“Let all that I am praise the
Lord; with my whole heart, I will praise his holy name.” (Psalm 103)
How do we get back to the place where our hearts were only
about Him? How do we get to the place where we have burning hearts for the
Lord? To the place where our hearts are eager to know our Creator and love Him
with all that we are?
We are human, and we are broken. We seek security because we
like to be in control of our lives, and we find security in all the wrongs
things. We want to fit in with the world and our culture. We fight for success
and happiness over truth and joy. We forfeit things for the King to be “cool” and
appear that we have it all together. So how can it be that the pursuit of our
Creator is still so strong? He is constantly seeking us out.
Picture this:
A little boy is learning how to ride his bike. He starts off with training wheels and everything “feels” balanced and comfortable. He can control how fast or slow he goes because either way he won’t fall over... the training wheels have him! Hold up... now all of a sudden there is an option that he has to learn how to ride his bike with no training wheels. The boy complains and claims it is risky and wonders why anyone would want to ride without training wheels. Technically he could fall over and get hurt or ruin his bike?! But there is his dad who is telling the boy he will guide him and lead him and follow right behind him through this new “risky adventure.” The boy no longer has the security or balance that he once controlled. What made the little boy choose to take a risk when he didn’t know what would happen? He knew his dad.
A little boy is learning how to ride his bike. He starts off with training wheels and everything “feels” balanced and comfortable. He can control how fast or slow he goes because either way he won’t fall over... the training wheels have him! Hold up... now all of a sudden there is an option that he has to learn how to ride his bike with no training wheels. The boy complains and claims it is risky and wonders why anyone would want to ride without training wheels. Technically he could fall over and get hurt or ruin his bike?! But there is his dad who is telling the boy he will guide him and lead him and follow right behind him through this new “risky adventure.” The boy no longer has the security or balance that he once controlled. What made the little boy choose to take a risk when he didn’t know what would happen? He knew his dad.
We are all like this boy with the training wheels in times
of our lives… maybe all of the time. We want to be in charge. We put our hope
in ourselves and the security we have created. We fill our lives with things
that are meaningless, yet we are held back from freedom that Christ is offering
us. We play it safe, and we are hesitant to change. But what if we actually knew
our perfect Father? What if we were reminded of Him or even came to know Him
for the first time? What if we began to fully trust him? What if the church had
burning hearts for the Lord and wanted to take risks KNOWING that He is before
us, with us, and behind us? There
is wonder and adventure when we decide to follow God with all that we are.
My challenge for myself and for you is to really dig deep
into who we believe God to be… to ask God to reveal Himself to us… to pray for an
encounter with the Creator of the universe. To find out what it means to fully
trust the Lord wherever He may lead us.
That is going to change us. That is going to set our hearts
ablaze.
(Jesus set our hearts
on fire
for You and for Your glory.
Bring us to our knees and fill us to the brim
so that we are overflowing.
Reveal to us who you are
so that we may find out who we are.
Create in us a burning heart
that desires You and trusts You.)
for You and for Your glory.
Bring us to our knees and fill us to the brim
so that we are overflowing.
Reveal to us who you are
so that we may find out who we are.
Create in us a burning heart
that desires You and trusts You.)
P.S. this is a BEAUTIFUL song by Bethel that inspired me to
write this blog- give it a listen! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qv3-TDdD1pM
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