Beyond the Porch
The other morning, I was sitting on the couch looking out through the french doors at the lake and nature out beyond the back porch. Then I felt like the Lord dropped this realization on me. God is soo big and there is so much He has, that He IS. So much He wants us to experience. Yet how often are we content to look at him from a distance from the safety of behind doors and from the comfort of our self-built couches. He hear the testimonies and worship songs. We read the Bible verses. But we keep Him at a distance because of the “security” that we’ve created for ourselves.
Maybe some of us even venture out onto the porch to spend time with the Lord. Now we can hear more of the sounds of nature. We can pick up the smells. We can feel the wind of His Spirit blowing around us. We are awakened to His voice speaking to us. We learn more of who He is and what His heart is for us. But we’re still not fully immersed. We’re not exploring who He is and His creation. We get content being NEAR Him, but we rarely venture out and allow ourselves to be fully IMMERSED in Him. Maybe we’re fearful of what’s out there, of what we can’t control. Maybe we simply have become apathetically content with where we’re at thinking there isn’t much more for us to experience.
What would it look like to be fully immersed in God. To give Him permission to break down our constructs of who we think He is? The boxes we keep Him contained in. What will it take for us to regain our wonder in God? What cheap counterfeits have we settled for instead of the fully abundant life that God is freely offering us. What will it cost us to step into all that God is and has for us?
I don’t know exactly. But I pray that I would have a growing hunger and thirst for more of Him. That I would know Him for who He really is. Not JUST who I’ve been told He is or who I currently know Him to be. I pray that I would trust Him more and step out into the hard things that He calls me into. To have a “yes” in my spirit regardless of how crazy or scary things look.
