Do you have a passionate intimate relationship with God?
I wish I could answer this question with a confident and resounding Yes!
I would like to write to you proclaiming that my every breath is undeniably filled with God’s presence that saturates my entire being…. that my life is completely satisfied longing for nothing more when it comes to a relationship with our Creator.
However, I refuse to be a fake, so I choose to share my truth with you.
Many days my relationship with God can be the absolute opposite from satisfied!
I find myself struggling desperately to make it through and wonder why life has to be so hard. I question why everyone else around me seems to have it all together with this “Christian thing”.
Have you ever found yourself asking, “When is God’s word going to actually come alive in my life?” I know I have.
When I find my soul anxiously searching, longing for more, the only thing I know to do is fight! I get ticked off and then I am determined to fight for what is true. Undeniably the best weapons to fight with are….
READING, MEDIATING, PRAYING and SPEAKING the Word of God!
Proverbs 3:5 tells us to “Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding.”
It’s ok when we experience times of uncertainty and feel a sense of longing. We can boldly and confidently move past what we think to be “true” by simply trusting His promises in this one simple verse.
Is your soul longing for more? How can you start to fill this desire?
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Thank you for your bold honesty. I too get ticked off and then fight! Wonderful encouragement, thank you!
Hi Linda!!! I love how real you are. I too have this problem. I think we will all continue to struggle until we reach the other side!!
Amen and amen. Thank you for being real! I,too, struggle with wanting more from God, yet feeling distant at a time. Your weapons are what I have found to be helpful, especially staying in the Word. When I am in His Word, I find myself wanting more and more!
Thanks for all you do, Linda. It’s an honor to do life with you!
Lauren, OBS Small Group Leader
Oh ,am cam I relate to this! I feel like this most days to be real honest and I am not sure what to do to change things. Thanks for your honesty Linda! It feels good to know I am not alone! Hugs <3
Thank you for sharing……..this is the verse I have on my desk at work and on my shower curtain. When I feel wobbly and unsure, I say this over many times and praise God for all he has given to me and allowed me to experience.
Hi Linda! Thanks again for your honesty! I, too, struggle in this area. I think my problem is more on the being patient side. I believe God’s word and its worked in my before. However, I’m antsy and want to see results NOW! I know God’s thoughts are not my thoughts; and His timing is not my timing. After all my nervousness and being impatient, everything always works out perfectly. So, is it safe to say that I doubt because I’m impatient at times?
You have no idea how much easier things are when you find others truly have the same struggles and don’t in any way try to hide them! Thank you so much for being real and encouraging others to be real too! Keep saying Yes to God!
and I thought I was the only one feeling what you have written about. Thanks for sharing
Love this post Linda! I can absolutely relate to this. It can be so hard to talk to friends who seem to have that relationship with God and mine is not always like that. Like others have commented, there is comfort in knowing I am not alone in this struggle. Thank you for the reminder of the weapons to use to fight this. I need to remember to use these weapons when the devil starts to tempt me to give up.
Thank you Linda for being so honest and so open. Yes, there are times that I feel so strong in the Lord, and then things come into my life that are hard and it feels like a “train wreck”, before I would have “blown a fuse”, but with God’s help and . encouragement from all you ladies I’m at a good place right now, but you are right Linda, saying things are great all the time is fake. I often have to remind myself that God is in control and whatever I’m going thru is His battle, and there are times I keep taking things back, and then surrender them again.
God is good. Blessings Anna
Anna, after reading Linda’s post and reflecting for a few minutes, I was going to post my comment and then I read yours…you took the words right from my heart. I, too, feel that I have a passionate and intimate relationship with God, but there are still those moments and/or days that I am praying and praising Him in stress and anxiety and really conscious of the effort. It is through perseverance, faith and trust in the Lord, through His strength that I continue to seek Him and little by little His peace restores my spirit! Linda always has a way of giving the encouragement we all need when we need to know that we are not alone! God bless!
Thanks for helping us keep it real! My computer is on its last legs, so can only catch up w/ Wi-Fi away from home. Am certain it’s the devil b/c the YES obs started this week! Oh well I am staying focused w/ your thoughts and praising God I can use my phone to read & watch your Coaching Minutes! xo
Linda, thanks for sharing what is in so many of our minds. I also look at other fellow Christians at my church, and wonder the same thing. We are learning to truly have faith, and follow His word daily. Not to just read the bible, but live it according to Him. Its so easy to let “life” take us away from His word, and we have to remain steadfast, no matter what. If I have time to check my email, then I have time to spend with the Lord. I so long for the time when I can feel His love, and compassion. I know He is at work in my life, as well as those who receive His manna.
Wow this really struck home for me, this is something I struggle with daily. So glad that I chose to read your blog on the Blog Hop
I love your response to that longing–to fight! I agree that it is when I find myself longing for more and I press in to His presence, looking for more of Him, more of His Word, more of His presence….that I find I am most filled. And, amazingly enough, the more I meet with God, the more I want to be with Him.
Thanks for your willingness to be open and honest Linda. I enjoy reading your blog and look forward to hearing more from you.
What a truthful post! Thank you for being so open and transparent with us! I long for that heart – that life – full every moment of God’s glory and grace. But always fall so short of that being a reality.
I think one of the coolest things about being women searching for the presence of God in our lives is that we can be so real with each other. I think we all are struggling with surrendering to God and giving up control. I enjoy reading everyone’s insights – I think we are closer to saying #yestoGod than we would admit. Linda I thank you for these blogs and bringing us together and stretching us to receive what God wants to give us.