Today, one of my best friend’s mom will be sharing a devotion. Debbie sends out encouraging devotions to almost 100 people weekly/bi-weeklythrough email. I loved the one she did this week and asked if she would share it here in my corner of cyberspace! Welcome Debbie!
As she spoke about her book she really peaked my interest. She explained that she had a problem with food, more specifically, controlling the amounts of food she ate. Now before I lose you because you may not have any problem pushing
away from the table, you may have a problem pushing away from something else.
I am always drawn to books, stories, and shows about health and fitness. I really love it. Now most of you have never seen me in person, but I don’t look like a person who is obsessed with this subject.
I am not obsessed, I am passionate about it, and I do like to share my passion with others. But just because someone reads and studies a subject doesn’t always mean they carry out what they learn.
I think the Lord revealed that to me by comparing what I also read and learn from His word. I don’t alway carry that out either. But one of the things that drew me in was she acknowledged the fact that she knew from scripture…
We are made to crave.
The dictionary’s definition of the word crave is, “to yearn for, to want greatly, to have a strong inward desire.” So is God trying to play a trick on us? He made us to crave and when we do, we end up in trouble.
Now you know God is not like that right?
Let’s take a look at the scripture that she quoted. “How lovely is your dwelling place, O Lord Almighty! My soul yearns, even faints, for the courts of the Lord; my heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.”
He placed a deep need and desire in our hearts for Him. The problem is that we fill that hole with other things, drugs, alcohol, food, sex, whatever. We’ve talked about this before, but I thought it might be a good time to do it again because people usually try to make changes in their lives around this time of year.
What do you crave?
What physical desire are you trying to meet outside of the will of God? What material desires are you trying to meet outside of His will?
The last thing she brings to our attention , do we try to get our needs for significance met outside the will of God? I know, she really asks hard questions. It is worth thinking about.
This year let’s all crave a relationship with Lord. Put Him first in your life, and see what happens. “Seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness and all these other things will be added to you.” Matthew 6:33.
In other words, let us stop trying to fill our own needs and desires. Focus on God and let Him fill you up. What do you think?
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| Debbie Cerise |
This was such an awesome blog!! I guess I am partial since you are my mom and the blogger is my best friend!!!! Mom, you are so amazing to me in the way you write these devotions and how many people you bless because of it!! But , what is even better than that is you are not even a writer you are just obedient to you're calling and rely completely on the Lord for the rest ….now that in itself is UNBELIEVABLE! Now as for Jess she has a natural and true talent that is simply amazing !! She is so incredibly talented that it gives me the chills when I read her stuff. I am even more blessed because I have 2 inspirational people in my life that I happen to be very close to….They help me grow and inspire me to allow myself to be used for a display of God's splendor ….WHAT AN HONOR!!! Jess, thanks for giving my mom that opportunity it meant a great deal to her and me :)I love you!!!!!! Your blog is so awesome !
Lee, you're welcome and awesome yourself. I just loved this devotion she did! What a great job, and btw…this writer has to depend on God for every word, sentence, paragraph, and chapter as well!!! 🙂
This is such a great blog and so true! I find that if I'm not filling my life with the Lord first then I'm tempted to fill it with other things. If you don't have a passion for his presence, I encourage you to ask for it! You want regret it! Thanks for the post…lovely insight!
This was GREAT! Thanks so much for sharing.