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ARE YOU DESPERATE FOR GOD? What Issues are Keeping me from Knowing/Serving my God?

A man went to a Catholic priest and told him he wanted to get serious about his relationship with God. He was surprised when the priest invited him to meet at the local swimming pool. When asked if he was really serious about longing to grow in his relationship with God, the man said 'yes', and the priest plunged the man under the water and held him down. Just when he came up desperately gasping for air he pushed him under again. Finally, when this had happened several times, the man still trying to draw breath, hears the priest say to him. ‘When you as desperate for God as you are desperate for air, like you are now, then you will begin to grow as a Christian.’

That is the cry of David in Psalm 42 – “As the deer longs for the water, so my soul longs after you…” So what can we do? What moral issue, or obedience issue so we need to face up to? What is the theological issue? What is the knowledge issue? What are the issues that can only be dealt with as we commit to a serious daily reading of the Word of God?

I welcome your comments. May God bless you!

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Comment by Carla on August 21, 2008 at 7:13am: Amen! Thanks for sharing this Mom.

Comment by Deborah Sue Schenfeld on August 7, 2008 at 6:22pm: That story makes one think. Yes, I can say that the Lord is my life. That I think of Him & what pleases Him almost constantly, but are those fires of desperation truly burning? Do I want more of Him & less of me? How much? More than the air that I breathe? People in third world countries often know what real desperation is. How many of us know what it is to be desperatly hungry or thirsty? In my country, (USA) we have so much & so much distractions, entertainments & time constraints that rob us of our focus & desire to follow hard after God. I'm not complaining, mind you. But I think it's strange, that once this country had a passion for reaching the lost of other countries and now other countries pray for us! I want my passion & desperation for God to be daily stirred up. That's why we need other believers. Old & young, to provoke one another to zeal for God & good deeds. Thank you for 'provoking' me to day to be more desperate for God!

Comment by Leonard T on August 4, 2008 at 2:55pm: Good illustration. Thanks for sharing it.

Lord Bless,
LT

ARE YOU DESPERATE FOR GOD? What Issues are Keeping me from Knowing/Serving my God?

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