I read a Devotional the other day that said exactly what my heart has been feeling. Sometimes, a poem, song, or someone says exactly how you feel and there really isnt any other way to present it except how they said it. I think the cliche is, "I couldnt have said it better myself." Here is a partial quote from the devotional by Carrie Hudson: Context is Luke 7:36-38.
"To give myself completely to the Lord. To serve Him and love Him with my very best. To know who He truly is and weep for my destitution and sinful ways. To love the Lord with all abandon and care not what the world around me thinks as I throw myself upon His feet. To serve Him daily and keep my focus upon Him and Him alone. This became my prayer, to be like her to love like this.
The Lord loves to answer prayers like this. He began to change my heart. I became much more sensitive to my sin and I wept over my sin. My love for Jesus became so much more than what it had been in the past. I became completely amazed at the love of the Father. My heart was changed, I was being changed. I cried out for there to be less of me and more of Him." Carrie Hudson.
Recently in my prayer time I find myself on my face before Jesus asking how to know Him better. I know, through His word and prayer are two ways. See, we cant have anymore of the Holy Spirit. Jesus sent us all of the Holy Spirit, not part of the Holy Spirit. I have come to know Jesus through suffering and through joyous times. However, my heart longs to know Him more, better. To know His thoughts, his answers, his opinions, to know His embrace. This is where I am lead as I pray these days. I trust He is leading me into a path of righteousness like the Psalms say. Everything else I pray for seems secondary to knowing Him. And this is a good place for my sould / heart to be. So, I know I can't have more of Him, but I can know Him more, and rest in the freedom He has give me. Overall, my heart longs for His companionship.
I want to know Jesus more, but I know I will never be satisfied with not knowing Him enough. I have found that by giving my life away is one way to experience Christ. Reading His word and just getting on my floor and praying is another way to know Him better. But my heart longs for more. So, until the day He and I meet, I will continue to do what I am doing. Thanks for reading...
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1 comments:
That is very encouraging... thanks for sharing that passage and your thoughts.
Since I've known you I can see in your heart a desire to know Him more. As you are striving to grow closer to Him... you are actually encouraging other men (like me) to come with you.
May God bless you with more sweet times with Him.
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