Speechless.

Do you ever have those mind-blowing, gob-smacking moments when Jesus comes into your life and just sweeps you off your feet?

They're wonderful, and slightly terrifying at the same time.

So often we try to contain God. Shove him in a box of appropriateness and social-acceptability.
We limit God to heaven, and separate the world from the spiritual. And isn't that just depressing? If we separate the world from the spiritual, and if we live in the world, then we are essentially separating ourselves from God.

But i tell you, God is not limited to heaven. God is EVERY WHERE. He is so  BIG and AWESOME and POWERFUL that if we caught just a glimpse of him, we would be throw off our feet. And we'd never want to get off the ground.

There is something so majestic and wonderful about our God. Something so dangerous and unsafe that sends thrills up my spill. And my oh my, God is THRILLING.

I pray that all Christians will unleash God from the prison in their minds. Allow him to work to his full capacity.
Because we cannot serve a God that we constantly belittle.

One of the things that I have been convicted of lately, is to thank Jesus in absolutely everything.
Praise Jesus, we are saved from death! Nothing can stop us and nothing can separate us from the love of God! How can that not make you jump up and down and do cartwheels. Doesn't it just get your heart racing, you spirit soaring and your head spinning?!

Paul in the face of opposition and pain still cried out in thanks to the Lord. Jesus praised God even in the face of the cruelest possible death! That is because they had their eyes fixed on eternity. In the midst of evil, they saw the overwhelming love of God, and were captivated by it. And Jesus was captivated by us. Wowowowow. Jesus was captivated by us!

If God made man in his own image, I wonder if that means in his physical image, or his spiritual image... or both?
I believe both.
And that excites me to no end! If our humanity is a reflection of God, then we can catch a glimpse of God by looking at the way we were designed.
Our emotions in particular. It blows my mind to think that almost every emotion that we ever feel is a reflection of God. After all, God did give us the capacity to feel, right?
One of the things that is the most beautiful gift that God has given us, is the gift of love. Love for each other. Love for our parents, love for our siblings, love for our friends... and even that love for that special someone.

You know that feeling you get when they walk in the room. Your heart starts pounding. It feels like the inside of your chest is swirling in excitement. You can't stop thinking about them. They posses every one of your thoughts. It excites me that this is a reflection of God too.

God gets those crazy feelings for us too! When we come near to him, his heart pounds! He longs for us!
He longs to be romanced by us! He longs to be near to us!
That just blows my mind.
It took me a while to get my head around the need for worship. I am a pray-er, a reader and a do-er. I wasn't really a worshiper. I thought "God knows how much I love him. God knows he's awesome. God knows I'm thankful". But woah, how my mind changed when I realised he feels the way I do.
Of COURSE he knows hes awesome, but he wants to HEAR it, like the rest of us. He knows exactly the extent of my love for him, but by golly, he wants us to romance him.
My saviour wants me to chase after him and long for him too!
Doesn't that just make your spirit soar? He loves us that much that he actually wants all of our heart.

Many times I have cried in my room, whinging to the God of the universe that I can't FEEL him. Complaining that i can't feel his presence.
I'd ask him to come back to me, and accuse him of leaving my side.
But then I realised: It is never God who moves.

It is always me. I am the one who redirects my heart from God. Even if my mind is on God, my heart may lie elsewhere. I visualise the situation being reversed.
Me, idolising earthly things, turning my heart from God. Then God, crying asking "Why can't I feel you, ? Why can't i feel your presence?"

 It is always me who moves.

Welcome

Hi!

Welcome to my blog.

The Christian life is narrow and difficult. It is so so so hard.
But is the most beautiful, amazing and rewarding thing in the world.

So many Christians these days live cold, routine lives. Their Christianity is limited to the church and their hearts are far from captivated by the love of Jesus.
God is distant. God is their secret. Christianity is hobby. Jesus is a great man.

I'm not judging Christians, I am the same as the worst of you. I just think it's wrong, and something has to change.

Jesus needs to be unleashed! All of Gods power has to engulf to world!
And most importantly, the church much be captivated by the love of Jesus.

I'm blogging to highlight my struggle to live a life that glorifies the one who gave it to me in the first place.