psalm 63:8

Soul On Fire

God, I’m running for Your heart
I’m running for Your heart
Till I am a soul on fire
Lord, I’m longing for Your ways
I’m waiting for the day
When I am a soul on fire
Till I am a soul on fire

Lord, restore the joy I had
I have wandered, bring me back
In this darkness, lead me through
Until all I see is You

Lord, let me burn for You again
Let me return to You again
And Lord, let me burn for You again
And let me return to You again

Third Day
Mac Powell, Tai Anderson, Mark Lee, David Carr,
along with Brenton Brown, Matt Maher

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Restore to me the joy of Your salvation.
Psalm 51:12 AMP

“To have found God and still to pursue Him is the soul’s paradox of love, scorned indeed by the too easily satisfied religionist, but justified in happy experience by the children of the burning heart” – A. W. Tozer

This song has been stuck in my head for weeks. I finally gave in and decided to use it for my blog. Why was I so unwilling to write about it? I am not sure. I want to believe I am longing for His ways instead of my own. But perhaps I am not….

We are all pursuing something. We are chasing after dreams and desires, seeking to secure the things we are passionate about. Sometimes pursuing our own goals and pursuing God become mutually exclusive. We run hard after success and security. And sometimes along the way we lose our joy and our passion for God. We become consumed by obtaining more worldly wealth and lose sight of our eternal wealth.

Why do we waste our time running after things that will never satisfy us? Too often it takes a disaster, a tragedy, a major loss or failure for God to regain our attention. It would be so much easier on us if we would continually seek revival in our souls…if we made a conscious decision daily to run hard after God.

Matthew Henry stated,
“Wherever there is true grace there is a desire for more grace.”
King David put it like this,
“My soul follows hard after You: Your right hand upholds me.” (Psalm 63:8)

We should be hot on the heels of God—earnestly, and expectantly, seeking Him. It requires effort and endurance on our part but the rewards we reap cannot be counted or contained.

Maybe this song has been stuck in my mind as a personal reminder to be running after God’s heart. Maybe it is to bring me back from my worldly wanderings and restore the joy that can only be found in an intimate relationship with God. Perhaps this song will remain in my mind and in my heart until I, again, have a soul on fire.

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Lord, please help me return to You again. Restore my joy, let it abound in me. May I daily run hard after Your heart and may Your right hand uphold me. In Jesus’ name, Amen – it is so!

Quenching Your Thirst

I am single. Some days, I feel like being single is a blessing. Some days, I am content. Other days (oh! those other days!), I feel like being single is a curse, a punishment, and the absolute worse thing a person could have to endure.

Being single—despite thinking it is sometimes—is not a curse and it is not something I can “fix.” Being single is not a problem that needs to be resolved…it is a season to be embraced. During this time I have learned to embrace being alone. (And when I say alone, I mean the absence of another person.) I’ve learned much about myself and being alone (although, I fought at first) has pushed me closer to God. I have learned to rely on Him in ways I don’t think I would learned without this season of singleness.

This burning desire to be married and have my own family can consume me at times, if left unchecked. After all, it is not wrong to want a family. However, the Lord has taught me much about maintaining the proper priority when it comes to desires. This unsatisfied desire has allowed me to thirst for the Lord more.

O God, you are my God; I earnestly search for You;
my whole body longs for You in this parched and weary land where there is no water.
Psalm 63:1

I am learning to search for the Lord when my despair over my singleness is overwhelming.

Not people.
Not my single friends who agree with the unfairness of singleness.
Not my well-meaning married friends who, lovingly, speak out one or all of the many given lines available about how waiting is “sooooo” worth it.

My soul clings to You; Your right hand upholds me.
Psalm 63:8

The Lord is the only one who can wrap me in His loving arms and make everything better. Some nights I cry to Him—literally cry—and He always reassures me that He has a plan…an awesome plan.

Regardless of whether you are in a season (a LONG season) of singleness, or infertility, or financial struggle, or health issues…let Him quench your thirst, your desire, whatever it may be.

He can.

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Thank you, Lord, that I am given the opportunity each day to know that You are God—the God…the God that has the plan…the God that is holding my hand…the God that is leading me along the path of life that is before me….the good God who does not cause adverse circumstances and who does punish or bring us trials…the good God who says I can walk you through anything life brings your way, if you’ll only trust me…the good God who provides us with all we need to be more than conquers…the good God who shows us there IS a “happily-ever-after.” Ultimately, regardless of our current situations, we win. (And how can we lose, when we’ve already won.) Thank You, Lord. In Jesus’ name, amen.

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