"Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled."
This morning I awoke and spent some time dialoging with the Lord while making breakfast for my kids. To spend time with Him first thing is so powerful as it impacts the entire day. Immediately I felt His presence and my heart came alive with love and desire for this Man. Longing for Him opens the heart to hear from Him, be transformed into Him and know Him at deeper levels.
I find when I go through life with a longing and hunger to encounter Him I fall into sin far less often. Walking around with a burning heart enables me to respond with love when people offend me, speak ill of me, or any other manner of slander. With the very love of God boiling within me I think differently, interpret differently and am empowered to walk in obedience. Not that I do it in perfection, but with His heart burning in me I can achieve much more and reach far higher. Faithfulness isn't measured by the percent of success but the percent of desire. I would say I am incapable of even striving for His heart without Him in me, consuming my thoughts and lighting a fire in my soul. Ahh the glory of God in us.
"For they will be filled"
The ravished heart that understands the greatest way to stand before Him in love is to walk in obedience gains ground at the heart level. The constant pursuit of righteousness fills us with a greater hunger. So hunger begets hunger. As we receive His love it satisfies yet ravages simultaneously. We are filled with love and left wanting love. It is so beautiful to know that I will be engaged in this state forever, billions of years from now I will still feel desire for wholehearted love and will still be encountering the intoxicating fountain of His pleasure overwhelming me. This is our blessed hope, an eternal consuming fire ravaging us again and again. The eternity of God's love is beyond my comprehension. We can never exhaust His love, day after day forever we will drink and be satisfied.
Take a moment and ask for the love of Jesus to press into your heart, it is so beautiful!
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