Have you ever watched a TV show and noticed that all of the characters seem to have the same type of issue going on in the same episode? Everyone has a crisis, everyone gets a new significant other, everyone takes a vacation together. Each episode tends to have a theme built around it.
Sometimes I think my life plays out the same way. Every area of my life ends up being themed. Do you know what I'm talking about?
Two years ago it was about shaking off religion; God called our family to get to know Him without the trappings of religious cereomony. He challenged us to find Him for ourselves ... to press in, just us, and to find Him. It was an amazing experience, one I am well aware is not for everyone. During that year, He called us out of a church we enjoyed and into the vast unknown. We thought He was leading us to a new body, and He did - in His time.
There were many weeks that we sat on our patio, eating brunch on a Sunday morning, and just talking about where we were spiritually and what we were learning about God. Faith took on a whole new perspective without someone spoon feeding us a couple times a week. If we didn't feed ourselves, we starved. And it showed. Spiritual nutrition became an elemental part of each day; it was critical that we dive into the Word and prayer. In the eight months of living that way, we grew exponentially. We heard His voice so much more clearly than we had in ages; we had to because no one else was there prompting us. We began to build relationships with believers in several different churches instead of just the one we attended. We began to value the Word, not as a precious addition to a part of a day, but rather as important as oxygen for survival.
God taught us during this season to pursue Him. Just as the prophet shared, we found God when we sought Him with all of our hearts (Jeremiah 29:13). God has told me that a mediocre faith is not acceptable. He has told me that a comfortable faith is not to be mine. Instead, He has demanded of me a radical faith.
Over the next several weeks, I'm going to be posting about what this journey is looking like. It might not be for you at all. But if you've been hearing whispers in the hidden corners of your mind, a beckoning in your heart, simply for more -- it just might be something you are can relate to. If you have been hearing the voice of the Beloved say, "Come closer, come higher" - it just might be we are sojourners together in this season.
I encourage you today to love Him, without restraint. To follow Him, without condition. To serve Him, without remorse. To throw your identity into Him so wholly you lose yourself. To stop worrying about the doing, and simply to exist in Him.
Sometimes I think my life plays out the same way. Every area of my life ends up being themed. Do you know what I'm talking about?
Thy Word is a Lamp unto my feet & a Light unto my pathTwo years ago it was about shaking off religion; God called our family to get to know Him without the trappings of religious cereomony. He challenged us to find Him for ourselves ... to press in, just us, and to find Him. It was an amazing experience, one I am well aware is not for everyone. During that year, He called us out of a church we enjoyed and into the vast unknown. We thought He was leading us to a new body, and He did - in His time.
There were many weeks that we sat on our patio, eating brunch on a Sunday morning, and just talking about where we were spiritually and what we were learning about God. Faith took on a whole new perspective without someone spoon feeding us a couple times a week. If we didn't feed ourselves, we starved. And it showed. Spiritual nutrition became an elemental part of each day; it was critical that we dive into the Word and prayer. In the eight months of living that way, we grew exponentially. We heard His voice so much more clearly than we had in ages; we had to because no one else was there prompting us. We began to build relationships with believers in several different churches instead of just the one we attended. We began to value the Word, not as a precious addition to a part of a day, but rather as important as oxygen for survival.
God taught us during this season to pursue Him. Just as the prophet shared, we found God when we sought Him with all of our hearts (Jeremiah 29:13). God has told me that a mediocre faith is not acceptable. He has told me that a comfortable faith is not to be mine. Instead, He has demanded of me a radical faith.
Over the next several weeks, I'm going to be posting about what this journey is looking like. It might not be for you at all. But if you've been hearing whispers in the hidden corners of your mind, a beckoning in your heart, simply for more -- it just might be something you are can relate to. If you have been hearing the voice of the Beloved say, "Come closer, come higher" - it just might be we are sojourners together in this season.
I encourage you today to love Him, without restraint. To follow Him, without condition. To serve Him, without remorse. To throw your identity into Him so wholly you lose yourself. To stop worrying about the doing, and simply to exist in Him.
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