Want more?

Lately I have realized that many things in my life have become very familiar to me… I usually do most of the cooking at home and I feel like sometimes there are only so many meats you can use. Beef, Chicken, Pork, Fish. Now I know that there are various recipes I can try a variety of ways to make things that would mix things up but that takes effort, and I don’t really want to give that…

I wonder sometimes with our connection to God if we don’t treat Him the same way. Some have heard the stories, the stereotypes about Church, maybe even seen the failures from others… Nonetheless it’s the same god (little g intentional) that we have become familiar with. You can read His word to figure out truth, you can look into things than take people at their word or to rightly handle their failures but that to takes effort, and if I don’t care to cook in multiple ways, I sure won’t seek after the truth.

Maybe it just doesn’t interest you. Maybe you have it figured out. Maybe life is moving to fast…

However the truth is that God is bigger than that. He is much more awesome. Our stories don’t do Him justice and not seeking Him daily keeps us disconnected from who He really is. God has never had an identity crisis, but rather is waiting for us to acknowledge who He really is.

I am not sure about you… BUT I want more from my relationship with God. I want an intimacy with the Creator of the Universe that would dramatically and radically change my life. I want to know that everyday I am being made more in His image, and that His awesomeness is reflected in my life…

Simply… I want more… So I will seek after Him

Psalms 8:3-4
When I look at your heavens, the work of your  fingers,
the moon and the stars,  which you have set in place,
4  what is man that you are  mindful of him,
and  the son of man that you  care for him?

Acts 17:26-27
And he made from one man every nation of mankind to live on all the face of the earth,
having determined allotted periods and the boundaries of their dwelling place,
27 that they should seek God, and perhaps feel their way toward him and find him.
Yet he is actually not far from each one of us,

Learning to Seek, Trust, Obey and Pray (A Study in Nehemiah)

From the Book of Nehemiah

It is quite common that throughout life we will struggle in a few areas

Direction, trusting, submission and communication.

 

 

Often times we find it cloud on this journey called life. At various times one can struggle with where they are headed… (Direction)

On this journey many people come and go, in fact ALOT of people. We get hurt over and over, and the question develops, Can we really trust people? (Trust)

Ok so we have some good advice. There is a plan that has a chance to work. Will I really give in? Can I really find myself putting my hands in someone else? I don’t want to listen, I want to just do because I KNOW WHAT’s RIGHT!…  (Obey)

Communication is critical in any relationship. In fact without any number of participants will fail. To understand what ahead one must talk to the one that has been there. (Pray)

You know I remember the first time I was getting my apartment in Binghamton, NY. I was a sophomore at Binghamton University and ready to move off campus. A friend and I decided to move off together and split the cost… Long story short, I found out after I had officially given up my housing on campus that my “friend” never was going to move and thought it was just a “cute” idea. NOW IM SCRAMBLING to find a place on my own. EVERYBODY and their mother was trying to give me “advice” on what to look for, how to go about it. Some of it sounded foolish, some of it was solid.

In the end I thought, I know what I want in a place. I lived in NYC for years, plus I’ve been to a bunch of friends homes that sucked… I got this… Needless to say my first place was miserable. It was an attic turned into an apartment over 1000 years ago… However it was cheap and I thanked God for it.

Like most people I figured I have life figured out for where I am, and no one can make a better decision about this than me… Well that’s not exactly true….

I had no clue where I would end up, or what was ahead. I also felt like I couldn’t trust a soul because during this time multiple people had tried taking advantage of me. However I have learned (Nehemiah teaches) that Seeking direction from God is key. We may think we know where we are headed but He knows for sure. Once we begin seeking God we have to Trust Him that He he leading us in the right direction. Afterwards one must Obey the plan that He has laid out before us. Submission it hard for most and therefore we learn “the hard way”. Throughout it all we must keep a constant prayer life. This is simple communication between Creator and creation, God and us so that we can continue to work through life with His guiding hand.

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