What is it about some children of the Lord that has sparked this contagious romantic passionate pursuit of the Lord? It’s unlike any religious pursuit witnessed. It’s a pursuit that causes one to linger in His presence… to consume his/her thoughts every moment of the day on His glory… to continually thank Him and meditate on His beauty all around us. Hanging around such contagious people just provokes me to want to love on Him more [iron sharpening iron]. There’s the word… provoke.
I’ve often wondered if this contagious pursuit one acquires is a quality one is born with or a quality a seasoned believer can naturally learn after spending so much time in His presence. That’s been on my mind lately, wondering if I can somehow spark a new flame in believers around me or if only a few can be sparked in that way.
Yet I feel that over the seasons, those who have had that fire have lost it… not because they don’t have a continual hunger within, but because the iron around them has become absent, either having moved away or grown cold themselves.
Father, what must it take for us to ignite that flame within us? Help surround me more with those who hunger and thirst after your truth… I mean, those who seriously hunger and thirst. In Jesus’ Name I pray… Amen.
