I don’t know where to start. The Lord has been ministering to me so much lately. I know that He has put a lot on my heart to share, but I haven’t been able to find the words to say it. So, here I am trying to find the right words to express my heart to you.

Here it goes.

Think about the things that get you stirred up, that excite you, that make your heart pound… It could be an upcoming event like a wedding or birth of a child, an exciting adventure, a trailer for an upcoming movie, the release of a new book in your favorite series, a trip, a concert, a date… it can be just about anything. Our hearts and our minds are easily overcome with excitement over these things. I can’t even tell you how emotional I got when I watched the trailer for the final “Hobbit” movie (What can I say? it’s one of my favorite books!). I’ll be honest – I may have cried a bit. It’s amazing how something that doesn’t mean very much can cause such a reaction.

Recently the Lord revealed to me how much importance I put on earthly things that just don’t matter. There is nothing here that can satisfy me. I am realizing that the things that give me the most excitement are dirt compared to the sweet things of the Lord. But I don’t always get excited over Him or His Word. I can’t wait to go on vacation, or for a movie to come out, or a book to be released… But is there any excitement over going to church on Sundays? Or to open His Word every day? Our flesh is so easily swayed by what the world deems as “important” or worthy of being excited over. But the Lord want us to be excited for Him! He wants us to desire more and more of Him.

The Lord has been speaking mightily to my heart and I find that I’m getting stirred up and excited over Him and over His Word. I leave church stirred up in a way I never thought I would be almost every time I’m there. When I worship the Lord, I just want to scream from the mountaintops! My heart pounds and I almost can’t contain myself. I think to myself “How can anyone NOT be affected by this?” But I look around, and I don’t see that excitement or stirring in the people around me. I just want to grab them and shake them saying “WHY AREN’T YOU FREAKING OUT? The Lord is GOOD! His Word is AMAZING! We get to worship Him RIGHT NOW!”

My friends, it’s time to wake up. It’s time to shake off that sleepiness and rise. We have been called higher and deeper than what we are living right now. It’s time to put aside the things of this world that are holding us down. It’s time to allow the Lord to clear out the things that are cluttering our hearts. It’s time to allow the Lord to really speak to our hearts. To allow Him to truly change us from the inside out. It’s time to worship Him with all that we are. It’s time to wash ourselves daily with His Word. To look to Him to fill us up to overflowing. To pull our strength and endurance from Him. To find our true joy and happiness in Him – and in Him alone.

I want to be stirred up by the Lord. I want to be so excited that I’m counting down the hours and minutes until I can be in His word or worship Him. I’m tired of being “satisfied” in the world – I want my satisfaction to come from Him. I want to be changed by His Word. I want to burn with a passion for Him alone. I want to be used by Him. I’m tired of living a lukewarm life. I’m tired of only going to church because I feel like I “have to” or singing words that I don’t truly mean. I’m tired of small talk – I want us to be raw and honest with each other. I know the Lord has so much more for us.

I want more of Him. I NEED more of Him.

Do you?

“O God, I have tasted Thy goodness, and it has both satisfied me and made me thirsty for more. I am painfully conscious of my need for further grace. I am ashamed of my lack of desire. O God, the Triune God, I want to want Thee; I long to be filled with longing; I thirst to be made more thirsty still. Show me Thy glory, I pray Thee, so that I may know Thee indeed. Begin in mercy a new work of love within me. Say to my soul, ‘Rise up my love, my fair one, and come away.’ Then give me grace to rise and follow Thee up from this misty lowland where I have wandered so long.” (A.W. Tozer)

THRIVING in Him,

Melissa

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