(If you would like this post to feel like a movie with a cool soundtrack here is a song that goes along with this post lol! Set a Fire - Will Reagen)
Having a hunger or burning passion for God's presence is, amazing! My real genuine burn-on-the-inside-of-me hunger started right after our annual camp our church has in August. We hadn't had it for almost three years due to COVID. During that time, I had so many visions and dreams of camp so I knew it was going to be impactful. It 100 per cent was but this post isn't about camp – maybe I'll write one about camp in the future 👀.
Anyway! I remember coming home after camp and listening to Dancing by Tiffany Hudson and Joe L Barnes, and crying my eyes out. I felt so full of the love of God and all I wanted was to be in his presence I couldn't even watch TikTok for a while because it just wasn't fulfilling me the same way it did before.
Then school came. I'm currently in my second year of college and wow did September hit me. I won't go into too much detail, but college is hard lol. I was kind of lost because I didn't know how to maintain that passion I had. It felt like I was going back to separating "Jesus," and "real-life." As the months went on during the beginning of November I got sick. During that time I was so frustrated. I kept telling God "you gave me this burning desire to see more of you in my life, what do you want me to do now?" It felt like I couldn't do anything – I mean I literally couldn't because I was sick.
I just wanted to know what He wanted me to do. I thought there was some "A,B,C" step process to see more of God in my life.
I say all that to say, there isn't.
All you have to do is spend more time with Him. Learn His voice and His heart, the more time you spend with Him the more you'll notice when He moves. It's kind of like when you're really close with someone you start to know how they would respond in different situations.
If you are looking for some step by step process – like I was – start by just talking to Him. Even if it's five minutes. Just tell Him about your day, how you're feeling, and that you want to know more about Him and see more of Him in your life. Ask Him to help shift your perspective to see Him.
He wants to talk to you.
Now, as I'm writing this I'm definitely in that "where are you?" mindset. So this post is very much encouragement for me too. I've been learning from different people/leaders that you just have to start building a friendship like relationship with Him.
One of the leaders I have been learning a lot from is Pastor James Bonney. He's from Vancouver and actually came along with another pastor to our camp in August. I'll leave a link to his blog and Insta if you wanna check it out but he shares a lot about having a real-life daily relationship with Jesus.
Any who! Hope this post helps and encourages you.
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