His Heart For Us
Written by Jarred Rushing
(3 minutes)
Our heart is designed to be yielded to the heart of God.
Abba lures us into the wilderness and out of the religious system so He can transform us into a glorious Bride. The whole point of the wilderness is oneness. It's a covenant marriage between us and Yahweh where the two become one. The goal of the wilderness is not to have two independent hearts that are each seeking their own will. It's the sharing of one heart and one mind. This is the union that Yahweh is after. This is the union that is being cultivated in the wilderness place. (Hosea 2:14)
I want to echo a very important thought that Pastor Tim shared this past Sunday that has everything to do with inheriting Abba's heart for us.
"When you become hungry to the point where all you want is Him, He makes it very clear what His heart's desire is for you. On the other side of that, if we casually want Him, then we can't hear what His heart wants standing right next to Him."
Inheriting Abba's heart for us can't be achieved while we're entertaining other lovers.
Yahweh is jealous and has no plans on sharing us with anyone or anything else. I know for myself that there have been other things in my life that I have trusted in to protect me and provide for me. Those are the "other lovers" that I'm referring to - it's the other things and people that we put our trust in, instead of giving our whole heart to Him. We'll never be able to hear His heart for us while we're entertaining and trusting in these other things. I can promise you this: if Abba is luring you into the wilderness, He has every intention of ridding all of these other lovers from your life. He won't allow any of them to remain if they are hindering the love that is reserved only for you and Him.
There is a quote that I picked up sometime ago that has proven true to this day: "We give up things we love for things we love even more." The only way to shake the lingering lovers in our life that are stealing our trust away from Abba is to fall more in love with Him. Lesser loves always fall away when you are introduced to something even more lovely. Our intimacy with Yahweh is the only cure. It's the only thing that effortlessly removes the little foxes that are raiding the vineyard of our love with Him.
Hear Yahweh's invitation today into a deeper place of intimacy:
Arise, my love, my beautiful companion,
and run with me to the higher place.
For now is the time to arise and come away with me.
For you are my dove, hidden in the split-open rock.
It was I who took you and hid you up high
in the secret stairway of the sky.
Let me see your radiant face and hear your sweet voice.
How beautiful your eyes of worship and lovely your voice in prayer.
You must catch the troubling foxes,
those sly little foxes that hinder our relationship.
For they raid our budding vineyard of love
to ruin what I've planted within you.
Will you catch them and remove them for me?
We will do it together.
(Song of Songs 2:13-15)
Abba is showing up for the walk with you today, because He wants to do it together. He wants to do everything together. And we want to know and obey His heart in all things. We just can't do that if we're approaching Him casually. He will not be an option among many. He must be the One and Only.
Don't allow the little foxes to quiet your hunger for the only One who can satisfy you!
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Worship: "Dove's Eyes" by Misty Edwards
Honor: Give Online to The Wilderness Place
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