Today our teams were in charge of leading a service for the three ministry houses. As one of my squad mates was speaking, I couldn’t help but let my eyes meander over to one of the couples we’d been working with this month.
This couple has a little boy, Andy. He’s no more than a year old, and has just captured all of our hearts. The mother, Maria, is full of spunk, and just loves that little one to death. The father, Elias, is so determined and truly cherishes the family God has blessed him with.
Andy’s eyes were wandering all over the room during the service. Maria would pick him up and reposition him on her lap, which would cause his eyes to settle on another side of the room, with its new faces, new colors, new objects…he had plenty to look at. She did this over and over again. Each position she set him in, that is the direction he would look.
And if she wanted him to look at her, she would lift him up, pull him in close to her face, and affectionately kiss him. He’d look at her immediately and just be fixed on her for awhile. Beautiful.
In that moment, my heart just sighed.
That’s what I want.
I want to just rest in God´s arms. To just relinquish control and let Him pick me up and reposition me, and point me at exactly what He wants me to see. And if my eyes begin to wander to the wrong places, may He just lift me up, take me in right next to His face, kiss my cheek ever so gently, and with His eyes say, “Look at Me.”
“You have said, Seek My face (inquire for and require My presence as your vital need). My heart says to You, Your face, Lord, will I seek, and require (of necessity and on the authority of Your Word).” Psalm 27:8 (Amplified)
