Craving Christ

Throughout my life, I've known a thing or two about cravings. As a baby, like all babies, I craved instant nourishment and attention at my every call. As a small child, I craved immediate action to get me anything my heart desired, mostly consisting of Barbies. The teen me craved to fit in and be desirable to be around. As I entered adulthood, I craved success and family life. Now, as a wife and a mother, I crave to be who God is calling me to be.

I woke up one day a few months ago and so longed to be all I could be for Christ. I knew I hadn't reached anywhere near the potential He had in store for me, so I sought Him out through prayer and studying of the Word. It was then that I realized what I had done: I had caved in to a craving. This craving, unlike any other thing I've ever wanted in my life, is one that continues to give me great satisfaction and fullness. Seeking the will of God is never an easy task, but carrying it out is even more difficult. He never said it would be easy.

I've always been a "big boned" girl, but as I felt my calling was to work with youth, I thought to myself, "How am I going to keep up with them?" Furthermore, how am I do to the work that God is calling me to do if I don't take care of myself? Since then, I've been making more healthy choices in my eating habits and exercising daily.  It's been a hard road and there's still so much left on my journey, but this wake up call has made a tremendous change in my life. What makes it easier is knowing that I am doing this for His glory.

As I've been working on my outward body, it has inspired me even moreso to work on my innermost. I am so in love with the Word of God; it has been my constant craving since I prayed for God to do His will in my life. It reveals more to me each time I read it, because it is the Living Word, breathed out by God.

Hebrews 4:12  For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword,

piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow,

and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart.

2 Timothy 3:16, 17 All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching,

 for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness,  that the man of God

may be complete, equipped for every good work.

Everything we do should be rooted in the Word. It tells us all we need, contains no errors and is breathed out by the Father. We can literally apply the entire Bible to our life, because, as Christians, we were spiritually dead and were given a new life in Christ.

2 Corinthians 5:17  Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation.

The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.

It's so exciting to finally get something you have been craving for a few days, but it's unexplainably wonderful to receive a craving you have had your whole life. Jesus is the only person, the only way we can fill the void that is in our lives. No food, possession or relationship can ever permanently fill that void the way Christ can.