Longing for God

Servant4Yeshuah · Dec 7, 2005

Dear Friends in Christ Jesus
Sometimes I feel completely overcome by an intense longing for God. This longing lingers on, and like the waves of the ocean inundate, then ebb some, only to return....never abating. (ebbing enough only so His servant can go about the needed daily tasks, ministries and relationships and returning, inundating in every quiet moment with the Lord Yeshuah.) I cannot describe outside of poetry what I mean exactly, and even then I think I fail. I am sure many of you feel this way too... If you do not mind, would you share this with me? How do you express this longing that immerses completely? If anyone has read Ted Dekker's Martyr's song series or Black you will get what I am feebly and very poorly trying to state.
Blessings for your patience

2LivIsChrist · Dec 7, 2005

yes i feel this way to! I just want more and more of God! I can't just do my devotions once a day anymore, it should be 2 now. I want to know Jesus more and have a better understanding of his resurection and his love. I know i will never come to a full conclusion of his love, because it is beyond my understanding. Sometimes when im just sitting still and im not doing anything to further his kingdom i feel so useless. But there are times when God wants us to be still because he wants to teach us new things. GOd Bless!

Servant4Yeshuah · Dec 7, 2005

Servant4God said:
yes i feel this way to! I just want more and more of God! I can't just do my devotions once a day anymore, it should be 2 now. I want to know Jesus more and have a better understanding of his resurection and his love. I know i will never come to a full conclusion of his love, because it is beyond my understanding. Sometimes when im just sitting still and im not doing anything to further his kingdom i feel so useless. But there are times when God wants us to be still because he wants to teach us new things. GOd Bless!

I find myself in a continual dialogue with Him. I just cannot get enough of Him...and I cannot contain what He gives me of Himself and yet I long for more. Sometimes this feels a little...uh...crazy (in the best sense of the word, I guess). I long to see Him, I long to serve Him....I want to leave this world and possess all that He is...I want to stay here to serve Him as long as I can...
I better stop before you think I am crazy too....

2LivIsChrist · Dec 7, 2005

you're not crazy! I was more actually like that last year. I mean i still want more of him and to grow, but i don't feal him as much anymore. And yes, it isn't about fealing cause God puts us through trials. And sometimes the less we feal him the more we want him. Yet, i know i could always be stronger. Latley ive been realizing how weak i am without the strength of Jesus and i can't rely on my own strength. I need to trust in Jesus!

ladycat · Dec 7, 2005

I think that longing is part and parcel of our salvation.

Our relationaship with God is a parent-child relationship (as He is our Heavenly Father). The same way that a child is always tagging around after mom or dad, and doesn't like to be separated from them, in the same way we long for that continual closeness with God.

kisstheson · Dec 8, 2005

Servant4Yeshuah said:
I cannot describe outside of poetry what I mean exactly, and even then I think I fail.

I am very happy to hear you have this longing for Yeshua. What the Lord seems to ephasize in my life is His longing for us. I express this through my art and poetry. Sometimes I think it's hard for people to realize how deeply the Lord longs to be with us as He spoke of this desire to His Father in John !7: "Father I pray that where I am there they would be also beholding My glory."

I personally would love to read your poetry.

Here's a picture from my portfolio that depicts this longing of Jesus. See if you can read His emotion in His face and outstretched hand.

May we heed His plea!

soblessed53 · Dec 8, 2005

Servant4Yeshuah said:
Dear Friends in Christ Jesus
Sometimes I feel completely overcome by an intense longing for God. This longing lingers on, and like the waves of the ocean inundate, then ebb some, only to return....never abating. (ebbing enough only so His servant can go about the needed daily tasks, ministries and relationships and returning, inundating in every quiet moment with the Lord Yeshuah.) I cannot describe outside of poetry what I mean exactly, and even then I think I fail. I am sure many of you feel this way too... If you do not mind, would you share this with me? How do you express this longing that immerses completely? If anyone has read Ted Dekker's Martyr's song series or Black you will get what I am feebly and very poorly trying to state.
Blessings for your patience

First I would like to say Welcome to the forums and hope you enjoy your visits and are blessed. As to your beautiful post seems like all I want to say is"Oh Yes, most of the day,every day". How do I express this? I think by telling others about our Lord.I also have a gospel tract ministry,and I love to share poems and stories that have touched me,with others here,and things here that touch me, with my daughter and friends who are not members here. I have not read any Ted Dekker yet,but I see his name mentioned as a favorite author in the Book Club Forum on this site. Hope to see you here at Deeper Fellowship,lots. God Bless,

soblessed53 · Dec 8, 2005

kisstheson said:
I am very happy to hear you have this longing for Yeshua. What the Lord seems to ephasize in my life is His longing for us. I express this through my art and poetry. Sometimes I think it's hard for people to realize how deeply the Lord longs to be with us as He spoke of this desire to His Father in John !7: "Father I pray that where I am there they would be also beholding My glory."

I personally would love to read your poetry.

Here's a picture from my portfolio that depicts this longing of Jesus. See if you can read His emotion in His face and outstretched hand.

May we heed His plea!

Wow you did a great job capturing that expression,sis kisstheson,Beautiful!

Servant4Yeshuah · Dec 9, 2005

Servant4Yeshuah said:
you're not crazy! I was more actually like that last year. I mean i still want more of him and to grow, but i don't feal him as much anymore. And yes, it isn't about fealing cause God puts us through trials. And sometimes the less we feal him the more we want him. Yet, i know i could always be stronger. Latley ive been realizing how weak i am without the strength of Jesus and i can't rely on my own strength. I need to trust in Jesus!

I agree with you. We don't walk by sight or feelings but by faith. There was a very difficult period in my life where anything that could go wrong in my life did. I went through the trial of death of close family members, betrayal, personal injury in a deliberate way, and more. In that time, I also underwent the experience that some writers call the Dark Night of the Spirit, where in I felt nothing of his presence, no comfort of any kind. In that experience there was no one I could depend on. I felt that God had abandoned me and the pain of that was agonizing more that these feeble words can explain. All I had was His word and the faith He imparted to me to trust in Him no matter what. This is all I had through 10 of the hardest years of my life. The end of this dark night was a rather dramatic experience which, if God wills, I will relate in another time, where I felt I was dying, and wanted to die, since I did not have my lifeblood, His love (or so I felt I did not.) He began to show me how this was the path I needed to endure in order to have my faith refined. Please realize that I don't think I have "arrived" in any sense, the Lord is surely not done with His servant and I see daily how far short I am from the mark...thanks to Yeshuah for his everlasting love and mercies and for His most precious blood.... Since that time, the yearning for Him (which oddly never left during that dark night, even though I admit that it was incredibly agonizing to me) has continue to grow. I don't know what Yeshuah intends to do with His servant with this longing...but I long for Him yet.

Servant4Yeshuah

kisstheson · Dec 10, 2005

Servant4Yeshuah said:
I agree with you. We don't walk by sight or feelings but by faith. There was a very difficult period in my life where anything that could go wrong in my life did. I went through the trial of death of close family members, betrayal, personal injury in a deliberate way, and more. In that time, I also underwent the experience that some writers call the Dark Night of the Spirit, where in I felt nothing of his presence, no comfort of any kind. In that experience there was no one I could depend on. I felt that God had abandoned me and the pain of that was agonizing more that these feeble words can explain. All I had was His word and the faith He imparted to me to trust in Him no matter what. This is all I had through 10 of the hardest years of my life. The end of this dark night was a rather dramatic experience which, if God wills, I will relate in another time, where I felt I was dying, and wanted to die, since I did not have my lifeblood, His love (or so I felt I did not.) He began to show me how this was the path I needed to endure in order to have my faith refined. Please realize that I don't think I have "arrived" in any sense, the Lord is surely not done with His servant and I see daily how far short I am from the mark...thanks to Yeshuah for his everlasting love and mercies and for His most precious blood.... Since that time, the yearning for Him (which oddly never left during that dark night, even though I admit that it was incredibly agonizing to me) has continue to grow. I don't know what Yeshuah intends to do with His servant with this longing...but I long for Him yet.

Servant4Yeshuah

That is an incredible testimony! It is easy to long for Him when things are going good and everything is flowery but loving Him when you don't feel the comfort of His presence. That's a another story! Praise to His grace in your life!

soblessed53 · Dec 10, 2005

Servant4Yeshuah said:
I agree with you. We don't walk by sight or feelings but by faith. There was a very difficult period in my life where anything that could go wrong in my life did. I went through the trial of death of close family members, betrayal, personal injury in a deliberate way, and more. In that time, I also underwent the experience that some writers call the Dark Night of the Spirit, where in I felt nothing of his presence, no comfort of any kind. In that experience there was no one I could depend on. I felt that God had abandoned me and the pain of that was agonizing more that these feeble words can explain. All I had was His word and the faith He imparted to me to trust in Him no matter what. This is all I had through 10 of the hardest years of my life. The end of this dark night was a rather dramatic experience which, if God wills, I will relate in another time, where I felt I was dying, and wanted to die, since I did not have my lifeblood, His love (or so I felt I did not.) He began to show me how this was the path I needed to endure in order to have my faith refined. Please realize that I don't think I have "arrived" in any sense, the Lord is surely not done with His servant and I see daily how far short I am from the mark...thanks to Yeshuah for his everlasting love and mercies and for His most precious blood.... Since that time, the yearning for Him (which oddly never left during that dark night, even though I admit that it was incredibly agonizing to me) has continue to grow. I don't know what Yeshuah intends to do with His servant with this longing...but I long for Him yet.

Servant4Yeshuah

Wow,I love reading your posts,because of the love you have for God.I can see you are going to be a real blessing here at Deeper Fellowship. Thank you and God Bless.

repentandbelieve · Dec 10, 2005

A longing desire for God is right as far it goes; but if we stop there it will avail nothing.

The will must be exercised in the right direction. We must put on Christ.

Servant4Yeshuah · Dec 10, 2005

Dear Friends
I am going out on a limb here and sharing a poem.
I was thinking about the Lord yesterday immediately before I logged off my computer at the end of the work day...and as I mentioned in an earlier post, the longing only abates enough for me to accomplish what is needed in daily life....and so at the end of the day I was inundated anew with a wave of desire for God....this is a poem that came. Hope you don't mind me sharing this.
Blessings

Longing

My flesh longs for You

In deep and tangible

Intangible ways

I stretch out my hands to You

longing

I open my arms for You

Yearning

I open my lips to You

In praise

In worship

In sighs of desire

And Words tumble forth

In the languages of the earth

The languages of the heavens

The language of the open heart

I long for You my Yeshuah

My Lord,

My God

My All

Servant4Yeshuah · Dec 10, 2005

repentandbelieve said:
A longing desire for God is right as far it goes; but if we stop there it will avail nothing.

The will must be exercised in the right direction. We must put on Christ.

Dear Repent and Believe,

I agree with you, but perhaps I have explained myself poorly. These feeble words that I use to attempt to put these things in writing,I admit seem rambling and falling short of the mark. Let me attempt again...at least a little.

The longing is not under my control but is under Gods. The longing encompasses the longing to do His will, to serve Him, to Please Him. It is not separate from this service. This longing drives this servant forth to obey Him, follow Him, listen to Him... The will is to do His good pleasure...the will, like the mind, the body, the spirit and the whole of His servant belongs to Yeshuah alone. This servant is far from perfect, and is thankful for the tender mercy and the blood of the saviour....but I can say, that the loving longing for Yeshuah drives His servant back to Him, running, like a child, like a lover who longs to beforgiven by the Beloved One she has wronged....She comes with tears and with true repentence sincerely seeking forgiveness from the one she loves...She desires to put on Christ, to live in Christ, to live for Christ, to complete her life in Him and to live with Him eternally.

I pray this is a little clearer, and I ask your pardon if I am unclear.

~blessings
Servant4Yeshuah

repentandbelieve · Dec 10, 2005

Servant4Yeshuah said:
Dear Repent and Believe,

I agree with you, but perhaps I have explained myself poorly. These feeble words that I use to attempt to put these things in writing,I admit seem rambling and falling short of the mark. Let me attempt again...at least a little.

The longing is not under my control but is under Gods. The longing encompasses the longing to do His will, to serve Him, to Please Him. It is not separate from this service. This longing drives this servant forth to obey Him, follow Him, listen to Him... The will is to do His good pleasure...the will, like the mind, the body, the spirit and the whole of His servant belongs to Yeshuah alone. This servant is far from perfect, and is thankful for the tender mercy and the blood of the saviour....but I can say, that the loving longing for Yeshuah drives His servant back to Him, running, like a child, like a lover who longs to beforgiven by the Beloved One she has wronged....She comes with tears and with true repentence sincerely seeking forgiveness from the one she loves...She desires to put on Christ, to live in Christ, to live for Christ, to complete her life in Him and to live with Him eternally.

I pray this is a little clearer, and I ask your pardon if I am unclear.

~blessings
Servant4Yeshuah

IT IS GOD'S DESIGN THAT THIS LONGING OF THE HUMAN HEART SHOULD LEAD TO THE ONE WHO ALONE IS ABLE TO SATISFY IT. THE DESIRE IS OF HIM THAT IT MAY LEAD TO HIM, THE FULLNESS AND FULFILLMENT OF THAT DESIRE. THAT FULLNESS IS FOUND IN JESUS THE CHRIST, THE SON OF THE ETERNAL GOD.

Servant4Yeshuah · Dec 10, 2005

Dear Repent and Believe
YES!!!!! Exactly!!! That fullness is in Jesus (Yeshuah) the Christos, the Son of the Living and Eternal God...ALONE!!!

My heart is His alone! Praise to Him alone!
I thank Him and worship Him for His mercy, His love, His blood that has saved me....

I think we are agree, yes?

repentandbelieve said:
IT IS GOD'S DESIGN THAT THIS LONGING OF THE HUMAN HEART SHOULD LEAD TO THE ONE WHO ALONE IS ABLE TO SATISFY IT. THE DESIRE IS OF HIM THAT IT MAY LEAD TO HIM, THE FULLNESS AND FULFILLMENT OF THAT DESIRE. THAT FULLNESS IS FOUND IN JESUS THE CHRIST, THE SON OF THE ETERNAL GOD.

Graceful · Dec 14, 2005

Servant4Yeshuah said:
I find myself in a continual dialogue with Him. I just cannot get enough of Him...and I cannot contain what He gives me of Himself and yet I long for more. Sometimes this feels a little...uh...crazy (in the best sense of the word, I guess). I long to see Him, I long to serve Him....I want to leave this world and possess all that He is...I want to stay here to serve Him as long as I can...
I better stop before you think I am crazy too....

That is my kind of thinking and loving. To stay here as long as He desires me to stay so He alone could be glorified.

Jesus

soblessed53 · Dec 14, 2005

It was a pleasure reading through these posts again,I am glad it was unburied,thank you Graceful and Welcome To deeper Fellowship.

Graceful · Dec 14, 2005

Servant4Yeshuah said:
I cannot describe outside of poetry what I mean exactly, and even then I think I fail.

Would you be able to share some of this poetry?

Graceful · Dec 15, 2005

Servant4Yeshuah said:
Longing

My flesh longs for You

In deep and tangible

Intangible ways

I stretch out my hands to You

longing

I open my arms for You

Yearning

I open my lips to You

In praise

In worship

In sighs of desire

And Words tumble forth

In the languages of the earth

The languages of the heavens

The language of the open heart

I long for You my Yeshuah

My Lord,

My God

My All

Servant4Yeshuah,
Thank you for this poem, I didn't see it yesterday . It blessed my heart as I read it.

Grace

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