Just Give me You!

A while ago my daughter put this song on her blog as a favorite. More and more as this journey called life continues, these words ring so much more true. Do you realize that God knows all of our crap and still wants to be our friend? Seriously blows me away. He is not looking for perfect but for passionate. That is a question to ponder. We all know that we are not perfect, as much as we try not to sin and do bad things, we end up doing them anyway. If I could look you right in the eyes, right now, I would remind you (and myself) the deep longing love that Jesus has for you. Jesus longs to spend time with you and for you to hang out together. You may wonder "what does that look like? How do I do that?" If we look at the example of David in the bible, notice that he was always inquiring of the Lord. Every time something new was happening he was seeking the Lord's direction. He knew that he would receive direction from Him, but he needed to spend time with him. He was passionate for that relationship, amidst his failures.

Have you spent time getting to know God? I heard in a bible study this morning "The more you know God, the more you hear God." This begins with study in His Word. Ask God to reveal himself to you before you begin to read. Ask him to teach you and show himself to you as you read. Then pray to him - it matters not your posture - standing, sitting, laying down - he just wants to hang out with you and for you to know his presence.

It doesn't matter what the world brings, all we need is Jesus. You could give me all the riches and stuff in this world but that would bring no satisfaction. God has stripped away so much of what the world sees as securities in my life - a home, posessions, a steady job with a steady paycheck ...he is allowoing me the opportunity to trust him like I have not had to before. To rely completely on him. As I blog I thought of Cindy Lou Who from "The Grinch". With all the presents and hustle and bustle of Christmas she simply said "Isn't this just a little superfluous?"

The World is not enough for me.
You can take the world.
Just give me you.

Put your hands up and surrender control to the Almighty God. Surrender your life and all of who you are to the God that moves mountains.