Ever take on a project, \u00a0get halfway in and realize that what is required to finish the project is way beyond your time, skill set and knowledge? \u00a0For a moment, step back and take a big picture look at what God desires for humanity, what He wants us to experience in this life:<\/p>\n
This is but a small glimpse of what God has planned for those who love Him and are called to His purposes. \u00a0Try on our own to live out all these things for just one week and we are bound to feel just how much we are in over our heads and out of our depth. \u00a0But you gotta admit it sounds wonderful, doesn’t it? \u00a0 God made us wanting deep meaning, rich relationships, significant work and hearts full with wonder and joy. \u00a0He never meant for us to find any of it without Him (Matt 6:33, Psalm 37:4) but to find all of it IN Him and THROUGH Him (Col 1:16). \u00a0The desires in our hearts are meant to send us to Him. \u00a0Daily. \u00a0Hourly. \u00a0Minute by minute. \u00a0He put desires for all these things in our hearts and said, “Let Me show you the way to wonders beyond your wildest dreams” (John 14:6, 1Cor 12:4-6).<\/p>\n
But for many this is not how it looks or feels. \u00a0For many, life feels quite the opposite. \u00a0And the obvious question is “Why?” \u00a0Why aren’t I experiencing the riches God made me for? \u00a0This is a huge question that whole books are dedicated to answering, so what I will say next is only one piece of the answer. \u00a0It just so happens, though, it’s one piece you have a choice about today. \u00a0Our lives lack their fullness and wonder because we try to make life work on our own. \u00a0We don’t like to wait for or wait on God (at times it doesn’t even occur to us to consult Him) so we move ahead with our own ideas and strategies which actually move us away from what we want and need.<\/p>\n
I have been learning this lesson for decades, particularly with relationships. \u00a0I didn’t always know that my longing for connection was sometimes meant to move me towards people and other times meant to move me toward God. \u00a0He has firmly closed (sometimes barricaded) certain relational doors to help me to recognize when He is drawing me to Himself. \u00a0So when I pounded on those doors and no one answered it looked to me like I was unwanted. \u00a0Left out. \u00a0Invisible. \u00a0When in fact I was wanted and chosen … wanted and chosen by the Creator of the universe. \u00a0This misreading of my circumstance has had me spiraling miserably into deep doubt and despair so many times. \u00a0But now, when the desires for connection arise and I take the time to listen for what God would have me seek or pursue, I experience rich encounters, sometimes with God and other times with people. Not every time, of course. \u00a0There’s no formula here. \u00a0But in general, as a whole, my life continues to get relationally richer, as I increasingly turn to God with my longings. \u00a0And I absolutely see it to be true in the lives of those who come to see me. \u00a0God wants all of our lives to be full (John 10:10), and He is the love, power, perseverance and faithfulness needed to bring it about. \u00a0Desire Him. \u00a0Seek Him. \u00a0Trust Him.<\/p>\n
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