allow Him to shape us into people who know when to speak with boldness, when to arise and move forward, when to pause and trust, and when to serve with self-giving love.
This is how the world will know Him —
through a people who reflect His fullness.
Through hearts that carry both courageous strength and self-giving love.
Through lives that manifest both the Lion and the Lamb.