God's Desire

And ye shall know that I am the Lord GOD. Ezekiel 23:49 (King James Version)

The very heart of Scripture and the very heart of God are found in this verse. All that God does is done to reveal Himself to us. Ezekiel chapter 23 is a difficult chapter to read. It is explicit in its detail of God’s people facing the consequences of their idolatry and spiritual adultery. It repeats the phrase of their minds being alienated from the ones they once ran after and God’s mind being alienated from them. A quick read through would leave a person thinking God had totally given up on His people. But the last verse reveals the truth. All is done….all is said….all is brought about so that in the end He is known. Contrary to what we may sometimes think, God is not playing a spiritual game of hide and seek with us. He is not hard to find if we know how to look for Him.

He tells us to look for Him with all of our heart, soul, and mind. That is not possible if our hearts and allegiance are divided. If our lives are filled with other things and our interests are in other places. He will not share His glory with any one or any thing else. God desires our undivided attention so that we can realize His undivided attention toward us. That desire that He has placed within each one of us for intimacy in relationship reveals what He longs for us to find in Him.

I don’t want my mind to be severed from the One who loves me so much! Sometimes God has to allow me to become busy enough, distracted enough, and empty enough to realize I am missing Him. It is then that He begins to probe my heart and show me the areas that need His touch. He is after my genuine, authentic, personal walk with Him. It is too easy to try to duplicate someone else’s walk with Him. God does not want that! He wants me to know Him in a way no one else does. His relationship with me is meant to be a one of a kind relationship. He has no twins!

What He wants me to understand is that my life is worth living and the person He created me to be is worth being known by Him. He wants me to know that I must relate to Him on my own individual level. I want to know and experience Him in an unduplicated, undiluted way. I want to know Him in a real way….His way!

Father, I once again take off the masks and other things I find so easy to hide behind. I can only know You when I come to You as myself. Amen.

Knowing You, Jesus - Robin Mark
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Q_YQPa66kk

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