Your Love is Extravagant

Recently I have been dwelling on the love of God! The Lord has showed me ways in which I have created idols in my life and He has brought me to a place where I need to dethrone those things. He's also been the one to sustain me and help me to cast down those idols.

I have started reading a book by Ruth Myers called, "31 Days of Drawing Near to God: Resting Securely in His Delight" and I have decided to really hold my thoughts captive and dwell on HIS love through these 31 days. A "fast of thoughts" if you would. So far it has been really good and I have just been amazed by how selfish my thoughts are constantly! It's amazing that unless you are really focusing on it you just don't even think about it.

Some notable excerpts from the book that I read today that were super awesome were:

"Purge me, Lord, of my follies; an empty cup let me be,
Waiting only Thy blessing, hungry only for Thee.
Can even the Lord pour blessing into a cup that is full?
Put treasure into a locked hand, be He ever so bountiful?
Empty me, Lord, and make me hungry only for Thee.
Only Thy bread once tasted can ever satisfy me."

"May your roots go down deep into the soil of God's marvelous love; and may you be able to feel and understand, as all of God's children should, how long, how wide, how deep, and how high his love really is; and to experience this love for yourselves, though it is so great that you will never see the end of it or fully know or understand it. And so at last you will be filled up with God himself." -Ephesians 3:17-19



God's love is extravgant! He is the only on who can satisfy the deepest desires of our souls.

Just two weeks ago I was conversing with God about things that I thought would satisfy my heart. It was only after I said that I thought those things would satisfy me that I realized how stupid I was for thinking that! I couldn't believe I didn't see it sooner! God spoke so clearly that I should try filling those parts of my heart with Him, and since then I have been able to experience to an amazing degree His love and joy! It is so true that only the Lord can bring your heart true satisfaction!

I feel like my hearts desire these past few days has been "keep pressing in". I want to keep pressing into God so that I can know Him more and find my true satisfaction in Him! Let me tell you, it's a sweet place to be! :)