Are you hungry?

I just started to think about how the world might be if everyone were so hungry for God that the human mind couldn't even comprehend it. My desire always will be to remain hungry in my relationship with Him. There have been times where I've felt my relationship with Him is becoming sour and usually it was due to falling into routine and/or becoming comfortable. But after prayer and fasting and much grace and mercy, that intimacy that I enjoy so much eventually returned.

Candice posted a video about pouring out all that God has inside of us and using our gifts to change the world. I started to think about how the world would be if there was a pure and uninhibited hunger for God. Beyond the thoughts and desires of "What can He do for me?" but along the lines of "I just want Him for who He is!"

If only everyone pursued God as much as they pursued a relationship with a man or woman. People will go to the ends of the earth, sacrifice whatever it takes to win the heart of someone they want to call their own. What if people went after God that way? With the same diligence and determination. People will do whatever it takes to see the one they love smile. What if everyone desired more than anything to make God smile? People will do all they can do to try and change a person to fit what they desire. What if people turned to the perfect God and recognized that He already possesses every quality we could ever need.

Sometimes my heart aches for God. It sounds weird I'm sure but I think about how much He loves us and how undeserving we are. But what hurts me most is the way people treat Him. They go to Him when things are bad but fail to thank Him when things are good. They will choose a relationship with a human being over their relationship with Him. Their first thoughts in the morning are not of the ONE who woke them up but of the ones who texts them first or calls them first. God gets put on the back burner.

But what if, what if people refused to settle for relationships that pull them away from Him? What if people refused to go against God's will even if that means forsaking their own? What if people hungered for God and pursued God like their very own love story? Imagine how God would feel knowing that His children really do love Him?

God is SO desperate for us! And it blows my mind to realize that He just wants ME. In all my imperfections, disobedience, and missplaced steps, He still desires me. How painful would it be to not desire Him as well. Can you imagine? Sacrificing the best you have for someone you love so much who would rather give their heart, thoughts, and dreams to someone else? Or someone who only offers a fabricated form of love when they are in need of something? I hate the thought of God's heart being broken, even moreso the times I've broken it myself.

But I'm committed to remaining hungry. As I continue to grow spiritually, when my current season becomes comfortable, when I pursue my business, when my husband presents himself, when I have children, and when I get older, becoming familiar with God is not an option for me.

So I challenge everyone who reads this to give God a try and really open up your heart to Him. Not just half way or when it's convenient but really commit to Him and pursue Him in a way that will show Him that He is enough. God desires and is desperate for YOU. No relationship, habit, material item, or addiction can replace the fulfillment that God offers. When you're hungry for Him, He will fill that hunger.

I'll never be capable to be a complete reflection of the love He has for me but I can at least offer Him the hunger of my heart.

Matthew 6:33 "But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you."