One day a few years ago as I was studying Psalm 38, the Holy Spirit penetrated deep into my heart as I read the above verse. Just a few little words but they exploded on impact.
"All my longings? Really, Lord.I spent quite a bit of time alone with the Lord that morning, searching myself, trying to see what He saw. It impacted me so much that I dubbed the year 2010 as "the year of longings." I dedicated the year to finding out what my true longings were.
They lay right there open before you?
As I was preparing this post to share with you, I once again searched my heart to see what my true longings are. I will share a couple with you.
I long to long to spend more time in His Word *sigh*
then I know I will do it--
The rest of that verse says "and my sighing is not hidden from you."--
Really, he makes note of every time I sigh.
I long to long to spend more intimate moments in silence with Him,
for if I long for this, I know that those intimate moments will come more often.
I long to know what He sees when He looks at my longings? Sometimes our hearts deceive us and we fool ourselves--sometimes we don't even know what our own longings are,
So, I long for God to show me what my real and true longings are.
"The good ones, Lord--I pray you will expand and bring me out into a spacious place where they can be generously shared and used for the upbuilding of others.So, my challenge to you would be--if you haven't already done it--
The ones that aren't so good--I pray you will remove--take them from me--cast them as far as the east is from the west."
Ask God to search you and show you what your real longings are--
Why is this important?
For one, if there are longings that are not pleasing to God, I can ask Him to remove them.
Two, it helps me refocus and pay attention to the things that really matter in my life.
It helps me simplify. And couldn't we all use a little more simplicity and focus in our lives?
God's Word is so full of everything I need, it totally astounds me. I love it when the Holy Spirit zeroes in highlighting a few little words. |
I'm so glad you stopped by. I pray God's richest blessings on you and yours this wekend.
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