IF YOU ARE SEARCHING FOR GOD, HE IS IN YOUR HEART

5/8/2019

MY LIFE HAS CHANGED A LOT IN THE LAST FEW YEARS. I AM ON A GOD JOURNEY, AND IT IS TRULY COOL. IT HAS TAKEN ME A WHILE TO REALIZE JUST HOW MUCH I HAVE CHANGED AND I HAVE GROWN. THERE IS SO MUCH TO LEARN, AND IT TAKES A TRUE DESIRE TO NOT ONLY PUT TIME INTO IT, YOU ALSO HAVE TO DESIRE IT. YOU HAVE TO DESIRE IT WITH ALL YOUR HEART. THAT DESIRE HAS TO REPLACE A LOT OF OTHER THINGS IN YOUR LIFE, BUT IT MAKES YOUR LIFE SO MUCH RICHER, AND FULL OF JOY AND PROMISE.

I HAVE LITERALLY HUNDREDS OF THINGS THAT I WANT TO ASK GOD. OUR MINDS ARE VAST, THEY ARE LOGICAL, AND THEY GIVE VERY LITTLE GROUND TO MYSTERIES AND THINGS WE CAN’T UNDERSTAND. I NEED FACTS. I NEED LOGICAL SEQUENCES. THINGS NEED TO MAKE SENSE INTELLECTUALLY AND THEY NEED TO FIT THE PARAMETERS OF MY HUMAN INTELLIGENCE. THEY MUST MEET THE LAWS OF QUANTUM PHYSICS, SCIENCE, PHILOSOPHICAL TRUTH. IT HAS TO MAKE SENSE, AND I HAVE TO UNDERSTAND IT, OTHERWISE, IT MUST BE A MYTH, MADE OF FICTION, A STORY SOMEONE MADE UP. NO WAY IT CAN BE TRUE. THEN AGAIN, WHAT IS TRUTH ? IVE GOT IT. I HAVE TO BE ABLE TO ENGAGE MY SENSES INTO IT. TOUCH IT TASTE IT, SEE IT, SMELL IT, HEAR IT, AND THEN, I WILL KNOW IT IS REAL. IT SEEMS LIKE WE CAN WRAP OUR MINDS AROUND THE WHAT’S, HOW’S, AND WHEN’S OF LIFE, BUT THERE IS THAT ONE ITEM THAT IS MUCH HARDER TO ANSWER…..WHY ?

I AM WIRED AS A THINKER. IN FACT, WHEN OUR FAMILY WENT THROUGH A COMMUNICATION EXERCISE, I WAS DEFINED AS A LOOP THINKER. I AM THREE STEPS AHEAD OF WHAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT. ALREADY CONTEMPLATING WHAT WILL BE THE NEXT STEPS, THE NEXT QUESTION, THE NEXT ACTION. I LOVED THE SHEER CHALLENGE OF IT. THE THING WAS, IT MADE IT HARD TO COMMUNICATE WITH MY FAMILY SOMETIMES BECAUSE THEY WERE IN THE FIRST MOMENT, NOT 20 STEPS AHEAD. I LIKE THINGS TO MAKE SENSE. MY BRAIN IS WIRED LIKE A COMPUTER. I REMEMBER FACTS AND CONVERSATIONS, AND THINGS I’VE DONE FROM 40 + YEARS AGO. I LOVE HISTORY, I LOVE TO READ ,AND THE BIBLE IS THE MOST AMAZING STORY YOU COULD EVER IMAGINE. BUT YOU KNOW, THE BIBLE IS SO MUCH MORE THAN A STORY. IT IS A PICTURE OF GOD, AND US. THE JOURNEY OF RELATIONSHIP BUILT ON LOVE AND TRUTH.

YOU CAN LEARN A LOT ABOUT GOD IN YOUR MIND,…..BUT IF YOU REALLY WANT TO KNOW HIM, YOU HAVE TO ENGAGE YOUR HEART. I HAVE NEVER HEARD ANYONE SAY, “I WANT THIS WITH ALL MY MIND”. I HAVE HEARD THE WORDS, “ I WANT THIS WITH ALL MY HEART”, OR “ THIS IS MY HEART’S DESIRE”. OUR HEARTS ARE WIRED FOR GOD. IT IS WHERE HE COMES ALIVE IN US. IT IS WHERE HE HAS PLANTED THE SEED OF OUR LOVE FOR HIM, AND ALSO OUR LOVE FOR OTHERS. OUR HEARTS ARE LIKE HIS SON’S HEART. JESUS CAME TO HEAL, TO HELP, TO ENGAGE RIGHT VS. WRONG, TO TEACH, TO FORGIVE, TO SAVE, AND TO LOVE. NO MATTER WHO YOU ARE, HIS HEART IS ALL ABOUT YOU, AND HE DESIRES YOUR LOVE AND TRUST AND COMMITMENT.

TAKE YOUR TIME, AND CONTEMPLATE ALL YOUR MIND CAN TELL YOU ABOUT GOD THE FATHER, JESUS, AND THE HOLY SPIRIT, THEN ENGAGE YOUR HEART. YOU WILL FIND ALL OF THEM THERE, AND IT IS IN THAT PART OF YOU THAT YOU FIND THE SIMPLE FREEDOM OF FAITH. THE ABILITY TO BE LIKE A CHILD, AND JUST BELIEVE. THE WORLD AND CULTURE ARE GOING TO LABEL YOU A FOOL AND TRY TO USE EVERY ARGUMENT POSSIBLE TO CONVINCE YOU EVERYTHING YOU BELIEVE IS A LIE, AND YOU SHOULD DOUBT YOURSELF. BUT YOU WILL NOT SUCCUMB TO IT, BECAUSE GOD IS IN YOUR HEART. ONCE HE IS IN YOUR HEART, YOU KNOW THE TRUTH….AND NOTHING ELSE IS AS IMPORTANT AS BEING A ROYAL SON OR DAUGHTER OF THE KING, AND RESIDING IN HIS LOVE FOR YOU !

BE STILL AND KNOW THAT I AM GOD. I WILL BE EXALTED AMONG THE NATIONS. I WILL BE EXALTED IN THE EARTH. Psalm 46:10

I HAVE LOVED YOU EVEN AS THE FATHER HAS LOVED ME. REMAIN IN MY LOVE. WHEN YOU OBEY MY COMMANDMENTS, YOU REMAIN IN MY LOVE, JUST AS I OBEY MY FATHER’S COMMANDMENTS AND REMAIN IN HIS LOVE. I HAVE TOLD YOU THESE THINGS SO THAT YOU WILL BE FILLED WITH MY JOY. YES, YOUR JOY WILL OVERFLOW ! THIS IS MY COMMANDMENT: LOVE EACH OTHER IN THE SAME WAY I HAVE LOVED YOU John 15:9-12

HE CALLED A LITTLE CHILD TO HIM, AND PLACED THE CHILD AMONG THEM. AND HE SAID “ TRULY I TELL YOU, UNLESS YOU CHANGE AND BECOME LIKE LITTLE CHILDREN, YOU WILL NEVER ENTER THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN”. Matthew 18:2-3

MAY YOU FIND THE FAITH OF A CHILD, AND LET YOUR HEART SEE WHAT YOUR MIND CANNOT. GOD IS WAITING, RIGHT INSIDE YOUR HEART. PRAISE HIM JA