Last week I heard on the news that a young man in his 20’s was shot and killed coming out of the Edison Mall. The newscaster said that it was a scene right out of the movies with over 50 rounds of bullets being shot at him. He died but thankfully no one else was injured. Sad!! I wonder if he knew Jesus?
This morning I was thinking about when Angie and I started dating. I will admit, I liked her for a while, all the way back to high school when I saw that she was a beautiful and Godly woman. We dated once but it didn’t work out. So I did my thing at college in Missouri and she was actually engaged to be married to another dude. He was cool. I liked him. But, thankfully, at least my kids would agree that this is something to give thanks for, they broke off their engagement in the spring of 1992 and my interest in her was rekindled. When I returned home from college that summer, the chase was on!!
We spent pretty much every waking moment that we were not at work together that summer. We were inseparable. I saw her every single day and started to really dig her. The more time we spent together, the more fond I grew of her and eventually fell head over heels for her. By the end of that summer, I was smitten! I liked everything about her! She loved the Lord with all her heart. She was smart and charming and we could talk and flirt for hours. Her smile melted my heart. Her sense of humor was refreshing, she really “got me” and thought I was funny. And, oh yes, her beauty!!! Her long dark hair, piercing blue eyes and her legs! Don’t even get me started about those legs! I was in love!
And she made me work for her love too. I asked her over and over to be “my lady” but she made me work for her hand. I loved it!! I loved the pursuit knowing that the prize, once I attained her love, would be worth all the time and effort. My pursuit lasted about 7 months and it was so much fun!
I wonder if this is how God feels about pursing our hearts.
He says in John 6:44; “no one can come to me unless the Father draws them.” He is basically saying that in order for us to enter a relationship with him, he has to pursue us. The type of relationship he is talking about is one that offers eternal life.
His Word also says in 2 Peter 3:9: “that it is His will that none, that he is patient with us, waiting for us”. He loves us, each of us. And, like a man chases a woman and makes her his bride, he is willing to chase us in order to prove his love to us and for us. My question is this…
The Lord is waiting to win your heart. How long will you make Him wait?
Don’t play too hard to get! He is long suffering and patient, but he won’t wait forever. I encourage you to not make him wait too long before you completely give him your heart.
Oh, and he can’t be fooled. I knew when I had Angie’s whole heart. How much more do you think God knows you! You can’t fool him by giving him a part of your heart and try to sneak around him. He doesn’t roll like that! All or nothing is what he asks for.
I wonder if the young man that was gunned down at the mall knew this. I wonder if he gave the Lord his whole heart while he had breath in his lungs. Either way, his pursuit is over, but yours is still on.
What are you gonna do?!
Word…
PA
