Are you living? When asked, my first thought would be that you wanted me to jump out of an airplane or get into the forest and breathe the fresh air, feel the water from the stream between my toes or take a yoga class. To experience thrills and tranquility to be present in what surrounds me, to be “alive.”
You hear it a lot, be present.
When our society considers faith, they see restrictions and rules. But what if that faith that belief is what gives life? The next thrill will lead you to want more, more tranquility, more peace, more adventure. Even joy leads you to want more from the next experience, more from the people around you. It’s the ache for more that will never be satisfied. If this was the perfect birthday, you need more from the next one, more and more.
My life of more, more, more, left me exhausted and depleted. When I set myself aside and placed my “more” in my Savior, I began to live. Don’t think I didn’t fight it. I fought releasing control because I had fallen for the trick that I had better plans for my life than my God did. I had no idea the life He had waiting for me just over the fence…and this life of freedom in Him is a well that will not run dry.
This life gives more and more. It becomes sweeter with each step as we lean into Him. The more we lean into that relationship, the more depth He gives us because He is the only source that cannot be tapped out. Because He is the infinite source, this more cannot run dry. There is no worry that this will end. Therefore, I don’t need to grasp the joy and security of this world tightly between my fingers.
I will be with my Father forever, and in the shadow of his wings, I will thrive. No matter the circumstances of this world, no matter what I may lose or gain here, my God is forever. He is the lover of my soul and the sustainer of all things. From my Provider to my Sustainer, and in all things, I will walk with Him the God who knows His plans for me, and in His plans, I will trust.
This is the free life. Firm and steadfast, He is my anchor and my compass, in Him is a life that is lived.
