Relentless Pursuit

Jesus Culture has a song titled “Fierce” that I absolutely love.  After listening to the song several times in the car with my husband, it brought to mind scenes from disaster movies I had seen.

 

Imagine a thousand foot wave rushing toward you while you are walking among a crowd of people through a major city.  Imagine driving in your car with your entire family and you are surrounded by multiple tornadoes.  Imagine being a first responder at the scene of a volcano eruption with flaming lava flowing toward you. In many of these movies, you will see masses of people running in vain to find safety from the disaster.  Some find refuge while others become casualties of the storm.  In many of these movies, you will even find some of the characters don't even bother to run.  They accept their fate and succumb to the power of the storm.

We can compare God's love to these disaster movies.  God's love isn't scary and won't kill us so try to look at it from a different perspective.  God's love is massive, inescapable, and mighty.  Whether or not we want to acknowledge God, we all will ultimately have to face Him.  You can either continue to run or you can submit to Him.  

Usually, the people who submit to the storm in the disaster movies are either badly injured, elderly or trapped.  They physically cannot even attempt to escape the storm.  Some of us are like that.  We wait until late in life, after we have made a big mess of our lives, to finally yield to God's will.  

There is a particular part of the song that speaks directly to my spirit.  It goes, "You chase me down.  You seek me out.  How can I be lost when You have called me found?"  Now imagine that tsunami coming straight at you.  It's snatching up dozens of casualties in its path yet it seems to be coming straight at you.  It's almost like you are the target of the storm.  Well, that is how God loves.  You can see how He has impacted the lives of those around you but you also have a very personal, intimate relationship with Him.  There are times when thee enemy may get into your head and remind you of past mistakes or even more recent sins.  Yet the word of God reminds us of the sacrifice made on our behalf so that we can be called His children!  God cannot lie and He cannot go back on his promise.  

I am tired.  I am old.  I am weak and injured.  I don't want to run anymore.  I just want to lay here and let God's love wash over me.  I want to surrender to His will so that I will begin to have success in this life on a level that only can be achieved through Him.  I invite you to lay here with me and let God take over your life.