Thirsting
by Strahan Coleman
Of course this book is about the built in ‘want to’ within us to be with God. But what is wonderful and surprising is that it’s about God’s ‘want to’ in His heart to be with us.
“God wants you, pursues you, and wants to live inside you not to make you some kind of ‘host’ for His mission on earth, but to commune in the very depths of your soul where you are most naked, true, and alive.”
And this is what I’ve needed. Too often I get caught up in working for God instead of walking with Him. I am learning to be more still. I am trying to be quiet. I’m making space for that internal communion with Him. I find it unbelievable that He wants to be with me — for no reason. I am confronted with my ongoing need to try to earn this. He continues to remind me that His grace is opposed to earning, but not to effort.
My prayer for you today is that you recognize your thirst for sweet time alone with God. My prayer is that you wake up to His thirst for sweet time with you.