"Many of us believe we have as much of God as we want right now, a reasonable portion of God among all the other things in our lives. Most of our thoughts are centered on the money we want to make, the body we aspire to have, the spouse we want to marry, the kind of person we want to become… But the fact is that nothing should concern us more than our relationship with God; it’s about eternity, and nothing compares with that. God is not someone who can be tacked on to our lives."
//Francis Chan; Crazy Love
Today, I'm reminded again that there are so many more things waiting for me beyond this earth and this life. That truly, there can be nothing else that I desire in the world, besides you. You are all I need, all I long for, all that will sustain me. I've lost count of the times I've been distracted, misled, sidetracked but again I will say to you;
Don't be tacked onto the fringe of my life, come and be the centre of it all.
"Let me find You in the desert, till this sand is holy ground; And I am found completely surrendered, to You my Lord and Friend; So let me say how much I love You, with all my heart I long for You; For I am caught in this passion of knowing this endless love I've found in You."
//Just Let Me Say; Hillsong (Daniel Choo cover)
We were at prayer meeting ytd and when this song came on, for some reason, I felt a very strong urge to kneel down. So I did and amazingly, people around me also got down on their knees. It reminded me of my first love, of when I was twelve and I had just come back from camp and I was bursting with His goodness, filled with the urge to just share with everyone how wonderful He is. It also reminded me of just how much more of my life I need to surrender to Him. For if he has given up everything for me, he deserves everything that I have.
Of course I know it is not easy. I shared with the prayer comm. that every Wed, I feel a very strong restlessness, a strange urge to stay at home and just laze around. But I know that if I go for prayer meeting, I will be ministered to, I will meet him face to face, I will be reminded that He really is my greatest reward. It's just sometimes my worldly part takes over and tries to distract me with FB, Youtube, gossip, shows, everything under the sun.
So I just wanna say that if you are going through this struggle, of wanting to be completely surrendered to God but fighting with worldly desires, don't give up! When you find the secret place and look full into his wonderful face, you will be reminded that nothing tastes as sweet as the Lord.
:) With that, I go with an expectant heart to Arise & Shine Camp 2012. Great things are going to happen in your church, oh Lord. I can hardly wait.
"Many of us believe we have as much of God as we want right now, a reasonable portion of God among all the other things in our lives. Most of our thoughts are centered on the money we want to make, the body we aspire to have, the spouse we want to marry, the kind of person we want to become… But the fact is that nothing should concern us more than our relationship with God; it’s about eternity, and nothing compares with that. God is not someone who can be tacked on to our lives."
//Francis Chan; Crazy Love
Today, I'm reminded again that there are so many more things waiting for me beyond this earth and this life. That truly, there can be nothing else that I desire in the world, besides you. You are all I need, all I long for, all that will sustain me. I've lost count of the times I've been distracted, misled, sidetracked but again I will say to you;
Don't be tacked onto the fringe of my life, come and be the centre of it all.
"Let me find You in the desert, till this sand is holy ground; And I am found completely surrendered, to You my Lord and Friend; So let me say how much I love You, with all my heart I long for You; For I am caught in this passion of knowing this endless love I've found in You."
//Just Let Me Say; Hillsong (Daniel Choo cover)
We were at prayer meeting ytd and when this song came on, for some reason, I felt a very strong urge to kneel down. So I did and amazingly, people around me also got down on their knees. It reminded me of my first love, of when I was twelve and I had just come back from camp and I was bursting with His goodness, filled with the urge to just share with everyone how wonderful He is. It also reminded me of just how much more of my life I need to surrender to Him. For if he has given up everything for me, he deserves everything that I have.
Of course I know it is not easy. I shared with the prayer comm. that every Wed, I feel a very strong restlessness, a strange urge to stay at home and just laze around. But I know that if I go for prayer meeting, I will be ministered to, I will meet him face to face, I will be reminded that He really is my greatest reward. It's just sometimes my worldly part takes over and tries to distract me with FB, Youtube, gossip, shows, everything under the sun.
So I just wanna say that if you are going through this struggle, of wanting to be completely surrendered to God but fighting with worldly desires, don't give up! When you find the secret place and look full into his wonderful face, you will be reminded that nothing tastes as sweet as the Lord.
:) With that, I go with an expectant heart to Arise & Shine Camp 2012. Great things are going to happen in your church, oh Lord. I can hardly wait.
