You Can Take the World, Just Give Me You

"you can take the world, just give me you...the world is not enough for me"
[Take the World, Tim Hughes]
What a simple song, with such a powerful message. Although food, tv, & facebook are not my whole world they do make up a big part. So as I enter hour 13 of my 48 hour fast I am praying that God will take these things & just give me HIM.
It's funny, if I start to crave one thing my mind tells me to distract myself with one of the others.. FOR EXAMPLE, my stomach is growling so my mind tells me that I should just get on facebook or watch a movie to distract myself. That is the exact reason that I am fasting from all 3 things at once. I don't want to just distract myself with other things of the earth because then I would be missing the point. I don't fast to practice will power or discipline, I fast to have more time to spend with my Father. I fast to take my focus off the things of the earth & to give my full attention to God.
So here I am with some free time, normally I would be eating lunch & watching tv, but now I have free time to spend with God & with His Word. I don't have any plans for another 3 or 4 hours & its almost weird for me to think I'm going to spend this with God. I know that sounds bad, but its almost like I've gotten into this habit of scheduling God in at certain times of my day/week/month/year.
I spend time with God in prayer right before bed, I spend time worshiping & learning about Him at church on Sunday mornings & Wednesday evenings, I spend a little time in His Word [almost] every night before bed, & then the occasional conversation I have with Him throughout my day.
The thing is, God is ALWAYS there & He is ALWAYS wanting to spend time with us. It's not like a telephone conversation where our "amen" is the phone hanging up...God is still there, He never hangs up.
I think it is so crucial for us to recognize this in our daily lives with Him. He is not a genie who magically appears at your side when you rub the lamp, HE IS ALWAYS WITH YOU.
That's a pretty awesome concept in and of itself, God, the creator of the UNIVERSE, is always with you, wanting to spend time with you, wanting to teach you & love on you.
What an amazing gift, He is literally by our side, holding our hand through life. Every day, every up & every down.
Wow.
God is already opening my heart up so much & it's time for me to go feed my soul and spend some quality time with my Father.
I will post again tonight!

Love ya'll.
-B