Jesus is Vulnerable

The King of Kings put His heart on the line.

Jesus left complete communion with the Father and Holy Spirit in all His glory to be a man, to be our brother. He became like the created to relate to you and me. Jesus then chose to get up on a cross, heart exposed, and die for us.
Over the last year and even more so in the last 6 months the Lord has been revealing just how vulnerable He is to me. I can't get over that He hung on a cross with arms completely open asking, "will you have me? will you receive my love? I'm giving everything for you because you're worth it, will you choose to receive me?"
Jesus put his heart on the line. As one that pursues our hearts he put his heart, himself (everything that he is) out there and we could reject or receive him. Just thinking about relationships and how usually a man pursues a woman in that way may help put it into perspective. The man has to have courage and take the risk of being rejected (i.e. being vulnerable for the possibility of love) in asking a woman out and she can respond in two ways, yes I receive your invitation or no; leading to great joy or possibly pain. How crazy that God would do that with us? He gives us a choice thus making himself vulnerable to rejection.
Even after saying yes to Jesus we daily make the decision to receive him or not. We can live our lives walking with him with him or ignoring him.
Jesus' love for us cost him everything, cost him being vulnerable to weak human beings. I'm starting to realize that real love costs you something, self preservation. Jesus not once self protected himself from being hurt or offended. He knowingly walked into pain, rejection, mocking and that was before the cross. He was vulnerable over and over and over and over and over and over again..... He is never not vulnerable to you and me. I pray that I live my life without self preservation, without any hindrance to how I love Jesus and people.
When I think about love I think about Jesus arms wide open on the cross, symbolic of his heart open, ready to give me himself and for me to give myself to him....communion. Now I want to go worship Jesus....love and blessings for now!