Just Get to Jesus
hi friends ! i hope you had a fantastic christmas & a wonderful start to the new year !
today i want to share a phrase that has been on my heart for the last few months & it's this "just get to Jesus." i've really been meditating on this & the Lord just keeps bringing this phrase to the forefront of my mind lately. when i relate this phrase to the last 4 months, it makes me feel something. it gives me this mental picture of running as fast as i can towards Jesus. this action holds no shame, its reckless and unrelenting. over the last few months when i felt overwhelmed i would practically drop everything & go into the prayer room & immediately begin crying, saying to myself, "if i can just get to Jesus, everything will be ok." there was this desperation in my heart for peace & i knew where the source of the only true peace was found. an understanding that nothing else satisfies my soul the way that Jesus does began to grow in my heart. at the beginning of the semester i felt the Lord tell me that i needed to figure out what His voice sounded like. that i really need to lean into Him & truly know what it sounds like so i don't confuse it with mine, Satan's, my friends', or anyone else. i have control issues, plain & simple. i like to have a plan & i like to be in control of my situations. & the Lord has really knocked me out of the driver's seat & said girl, i got this & you need to chill. i used to only consult the Lord about big decisions, but through this control-shift, if you will, i've started consulting Him in most things. when i start to pick the things back up that i've laid at His feet i immediately begin to feel anxiety & worry. that's the Lord's way of showing me that i'm not capable of handling my own burdens. so i humbly respond by raising my hands in surrender saying, "here you go God, it's back at your feet." & He always replaces the worry & anxiety with peace.
a few days ago i was getting ready &, subconsciously, i just asked the Lord to inhabit my surroundings. a song by Kim Walker-Smith came on called Just One Touch. i honestly forgot that i had downloaded it, but i let it play through without changing it & the spirit of God hit me like a truck. in that moment the lyrics to that song put words to all the feelings wrapped up in that phrase just get to Jesus. this all reminds me of the woman with the blood disease. she kept going to doctors & she kept getting worse. she kept trying earthly things to fix her when the only thing that would fix her, is Jesus. so with reckless abandon, after 12 years, she pushed her way through the crowd of people & touched the hem of Jesus' garment. she was desperate for life change, desperate for Jesus, desperate for healing. she ran to Jesus & immediately she was changed.
you see, friend, when life doesn't go your way, when you're stressed, when you don't know how you're going to make it, when you feel left out, when you don't think anyone could ever love you - RUN to Jesus. because He satisfies every longing in our souls & ALL you have to do is abandon your pride, appearances, or whatever is holding you back, & just get to Jesus.
this year one of my goals is to just get to Jesus. daily. i want to pursue Him with everything i have. a full sprint towards the face of the Father. holding nothing back. trading everything i have for just one touch from Jesus. because everything will change if i can just get to Jesus.
this week i encourage you to download Just One Touch by Kim Walker-Smith & make it your goal to just get to Jesus this year & watch Him mold every part of your being into the woman or man of God you're supposed to be. thank you for walking with me through 2018, i'm expectant of the Lord in 2019 & believing for a year of prosperity & joy for both you & for me !
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"& I will be to her a wall of fire all around, declares the Lord, & I will be the glory in her midst."
Zechariah 2:5
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