A Love Worth My Pursuit

What if I told you that I knew exactly who you were destined to marry? 

What if this person, the one God has divinely chosen for you, were sitting beside me right now? Would you take a moment to enjoy the excitement that this statement brings and then move along with your day, or would you do everything in your power to learn more about the one who has become your fate? I know that if the tables were turned on me, I would want to know every little detail you could muster for me. What is he like? Optimistic?  Moody?  Comical? Strong-willed?  What are his interests? Where is he from? Most importantly, how deeply does he love the Lord?

This is exactly how we should respond to God… He is our Creator and any hope that we have in a future. He is our fate and yet, too often, we go about our lives as if it doesn't matter whether or not we really know Him. Let's assume we pray every day -and I mean really pour our hearts out to God. What does that leave us? Relieved? Yes, we should cast our cares on God, but what are we learning about Him in doing so? Our culture has taught us how to analyze ourselves, to solve our own problems, and to discover what makes us happy. Here's the ironic thing... God already knows all of this about us and more. In fact, He knows more about our hearts than we, or any other human, will ever discover. One of His many names is Counselor, which means that He is all-knowing, with a solution to every problem and compassion deeper than any pain. He knows everything about you from the hairs on your head, which He has numbered, to the toes on your feet. What's lacking in this relationship isn't what God doesn't know about you... it's what you don't know about Him.

Isaiah 54:5 says “thy Maker is thine husband…” If you are in Him, you are tied to Him in every way imaginable. He is your future. The love He has for you is stronger than death and sweeter than life. Does this leave you in awe of Him in even the slightest bit? We are all too often jaded by the world to truly see God for who He is, or to enjoy Him to the capacity that we are allotted as humans. 

What should we do about it?

 Worship. 

The realization of who God is, when I’m blessed enough to have it hit home, rocks me to my core and leaves me breathless. There is nothing left to do but to worship. 

In worship today, I journaled a little bit about who God is and what He has done:

“The only Holy One. The Great I AM. You took darkness and MADE light. 

You took nothing and made everything. You took sin and created holiness, righteousness, purity.

You took a forsaken, hell-bound people and crowned them with Your glory.

You took children of the world and gave them Your inheritance.

You took the record of every sin I’ve ever committed and with Christ’s blood, erased it all.

Though my life is like a flash in the night, You delicately hold my future in Your hands.

You care enough about Your people to tame the oceans, which tremble in fear at Your voice and immediately obey.

With one breath, You fill my lungs with life everlasting.

You took an unfaithful wretch seeking earthly lovers and made her Your bride.

King of kings, You came here to wash our feet. 

Most glorious of all, though beautiful and majestic, You were killed in the most gruesome of ways. On Your hands are the names of the men whose hands nailed Yours to the cross… not to condemn them, but to save them. 

You took the bitter, cold, solemn grave and made it jubilant, peaceful, and sweet. You took Satan’s last weapon- death- and brought us victory through it.”

Praise Him for all that He is: a love worth our pursuit.

“The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom.” –Psalm 111:10