I remember the devotion of your youth, how as a bride you loved me and followed me through the desert…My people have exchanged their Glory for worthless idols. Be appalled at this, O heavens, and shudder with great horror…They have forsaken Me, the spring of living water, and they have dug their own cisterns, broken cisterns that cannot hold water. Is Israel a servant, a slave by birth?…Consider and realize how evil and bitter it is for you when you forsake the Lord your God and have no awe of Me. Jer. 2:2-19
I have a tendency to become obsessed with things. Last year, God so amazed me with Himself that all of my other obsessions lost their appeal. He was all I could see. He became my obsession. He is the only One that is worthy of obsession. When I look to Him, He can truly satisfy me.
As I become involved with other things, serving Him, loving His people, I easily slip into the mode of allowing myself to be obsessed with other things again. No matter how hard I try, I cannot rescue myself. I know only My God can rescue me from this sin as I submit to Him.
God, help me only to look to You to be my Glory. Let me only drink from You. I know very well that my own cisterns that I have created are broken and leaking. I can never get enough. I know how evil and bitter it is for me to forsake You, for me to lose my awe of You. It makes me cringe to think of it.
Father, I know I have made myself a slave to things that cannot satisfy. You would not have Your people be slaves, but children of the King. I am helpless Father. Be my only water. There can be none other for me. But I have no power to defeat this enemy, my obsessiveness. My eyes are on You. Rescue me.
For we have no power to face this vast army that is attacking us. We do not know what to do, but our eyes are upon You…Do not be afraid or discouraged…For the battle is not yours, but God’s. 2 Chron. 20:12,15
i so enjoy reading your posts. Amen to what you have written! I am going to put you on my blog roll since your blog has become a regular visitation for me. God bless you!
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Thank you for your encouragement! It means so much to me. And thank you for putting me on your blogroll! God bless you, Tamela.
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Hey,
I remember when I was where you are. I still find myself there from time to time. But, as a new Christian, I was there all of the time.
Fortuanately for me, God introduced me to a new concept for me. That was to find him in history, archaeology and customs/traditions. That brought the Bible to life for me and hence God became more real as I was able to see that history had left his footprints on the earth. This is how I invest in my search for God.
Tamela and I accidentally discovered something of a game that we would like to invite you to join us on. I accidentally left some information out of a post. Then, I added the omitted text after I had received a certain number of post. I had to go to these people and tell them I accidentally omitted some information. As a challenge, I asked them to go back and find the text I omitted. And tell me if it was helpful to comprehension to find it.
So, today, I created a post that I deliberately omitted text. I will put it back on Monday. Will you consider joining us in our networking? Play our game, and if you like it, invite us to read your blog with the same rules.
The blog is at: http://deityquest-jeleasure.blogspot.com/2008/08/happiness-from-old-and-new-testament.html
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