More books have been written about Jesus than about any other figure in history. More people have committed their lives to him than to any other religious leader. More people attend church services in America than go to football games. We were designed for the kind of intimacy with God that our first parents knew in the Garden, so our hearts will always yearn for him. Our longings to be loved, accepted, and wanted all stem from this fact. Our world is broken, not because our longings are wrong, but because we try to satisfy them everywhere but in God.
Here's a good way to start the week: give yourself the gift of a few minutes with the One who loves you. Begin with a moment of worship, as you "enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise" (Psalm 100:4). Now ask the Spirit to show you a longing in your heart that you are trying to satisfy outside of Jesus. Name it, and ask Jesus to meet it. Now do whatever you sense his leading to do—be still, read Scripture, take a walk, listen to worship music. Let the Great Physician heal that pain in your heart. Ask the One who fed the 5,000 to feed your soul.
And he will.
source: Denison Forum on Truth and Culture, Dr. Jim Denison, Mar 24, 2014
No comments:
Post a Comment