Dream Breakers..Heart Chasers..

Dreams.

Favor.

Life.

Love.

There is a quote by C.S. Lewis that I saw earlier this week that really stuck with me it quite simply stated:
     
          He who has God and everything else has no more than he who has God only.

He who has God and everything else has no more than he who has God only..Wow.. that's one I have to read slowly and quietly and over again. What's sad, is that most of us don't believe that..because if we did we would live very differently. I heard a well known fighter named Forrest Griffin say something on a podcast the other day that really stuck with me.. I can't quite remember the exact question he was asked but it had something to do with accolades and awards and if he were to go on and train again and win again..how would it make him feel.. and his reply was "The extraordinary becomes ordinary" He went on to say that he had heard several guys say after they had won huge fights that they felt no different. He said we all expect to "feel" different when we get to a certain place in life whether in award or stature and you don't necessarily. It's not to say that hard work is wrong at all! Work hard be the best you can be but realize that if your identity is in what you can accomplish you will never be fully satisfied.

Which brings me back to my original intent of this blog, we have been conditioned to believe in our society that once we reach a certain spot on the ladder we will be satisfied. Once we get accepted in that certain group of individuals we will be satisfied. Or hey what about this once we get Married our needs will be met.

False.

I think marriage is great just like the next person but it has become such a main focus in the Christian community that in a lot of ways it has caused us to forget our first love.

Here's a thought: What if you, yes you, never get married?

It's a weighty statement I get it.  The Lord gave me a heart for marriage at a very young age.. I mean young young age. However a few weeks ago I found myself in a situation where I sensed that the Lord wanted me to use Hannah's example and give Him back the very precious gift He had entrusted me with and to leave it in the temple..to leave it in His courts.

If you are unfamiliar with the story about Hannah you can find it in 1st Samuel starting in Chapter 1.
To give you a brief synopsis Hannah was barren and brokenhearted for she deeply desired children weeping and crying out for the Lord to open her womb..

     She was deeply distressed and prayed to the Lord and wept bitterly. And she vowed a vow and said, "O Lord of hosts, if you will indeed look on the affliction of your servant and remember me and not forget your servant, but will give your servant a son, then I will give him to the Lord all the days of his life..

So it goes on and the Lord granted Hannah's request and she honored her vow. When Samuel was weaned she brought him to the temple and left him under the care of Eli whom was a priest. Can you imagine though, for years and years and years she had wept and cried out for a child and she finally gets what she desires only to turn around and not get to raise him. If I put myself in that moment I wonder what it must have felt like the moment Hannah left the temple. Was she moved with emotion? Was it hard for her to walk down those steps and not run back in as she heard the cries of her child? Probably so. However she had made a vow of obedience and now she was honoring it, and that is so powerful. Obedience is key, always.

So I became like Hannah and I layed down my rights to marriage. I recognized that my ultimate call in life, my ultimate destiny is Jesus.  I get the honor to live life with the King in His temple, in His courts. He satisfies me. No, I mean really..He actually satisfies me.

    You make known to me that path of life; You will fill me with joy in your presence, with eternal pleasures at your right hand. Psalm 16:11

So I encourage you, especially if you are young, to go on an adventure with the King. Fall in love with the King. Place your identity in the one who wrote out your days. Stop waiting for a significant other to do for you what only Christ can.

Love is here. Love is now. His name is Jesus.