Running

If there is one thing in life I absolutely hate it's probably running. I honestly hate it, it makes me sweaty and out of breath and maybe that's just because I'm out of shape but, I just find it awful, so imagine my suprise this weekend at Disciple Now when God demanded I run to Him. No obviously this does not mean physically running to Him because well, that's just not possible but, He demanded I seek Him with the kind of urgency as if I was running and to let Him take hold of me. It all started with the song "Forever Reign" by Hillsong. Some of the lyrics are "I'm running to your arms, I'm running to your arms, the riches of your love will always be enough. Nothing compares to your embrace, light of the world forever reign". So good right? Well that was my song all weekend. I worshiped harder to it then I ever have before and you better believe I was out of breath and a little sweaty when the song was finished but, I really didn't mind. So I was trying to embrace this concept of running to His arms and so during my quiet time this evening I opened my Bible up to Psalms and found these two verses: Psalms 11:1 "I've already run for dear life straight to the arms of God." and Psalms 16:1-2 "Keep me safe, O God, I've run for dear life to you. I say to God, "Be my Lord!" Without you, nothing makes sense." Pretty great huh? I honestly wasn't even surching for verses on running to God, He just put them in front of me but, I can just feel David's desperation here. He longs for the comfort that comes from the arms of God so he is running to Him. I want to embrace that longing in myself. I want my desperation for my Abba to lead me straight into His arms because, as David said, Without Him nothing makes sense.