I Just Want To Be Where YOU Are!
I've been lax on my quiet times (**WOW! How often do I say this!**) so I've ONCE AGAIN decided that blogging them is the best way to hold me accountable. It's so ridiculous that I have to keep myself accountable to spending time with my Maker! It seems like I stay so busy that I dont "have time" - but that's a ridiculous excuse that I dare not even say because it's not true! You make time for the things that are important to you. You make time for those you love. I once read that a lack of quite times is not a scheduling problem, but a love problem. It seems as though I've lost sight lately of who I live for, of who I worship - who I serve!! I have a lot of down time at work, so I've decided to use that down time to pursue my Maker - this morning I read an article from Oswald Chambers. He says,
"The more you fulfill yourself, the less you will seek God." - and that is so true!! The more I seek to fulfill me - the more I focus on me, the less I focus on God! Wow, what a convicting statement! How did I get to this place where what I want is more important than what God wants! It's not something that happens all of a sudden: It's a SLOW FADE!! I am so glad that I serve a God who is not of this world - who loves me and pursues me even when I shove Him in a corner! Praise God that He does not waiver like me! He offers words of hope:
"Come, all you who are thirsty, come to the waters... Give ear and come to me; hear me, that your soul may live." (Isaiah 55:1a, 3a)
"Come near to God and He will come near to you. Wash your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double minded." (James 4:8)
"Humble yourselves before the Lord, and He will lift you up." (James 4:10)
"I can never live without it, and I'm never going to doubt it! Everyday it's new, yeah! There's nothing any better, I'll be singing it forever - I worship you! I just want to dive into your grace, I want to feel your presence, seek your face, I just want to be where you are" - Mercy Me
"The more you fulfill yourself, the less you will seek God." - and that is so true!! The more I seek to fulfill me - the more I focus on me, the less I focus on God! Wow, what a convicting statement! How did I get to this place where what I want is more important than what God wants! It's not something that happens all of a sudden: It's a SLOW FADE!! I am so glad that I serve a God who is not of this world - who loves me and pursues me even when I shove Him in a corner! Praise God that He does not waiver like me! He offers words of hope:
"Come, all you who are thirsty, come to the waters... Give ear and come to me; hear me, that your soul may live." (Isaiah 55:1a, 3a)
"Come near to God and He will come near to you. Wash your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double minded." (James 4:8)
"Humble yourselves before the Lord, and He will lift you up." (James 4:10)
"I can never live without it, and I'm never going to doubt it! Everyday it's new, yeah! There's nothing any better, I'll be singing it forever - I worship you! I just want to dive into your grace, I want to feel your presence, seek your face, I just want to be where you are" - Mercy Me
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