ONE thing

(Katie) James and I have been doing a 30 day prayer journal where we each ask God the same question and individually, journal about it for a period of time and then after the specified amount of time, come together and see what God has spoken to both of us. As a verbal processor and someone who can be very impatient, this process has been really challenging for me but I am grateful in that I am growing in my ability to wait on the Lord. Its growing my faith to believe that God will ultimately unify James and I in what He reveals to us during these 30 days. We desire to be a couple that is seeking God in all areas of our life and that is much easier said than done. 

In the midst of asking the Lord this question, I've been convicted that I ask the Lord for a lot. I was convicted when I read Psalm 27 and realized that the ONE thing David asked the Lord was to KNOW Him....to dwell with Him...to behold His beauty....to seek His face.

Wow.

That was the ONE thing. Not for breakthrough in ministry. Not for a marriage that reflects God's love for His bride. Not for humility, teachability, or patience. TO KNOW GOD.

I love the image of being face to face with Lord. Of knowing Him intimately and being known completely. Think of the people in your life that you have this kind of face to face relationship with? Are you pursuing that same kind of intentional, intimate relationship with the Lord? I know that I am definitely not where I want to be at. The truth is just meeting God face to face at church on Sundays once a week isn't enough. Would once a week for an hour be enough to sustain your friendship with your best friend or your marriage? It wouldn't be for me. 

Since moving to Wheaton College, the Lord has given me a desire to study the revivals that have taken place on campus in the past in 1936, 1943, 1950, 1970, and 1994. Its been absolutely fascinating. As I've studied all of these revivals, the common theme was students confessing that they are desperate for God. They were hungry to know God, not just intellectually, but for a face to face kind of relationship. God responds when we ask and desire the things that are in alignment with HIs heart. James and I are believing and praying for another major move of God on this campus. But in the mean time, revival begins in individual people, desiring and hungering for ONE thing...to KNOW God intimately.