I've hit a wall with my relationship with God. Actually, more like I've crashed into a wall. Truth is this last month God has really done some awesome things in my life; brought me some amazing new friends, helped me realize some powerful truths, & most importantly, brought me closer to Him. And I was on a spiritual "high" until this past week & then came the wall..
I crashed into it & with every day pieces of this wall continued to fall down on me.
So here I am, desperate for God.
My heart is starving for Him & I realize [now as I'm typing] that this wall is here for a purpose. God wants us to forever starve for Him & if we get to content in our lives & our relationships with Him, that starvation turns into more of a light grumble..
So after I cried for a bit & played spider solitare while listening to Starfield on repeat, I decided to listen to one of my favorite pastors, Todd Phillips.
He is a pastor at a church in the DC area & is really awesome & teaching God's Word.
Here is a link if your interested in checking out some of his sermons:
http://www.frontlinedc.com/pages/page.asp?page_id=122451&id1=412&id1t=c&id2=3753&id2t=i
ANYWHO, I ended up listening to his sermon about fasting and was very intrigued by it. As a Christian, I feel like fasting is something we don't talk about very often despite how often it appears in the Bible. As I listened, I immediately recognized that this is something I want to include in my journey with God. As you may or may not know, fasting isn't necessarily about not eating [as I had always thought]. We fast from things in our lives that tend to take up our time & focus in order to use that time to spend with God [whether it be reading & studying His Word or talking & praying to Him].
So midway through his sermon I started to think about the things in my life that I tend to spend time & energy that could be better spent with God and I came up with 3 things; Food, TV, & Facebook [sad, but true]. Once I decided on these 3 things, I decided I wanted to start with a 2 day fast. 1 day didn't seem sufficient but 3 days seemed impossible [at least to start].
Which then brought me to this blog...I truly want these 2 days to be spent with God & I want to allow Him to use me & mold me in that time. So I wanted to write this blog. I don't know that I'm writing it for other people as much as I'm writing it for me BUT I don't think it hurts to share my experience.
So starting at 12AM [52mins] my 2 day fast from Food, TV, & Facebook will begin.
And at 12AM[now51mins] my 2 day REVIVAL with God begins.
I truly pray that God will use these 2 days & give me that starving heart I once had.
Love You Guys.
-B
Saturday, December 4, 2010
A Content Heart is NOT a Starving Heart
Posted by Starving Heart at 7:37 PM
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