Do you ever have those moments when your heart just longs to be with Jesus? There have been days lately when I just yearn to go home. It becomes evident to me through the days that this is not my home. One Sunday morning I was just in a quiet moment before Him, I felt him whisper to me that this life on earth is a race and to keep running with endurance.
"Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead. I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus." -Phil 3:13
I think I get discouraged with the evil that surrounds me. I begin to think there is no good in sight. Later on in Philippians 3:18 "For, as I have often told you before and now say again even with tears, many live as enemies of the cross of Christ.Their destiny is destruction, their god is their stomach, and their glory is in their shame. Their mind is on earthly things. BUT our citizenship is in heaven. And we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ..."
As I continued to read this over and over, I was filled with hope and a supernatural endurance to keep trekking on in this life for Him!
Since reading Philippians last week, my heart has been hungering and thirsting for his Word! I haven't had this deep desire in me for quite awhile. Within my soul there is a longing to go be quiet before him. "Make it your ambition to lead a quiet life, to mind your own business and to work with your hands, just as we told you, so that your daily life may win the respect of outsiders and so that you will not be dependent on anybody." 1 Thes. 4:11,12
May you also hunger and thirst for righteouness....
I look forward to his return but rejoice in today!
Katie
