Jealousy (n): mental uneasiness from suspicion or fear of rivalry or unfaithfulness
So can I just get very real with you for a minute?
I’ve been unfaithful.
Now it may not be exactly what you think so let me explain. You may remember that from the beginning of the World Race I have been called by God not to pursue any relationships or even think about it over the 11 months on the Race.
Well, I sucked at that.
Lately, it’s been quite difficult to not think about being in a relationship. When you travel the world in missions you meet a lot of beautiful women, many of them who love Jesus and so it’s very easy to contemplate whether or not something might come out of a friendship that you’ve built.
But luckily I serve a jealous God who doesn’t let things like that go unnoticed.
“…for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God…showing love to a thousand generations of those who love me and keep my commands.”
-Deuteronomy 5:9&10
Now there is absolutely no doubt that I love God. But I will confess that there have been times lately where thoughts of a relationship consume me more than thoughts of the King. I have most definitely placed the idea of an earthly relationship over the reality of an eternal relationship many times.
This was revealed to me as myself and the Men of God, that I had the awesome opportunity of serving with this past month, worshipped Dad on the rooftop of an abandoned building in Mae Sot, Thailand as the sun set behind the mountain ranges of Burma.
So this is where I begin taking every thought captive to make it obedient to Christ (2 Corinthians 10:5) and wait patiently on the Lord to work His divine matchmaking out in His divine timing.
So now I ask you two things.
Where have you been unfaithful? What are some thoughts that have taken priority over the King and have consumed your mind?
AND
Please continue to pray for me as I dig deeper and let the King work things out in His timing. Please pray that Dad would romance me more and more and that I would fall more and more in love with Him!
