I few days ago, I made a decision. A decision to live my life sold out for Christ. As a Christian, I have been following him, and working towards an intimate relationship with him. But being SOLD OUT for Christ, and being a good little Christian are two radically different things. My heart has been unsettled ever since. I can't drink in enough of him. Fighting between tiredness and spending time with my Jesus. Fighting between lifes demands and Jesus. I finally understand the difference between Mary and Martha. I have been a Martha Christian for a long time. But today, I want and long to have Mary's heart.
I want nothing but Jesus.
Today my heart dances for him here.
It is a place I have tasted.
It is a place I have visited,
but not a place I have stayed.
So here I am.. I want to live in this place. Build my house here. Raise my kids here. This place of such utter unsettled desperation for Christ, that my only fear is that it will go away and I will become complacent again.
I NEVER Want to be complacent again! NEVER!
Imagine if we began to live our lives with the kind of fire that resonates in God himself. What happens if we begin to walk in those passionate footsteps everyday?? Gods hand, his HOLY PRESENCE itself, resides in each one of us. Yet we allow ourself to become apathetic. To Doubt. To hate. To be bitter. To be unforgiving.
What happened if you stopped what you were doing, got on your knees and begged God for his passionate spirit, his passionate heart, his desires, his love, and you meant it? How many times have you prayed and not meant it? How many times have you asked for him to change you and not meant it?
What would happen if you meant it? What would happen if you could wake up everyday, and your heart was on fire for him? If all your worries didnt matter anymore.... if what you wanted, and couldnt afford, didnt matter anymore? If the car that always acts up, didnt matter anymore? If the job you hated didnt stress you out anymore?
HE WANTS TO GIVE YOU THAT KIND OF PASSION! NO MORE SHALL HIS PEOPLE LIVE IN FEAR AND ANGUISH AND WORRY! Embrace him... truly. Beg for him. Make it all about him, and you wont have to worry about how you are going to get through the next devotional. you wont have to worry about how you are going to sit through another sermon, another prayer meeting, another... anything.
He will CHANGE YOUR LIFE!
He will ROCK YOUR WORLD!
He will START AN UNQUENCHABLE FIRE IN YOUR HEART!
Do not be afraid.
But the Lord of Hosts, HIM you shall HONOR as HOLY. Let HIM be your fear, let HIM be your dread. Isaiah 8:13
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