Hungry

I've been hungry lately. 

I don't mean physically hungry, because trust me, I've gotten my fill this month between Thanksgiving and Christmas.

No, my friends, I mean the ultimate and most painful kind of hunger. 

The hunger for God's Word to saturate my mind.

The hunger for God's presence to throw me to my knees.

And the hunger for a lost world to fall so deeply in love with it's Creator, that it freaking hurts lately. 

I am so hungry. I'm hungry for Christ-followers to start denying what they want, and do whatever it takes to drive a life-altering Truth into the lost, not in a Bible-thumping, intimidating, arrogant loser- sort of way, but in a loving unconditionally, so full of light despite life's darkness attacking - sort of way. 

I yearn to see passionate people giving up the fights within the church body, to pursue the battle that lies before us in this world in bringing the message. 

I am famished by the lack of faith and passion portrayed around me. For the love, quit fighting the battle of what your cozy church, life, job, spouse, children, home, programs, look like and SEEK FIRST the Kingdom! Surrender all of those things in His timing for His sake, and let Him provide. 

NOW is the time to seek Him, to share His love, to fight the battle in His Name, and to chase passionately after Him. 

This world is temporary, you guys! How will we ever realize this, and then get others to, if we are busy making comfortable lives before surrendering to His mission for our lives? What do those who aren't following Christ think when we don't even pursue Him in our daily lives? Why would they want to jump into that? We could lose this whole world tomorrow, and then we're left with nothing. God is eternal. He has given me a unique look at how short and questionable this life is. Please, please, please, don't waste it. Life is not about cars, jobs, money, spouses, kids, houses, achievements, "success", but about a surrendering to His cause. 

Please don't hear me wrong- all of those things are not bad, but we are to SEEK FIRST the Kingdom of heaven, and these things will be added. 

So if you're spending your time hunting for a spouse, or getting to the top of the career ladder, or pouring every ounce of energy into a program that is precious to your agenda, or working to earning an achievement that isn't going to count once this life is over, I urge you to pour that time into a mission that has lasting, eternal ripples instead. First chase Him. Surrender it all to Him. Give it up for His path. Then allow Him to bring you all of those other wonderful things in His time. When your heart can be content where it is in Him first, then He will bring you the rest. 

Get moving and do something!