Passion

Today I went to my women's life group but this week it was at the church and Zach Neese talked about Passion! He read from the Song of Solomon and talked about the women who responded to the knock at her door, in the middle of the night, when her love wanted to see her, and she responded with, well...I have taken off my robe, do I have to put it back on? I have washed my feet...do I have to soil them? She didn't respond with the same passion as her lover. Jesus pursues US with passion, he wants to KNOW us!! How do we respond to Him? Do we say well, I will have my "moment" with God when I am at church this Sunday, but do we realize that Jesus wants to have these "moments" with us when we least expect them! Maybe when we walk outside or see a beautiful sunrise, maybe when we are singing to praise music in the car. He wants to whisper things to us all day long, every moment is an opportunity to hear from God and seek him, but we have put them in the "Sunday" box. We say, " I will make time for you Sunday, God." I know I have done that...we get a sniff, just a tiny little sniff, or a goose bump, a little sense of his presence on Sunday and we will hold on to that to last us ALL week until next Sunday. WOW, I heard this today and it was FOR ME!! God wants MORE!!! He LONGS to be with us, to give more of himself to us and more of us to Him! I had a divine appointment today at Lifegroup, this was FOR ME! I have been going to church and getting a great sniff of his presence and maybe even at times had good intentions of leaving and spending time with Him throughout the week, but guess what happened. The worries and weights and cares of this world and just the DISTRACTIONS of my flesh have kept me from it. God is pulling on our hearts, He wants more, He deserves more. And if you are reading this right now...you are ready. I really felt God speak to me today and say something to me that I have known and heard a million times before but I got it in a new way today! He said...Lay down MORE of you (lay down my distractions, my worries, my weights) and then you can pick up MORE of me! Die to MYSELF, and have MORE of HIM! It's worth it...I know it is!! NOTHING can compare to what he has to offer me.

On a personal note, I just wanted to share this because I thought it was so sweet. At the end Zach said to pray and ask God how He sees us and also how He wants us to see Him. So I prayed and He told me that He sees me as a life-giver, that people seek after life...they are drawn to it and I am called to be a life-giver. (to me this means what I have known but he reiterated today-to encourage, edify,build up, praise other's) And that I am a precious gem to Him and I am one of a kind!! (that's how he sees you too) I asked Him how he wanted me to see Him and He said as a Shelter from the storm, a soft place to fall, a haven...that I am supposed to draw near to Him and he will equip me with what I need to take back out into the ugly, dark, disappointing world, and that when I go back to it after resting in Him, I will have what I need to deal with the trials and tribulations that I will have to face. So I encourage you to ask God this as well and let Him whisper this to you!! And lastly, I just want to pray over you what Zach prayed over us, which was that you will love God the least today...you will love Him more and more everyday and the distance between you from Him will shorten and shorten! Wow!! I hope this minister's to you as much as it did to me!!! Thanks for reading and letting me share it!!