God wants me to snuggle Him

I know for a lot of you reading that you are thinking O.K. this post is not for me. Some of you might think to yourselves a warm Jesus hug right now is just what I need and know exactly what I am talking about. Others might be scared. Scared if they give God a moment to touch them they might fall apart. Like that song by Superchick:

"And she fears if she cries
That first tear
The tears will not stop
Raining down"

I know I was in that place for a long time. But now I have been living in a new one. One that I consider to be progress, but not necessarily change as it pertains from going from glory to glory with God. God's grace (the element that takes us from one level to another that we could not attain on our own - a dwelling place moment) is going to bring me some change soon though. He has placed it on my heart.

Recently our Pastor at ODC gave an awesome sermon on covenant. What really touched me was the part about not acting because we feel like it or understand it but because we have made covenant with God to do so. It is an awesome revelation to carry in your heart. I won't say I never knew it. Honestly I knew the idea, but I realized that I wasn't using it as a filter on my life. I needed to keep it as a perspective that I stay in. Covenant is great. It should be the foundation of how we walk out our lives.

But God. I love to start a sentence that way. But God. Anyways...But God has been speaking to me that I can't stop there. I can't make it. I will dry up like a sponge and die! If you have talked to me at all recently you will know that feeling dry has been a problem of mine. I have to act on God's word. Not on emotion or understanding. It has to be my basis. There will be times when I don't get it and I don't feel like it, but God (again) said to do it.

Praise God that He wants more. Though those times will come when I must act on my foundation, in general God wants more from me in our relationship. He wants me to feel Him. To feel His presence, His love, etc. He wants me to seek Him. To seek an understanding of Him continually. He wants me to snuggle Him and spend time with Him. There my thirst will be quenched. My spirit will be filled. So I can once again walk in overflow.

So go grab some hot cocoa, light the fireplace, grab your bible, a warm blanket, and put on some Jesus music. God wants to be wanted. Just as we want to be wanted.