Monday, August 20, 2007

Is It Enough?

For all eternity, all humanity will be forever one with God. We will be caught up in the trinity. Caught up into a wonderful conversation and oneness and unity and relationship that has been going on for all eternity past, present and future. Caught up into a unity that has been unbroken except at the cross when the Father crushed the Son so that we could enter in to this wonderful relationship. This is the ultimate desire of every soul. This is what we were made for. TO BE ONE WITH GOD. Unbroken, unhindered, forever discovering, forever being fascinated in the paradise and pleasure of God. When this happens, our hunger will be filled (and at the same time we will forever desire Him...so we will continue to hunger and immediately be filled). Perhaps this is why the creatures and elders and all of Heaven continue saying "HOLY HOLY HOLY" without getting bored. Not only are they forever fascinated in wide eyed wonder at God saying "Holy!", but at every new aspect they see of God they are hungry full of desire for Him. "Oh to see Him just once more...just once more to gaze upon Him.", and at the same time they are saying this they are being "fed" by Him...they are seeing Him! And they proclaim "HOLY!". They are forever around a burning and fiery God. The reason that they are able to burn with desire for God, is because they are beholding Him. We become what we behold, and the Lord is a God burning with desire, emotion and passion for His people. The seraphim and creatures and all who behold Him burn as He burns. That is why we must behold Him to burn with desire for Him, and why when we behold Him our flesh burns (in pain) to desires that cannot fulfill our souls. "Who can see God and live?", but our hearts do see Him! Here and now He reveals Himself in our day and time to His people in various ways (Hebrews 1). We do see Him, and can no longer live...but die, lose our lives and truly live!
So I ask, is He enough? As our spirit is coming alive to God, and burning for Him, it begins to only crave and desire solid food, the Word of God and things of the Spirit. It no longer desires what no longer fills. As this happens, the Word of God distinguishes between our flesh and spirit (sharper than any sword "dividing" or distinguishing between the two). And our flesh freaks out because it does not understand why we are being satisfied and filled "with every word that comes from the mouth of God" and not just "on bread alone". So you are coming alive in God, and your flesh goes "I need to go do something other than this...being this satisfied in God makes no sense!", and immediately tries running away from the things of God. However, being alive and fascinated like this in God is what we will be doing Forever! The only thing that doesn't make sense in this picture is why our flesh wants to run away from the superior pleasure that is God! Run away from the author of pleasure? And you wonder why your prayer life is boring...
So I ask again...Is he "enough"?

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