By A Schwarz
What would we be like if we lived a life of undivided focus on Jesus alone; If we were to throw away all other pretenses, and misconceptions, and blinders and pursue only Him? Would we not find Him, and would we not be overwhelmed with His presence?
What would we be like if we lived a life of undivided focus on Jesus alone; If we were to throw away all other pretenses, and misconceptions, and blinders and pursue only Him? Would we not find Him, and would we not be overwhelmed with His presence?
In Psalms, King David
expresses this deeply rooted desire to seek after God, to be consumed by Him;
“One thing I ask of the LORD, this is what I seek: that I may dwell in the
house of the LORD all the days of my life, to gaze upon the beauty of the
LORD,” “My heart says of you, “Seek his face!” Your face, LORD, I will seek,”
“I have sought your face with all my heart;” “My soul faints with longing for
your salvation, but I have put my hope in your word,” “As the dear pants for
streams of water, so my soul pants for you, O God. My soul thirsts for God, for
the living God.” Psalm 27:4,8; Psalm
119:58; Psalm 119:81; Psalm 42:1-2...
Not just a simple
desire to know God, but to Yearn for Him, to “faint with longing,” for it
to be the sole passion of our lives. David describes God’s presence as anything
BUT simple. It is overpowering beyond anything we can even compare to; “Deep
calls to deep in the roar of your waterfalls; all your waves and breakers have
swept over me.” Psalm 42:7. Think of Victoria Falls or Niagara Falls, and
imagine standing directly underneath it and being consumed by its waters. God
is even more than that! If we long to seek His face and His face alone, try to
fathom the intensity of His glory! It is unimaginable and incomparable to
ANYTHING we can even think of! Don’t you want to experience that love here on
Earth?
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