We all think we know what we want. Success, acknowledgment or perhaps fame. Maybe you wanted to be a fireman or a magician. Maybe you still want to. But what do we really want?
I'm a firm believer in man's innate desire to know God. We were made to share in communion with our God, to wander the garden together and to converse freely, without the wall of sin. Though millennia of sin and shortcoming have separated man, somewhere in the depths of our spirits, we desire and thirst for an encounter with Someone greater than ourselves. Truly, when it is all stripped away, our longings, our yearnings and our innermost cries are to know a God who loves, cherishes, adores and holds us.
David writes in Psalm 139 - "Lord... you know me". He goes on to say that there is no rising or falling, no word spoken or intention of the heart that God does not see. Deeply, God knows our most basic needs for He formed us, therefore He knows us. Sadly we do not always know Him in the same way.
Our human need is to know him. Our condition causes us to require more than just human validation. Our flesh groans (Romans 8:26) beyond what we are aware, for God to captivate every layer and barrier we have built up. We cry for a God to break down our walls through love and grace. All we really want, is Him.
We just won't admit it.
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