Do you ever crave SIMPLICITY? Do you ever just need a dose of decluttering, not your closet, but your heart, mind, and soul? Do you ever just crave a big glass of Living Water…the real thing?
I am mentally raising my hand high as I type out those words… S.I.M.P.L.I.C.I.T.Y. It can feel like a lost art. It can feel like an impossible pursuit. But it’s on my heart today to remember that simplicity is good for the heart, and it’s how God designed our hearts to live.
Do you ever grow tired of the constant need for more? Sometimes we don’t even realize we are pursuing MORE because this pursuit of MORE becomes habit. But how does ALWAYS PURSUING MORE leave us feeling?
~ Never satisfied.
~ Never fully content.
~ Lacking God’s peace.
But the thing I have noticed, is that I crave to do more FOR God. And I wonder, is that a bad thing? Is wanting to do more for kingdom purposes depleting my soul sometimes? It feels like this dance of wanting to be more and do more, but is all the wanting and doing actually putting a pause on my own spiritual growth?
These are questions I wrestle with. These are longings, desires, and dreams I go back and forth with. I want to always want more of the things of God. One thing I know for sure, wanting more of the world is where the danger lies.
Wanting more money, higher status, more success, more attention, bigger and better…equals soul depletion. Pursuing these things leaves me…only wanting more. And standing in the wanting feels forever un-peaceful.
I want to stand in this place of peace, God’s peace, that says, “I have all I need in Him. I don’t need more, only more of Him.”
Because more of God becomes more fullness, more satisfaction, and more peace for my weary soul.
So how do we take on this single pursuit of more of God in a world that shouts more of everything else?
This verse comes to mind…
“Seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.” Matthew 6:33
I used to be hyper-focused on the last part of that verse, but now I want to be completely focused on the first part. I don’t want to always need more of the world. I want to always need more of God.
So I ask you, how is your wanting heart? Does it always feel restless with want? Today, bring your wanting heart to God, right to His feet. Ask the Spirit to show you what things you can let go of wanting. Ask the Spirit to clarify your pursuits. And then, set down the quest for more knowing that setting down that quest will free up your heart to more of…
God’s peace and joy…and who doesn’t want more of that?
Prayer: “Lord, untangle my wanting thoughts. Untangle my questions of wanting more of the world versus wanting more of You. Clarify to my heart what quests and pursuits need to go and which ones need to stay. Let my heart want YOU first and foremost, and let my heart be at rest as I realize…I have all I need in You. And those pursuits I’m after, I lay them down, trusting that You will pursue me back with the Ones that are from You. I love You, Father. Thank You for making a way to know You.”
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