From time to time this happens. I can’t predict it.
When I sat down to have my daily devotional time with God today, I just couldn’t read. The weight was too great. There was this "deep ache" in my soul (best way I can describe it)…calling me…compelling me…just to talk to God…to pour out my heart to Him.
I think God allows us to feel this way, just to draw us to Him.
I grabbed my pen and journal and have been writing a letter (prayer) to God, pouring out the prayer needs that are on my heart…all types of needs…for all types of people. And as I wrote, the ache started to subside (Philippians 4:6-7).
I’m thanking God for the ache too. (Yes, I wrote, "I rejoice in this aching. The ache draws me to You.") And I’ve been meditating on this verse recently & it won’t let me go…
- "Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in needs, in persecutions, in distresses, for Christ’s sake. For when I am weak, then I am strong." (2 Corinthians 12:10)
God’s heart for me…for us…is to take pleasure in needs for how they change us.
Ever happen to you?
It sure has! Your post affirms to me that we were created to be interdependent. It blesses me to know that you immerse yourself in fellowship with the Father over all our needs. Know that you are prayed for, as well!
Yes, this has happened to me. The ache doesn’t feel so great, but the reality of His presence is beautiful. Thanks for sharing with us.
I have found over the years that as I continue to decrease (get weaker) according to John 3:30 and He continues to increase in me and through me (get stronger) that I LIVE in a state of weakness as per 2 Cor. 12:10. It has long been one of my favorite verses of encouragement for I am, in and of myself, perpetually weak. I find Eph. 3:20-21 true, that God is able to do exceedingly above all I (in my weakness) can ask, or even think, according to His power which lives in me! I want to be weak so God is seen and not I. I am happily weak!!!