I just read this post on my friend's blog, her name is Samantha Hartsough, and I was so greatly blessed. Hope you will be too.
Yesterday I was reading this verse, and I got teary eyed. I know that we have all heard it a thousand times, but it just struck me differently this time. I was sitting there thinking, "Wow, God would give me anything I want (as long as it is according to His will, of course)?" I was awe-struck that He would do that for me...would want to do that for me. But I think what made me teary eyed was that I didn't even know what I'd want to ask for.
So often I think I hammer God with requests, "God, please tell me what You want me to do with my life," "Where should I go to school?" "I need a job, Lord," "blah blah blah....gimme gimme gimme!" But for about 1 minute in my life (an all time record) my mind and spirit were still and I just sat there knowing that I had already been granted what I wanted: 'Jesus.'
I know it sounds so corny, and probably fake. It sounds like the good little Sunday school kid answer...but honestly, if you are in love with Jesus, it is something that you, too, have already been granted.
We do not even realize the magnitude of who Jesus is, what He does for us, and how He loves us. He is incredible, and we cannot even come up with words to describe Him. He knows our needs and our desires more than we understand them...and He has plans to fulfill them before we even recognize these needs and wants exist. He is amazing.
Before I was born...or any of you were born, God recognized that we had a need for a deep and intimate relationship that no other being could fulfill, so He sent His son to earth to be with us, live with us, and ultimately die for us...another need that He fulfilled before we knew we had the need. We all have a need for relationship and for a savior, and ultimately, righteousness and redemption--things that only Christ can fulfill. It is awe-some to me that there is only ONE that can fulfill these things, and that He would want to do them for me! It is amazing that He is the only one who is capable of fulfilling my every need, and that He can do these things, and more! I am truly blessed.
We get so caught up in what we want or what we think we need (not that some of those things aren't legit, don't get me wrong), but sometimes...and I know for me it is a lot of the time...I forget that all my needs have already been taken care of. I do not need to worry about how I'm going to pay for gas and groceries, where I'm going to school, or where Jon and I will live when we get married, God has already taken care of everything.
I sometimes forget what God has already done for me, too. I get one of my requests, and like a check list, I'm off to asking God for the next thing before I really take time to praise Him for how He just blessed me. I need to take more time to just sit and be thankful for what an awesome King I serve...and serves me. I need to be thankful that He has already fulfilled every need I have through the gift of salvation and a relationship with Him. How could it possibly get any better than that? It can't people. There is nothing greater than knowing Him.
I'm reminded of this song....
In the morning when I rise
In the morning when I rise
In the morning when I rise
Give me Jesus
Give me Jesus
Give me Jesus
You can have ALL this world,
Give me Jesus.
That is all I want, and all I need. Everything else will fade away. Everything else will lose its appeal over time. Everything else will be forgotten...but Christ's love and the relationship I will build with Him will last for eternity. What an Awe-some God...and what an incredible gift. A gift that keeps giving...need after need, desire after desire
Mathew 21:22--"If you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer."
Yesterday I was reading this verse, and I got teary eyed. I know that we have all heard it a thousand times, but it just struck me differently this time. I was sitting there thinking, "Wow, God would give me anything I want (as long as it is according to His will, of course)?" I was awe-struck that He would do that for me...would want to do that for me. But I think what made me teary eyed was that I didn't even know what I'd want to ask for.
So often I think I hammer God with requests, "God, please tell me what You want me to do with my life," "Where should I go to school?" "I need a job, Lord," "blah blah blah....gimme gimme gimme!" But for about 1 minute in my life (an all time record) my mind and spirit were still and I just sat there knowing that I had already been granted what I wanted: 'Jesus.'
I know it sounds so corny, and probably fake. It sounds like the good little Sunday school kid answer...but honestly, if you are in love with Jesus, it is something that you, too, have already been granted.
We do not even realize the magnitude of who Jesus is, what He does for us, and how He loves us. He is incredible, and we cannot even come up with words to describe Him. He knows our needs and our desires more than we understand them...and He has plans to fulfill them before we even recognize these needs and wants exist. He is amazing.
Before I was born...or any of you were born, God recognized that we had a need for a deep and intimate relationship that no other being could fulfill, so He sent His son to earth to be with us, live with us, and ultimately die for us...another need that He fulfilled before we knew we had the need. We all have a need for relationship and for a savior, and ultimately, righteousness and redemption--things that only Christ can fulfill. It is awe-some to me that there is only ONE that can fulfill these things, and that He would want to do them for me! It is amazing that He is the only one who is capable of fulfilling my every need, and that He can do these things, and more! I am truly blessed.
We get so caught up in what we want or what we think we need (not that some of those things aren't legit, don't get me wrong), but sometimes...and I know for me it is a lot of the time...I forget that all my needs have already been taken care of. I do not need to worry about how I'm going to pay for gas and groceries, where I'm going to school, or where Jon and I will live when we get married, God has already taken care of everything.
I sometimes forget what God has already done for me, too. I get one of my requests, and like a check list, I'm off to asking God for the next thing before I really take time to praise Him for how He just blessed me. I need to take more time to just sit and be thankful for what an awesome King I serve...and serves me. I need to be thankful that He has already fulfilled every need I have through the gift of salvation and a relationship with Him. How could it possibly get any better than that? It can't people. There is nothing greater than knowing Him.
I'm reminded of this song....
In the morning when I rise
In the morning when I rise
In the morning when I rise
Give me Jesus
Give me Jesus
Give me Jesus
You can have ALL this world,
Give me Jesus.
That is all I want, and all I need. Everything else will fade away. Everything else will lose its appeal over time. Everything else will be forgotten...but Christ's love and the relationship I will build with Him will last for eternity. What an Awe-some God...and what an incredible gift. A gift that keeps giving...need after need, desire after desire
