what if we’re getting it wrong? (as if that’s NOT the case!) but really...i mean think about our life? what is our ultimate goal each and every day? comfort, security, happiness, ease...all illusive idols that we continue to chase, continue to be duped by, continue to chase around that next corner...if we’re honest..enough is NEVER enough.
what if...when God led the Israelites through the wildnerness it wasn’t so much a punishment as a gift? what if, by stripping them completely of their creature comforts, their security, routines and ‘safety’ that He was in fact, blessing them, giving them the most beautiful gift (maybe even a glimpse of the Messiah to come)? bringing them into the most precious of places...the place that Jesus begged for in John17 as He pleaded with the Father...that we might know and receive the same unity as He and the Father are one. what if, by living to find our comfort, our security (financial, relationally, etc), our ever-changing-like-the-wind happinesses we are actually running farther from God even as we think we might be running to Him? what if that frustration, that constant nagging in our souls, that gap between what we know and what we live...is just that...a gap...a conflict in reality vs. philosophy. what if...instead of seeking comfort we sought out risk...sought after a dependence so deep that we would be reminded every second of our need, our dependence on God alone, for life, breath, sustenance...comfort, security, happiness...peace?
what if we’re looking in all the wrong places for the things we so desperately desire?
what if we changed the way we look for them? what if we made room for Him to show up in our lives each and every day? what if we pressed harder into God? desperately waited, arms flung wide-open to receive even a whisper from Him.
here’s what we know:
He’s not hiding. He’s relentlessly pursuing, Loving, healing..longing to see us free. free to love, free to heal, free from the very things we THINK we want. free to be whole, be One with Him, as Jesus and the Father are One! something tells me...THAT is what we’re made for, looking for as we find ourselves settling for the lesser ‘things.’
i’m praying for a heart and mind that would be so captivated by Christ-as i go through my day that instead of escaping the ‘tough’ stuff...being distracted by the illusions of peace...that i’d find His heart, His voice...booming and lovingly calling me closer to Himself. God, give me ears to hear and eyes to see YOU...to know you more, love you more, receive you more...to have faith as even a mustard seed!
No comments:
Post a Comment