"May we be consumed with the Creator rather than with the things created."

I don't know why I am choosing to blog this, other than the fact that it really spoke into my heart this morning. I know a lot of people have the Jesus Calling devotional, and today's passage was completely relevant to my life this morning.

"I want you to be all Mine. I am weaning you from other dependencies. Your security rests in Me alone- not in other people, not in your circumstances. Depending only on Me may feel like walking on a tightrope, but there is a safety net underneath: the everlasting arms. So don't be afraid of falling. Instead, look ahead to Me. I am always before you, beckoning you on-one step at a time. Neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, can separate you from my loving presence. 
Deuteronomy 33:27
Romans 8:39

Y'all, this is absolutely incredible. I don't even know why this hit me the way it did, but I just got in from breakfast and decided to check today's out, and it was an instant, continuous flow of tears screaming MY GOD HOW GREAT YOU ARE. He is truly ALL. WE. NEED. My biggest security is often not found in Christ, but instead found in my friends or the good things happening. In the last 2 weeks, He has been teaching me this heavily. I can say Christ is my focus, but in reality is He? Look at it this way: if every single thing you had ever treasured was taken from you- your home, your friends, your electronics, your family, your job, your money- whatever that may be, would you still find treasure in Jesus Himself? Or do you only find treasure in the things He chooses to give you? That was a tough question to answer. I want to be so captivated by Christ that nothing else matters. Of course, we still love all those things He has blessed us with. I know I have been given the greatest blessings I get to call my sisters and brothers in Christ. But the Bible talks about how all those things should be HATE in comparison to how much we love our Savior. That is CRAZY.

As I sit here, one of my neighbors is playing this song:

In the quiet, in the stillness
I know that You are God
In the secret of Your presence
I know there I am restored

When You call I wont refuse
Each new day again Ill choose

There is no one else for me
None but Jesus
Crucified to set me free
Now I live to bring Him praise

In the chaos, in confusion
I know Youre sovereign still
In the moment of my weakness
You give me grace to do Your will

So when You call I wont delay
This my song through all my days

There is no one else for me
None but Jesus
Crucified to set me free
Now I live to bring Him praise

All my delight is in You, Lord
All of my hope, all of my strength
All my delight is in You, Lord, forevermore 

I want these lyrics as I hear them to be my heart's prayer. I am praying right now that whoever reads this, whether you have been walking with the Lord for a while or whether you don't have a relationship with Him at all, that He uses this small tool to bring Him most glory and touch hearts this morning.

"My grace is sufficient for you; my power is made perfect in weakness." 2 Corinthians 12:9