God is wooing me to Him. There is no doubt. Each day, He fills me with His love and keeps pouring more and more. While I try to take in as much as I can, I am aware of my human limitation. Have you ever felt this longing for more of God so much that it makes your heart ache…because you know that you can never have enough of Him but if you have too much of Him all at once, you may just suffocate? That is exactly what I experience.
God has been working in my heart through school, nature, people and His word. Sometimes that urgent feeling to worship comes crashing in the middle of a class, during a walk along the beach or while listening to people’s stories. It usually flashes in and rushes out…always leaves me desiring more – this beauty in brokenness.
God breaks my heart through people’s brokenness. I see under their smiles the yearning that only God can satisfy. I hear the cries beneath their laughter for help…for rescue. I feel their struggles and pain to survive and to live well behind that confident look. But I do not know what to do besides seeing, hearing and feeling.
What can one do when she has already allowed God to break her heart for what breaks His? What can one do when the King shows her something she is afraid to see? What can one do when obeying Him means separation from her own dream, passion, comfortable life and even her own self?
Separation.
Was not this what the Lord did when He created the world? Did not He separate the light from darkness and, therefore, create time for us? Did not He separate water so there would be land and oceans for us to work and enjoy? And did not He separate man and woman from other animals, and call them His own, so they could tend and rule with Him? In the beginning, everything came into being for a purpose – God’s purpose.
One thing I learned during class the other day was – there is order to God’s creation. Before Genesis 1, there was nothing in the world except darkness. Nothing was functioning or serving a purpose. The void was just one useless space. For people in the ancient near east, where the word of God was originated and spread around, anything without use, function, role or purpose would not come into existence in the first place. So when the Lord began to separate this and that and started to call the names of the sun, the moon, the stars, the ocean and the animals, He had something specific in mind for each creation. And He definitely had a grand purpose for human as well.
When God made human, He imparted something unique and extraordinary that other living things did not share – feelings, or I would put it in this post – yearnings. Being created in His image, we partake in His heart for the broken world – this longing for healing and reconciliation. When you see a child naked, will you ignore him or clothe him with your own shirt? When a mom with frail baby slung over her shoulders beg you for food or money, will you walk away or will you quickly go into a nearest shop to buy some bread for them? When a homeless man wanders into your lawn, will you shoo him away or invite him in for a cool shade and a cup of cold water?
Brokenness we see nowadays is not what He intended: domestic violence, corrupted governments, resentful nations and bitter church congregations. We all know that when the Lord created this world, everything was good and in order. His purpose for humanity is so that EVERYONE can enjoy this relationship with Him and worship Him. But until we realize and truly understand how fearfully and wonderfully we were made, whom we belong to and why we are even here, we will not be able to fulfill God’s purpose in the world.
Will we not help one another to bring the beauty within each of us out? Will we not allow our hearts to be broken for what breaks Him? Will we not use our god-given talents to serve our families, neighbors or even strangers? And will we not pour our hearts, thoughts and spirits in seeking and searching for Him in order to have more of His love every day?
We are children of the King. Let us do all this, and many more.
More Than Eyes Can See 
February 24th, 2014 at 5:16 am
“No eye has seen, no ear has heard, and no mind has imagined the things that God has prepared for those who love him” – that’s 1 Cor 2:9 in your about thing, who’s Jim Elliot?
February 24th, 2014 at 11:12 am
Hey David, thank you for your comment and visiting my blog. 🙂 Jim Elliot is an American missionary, who was killed while attempting to reach out to a tribe in Ecuador back in 1956. The quote you see, “He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain that which he cannot lose” is one of his journal entries in 1949. After he and his four other fellow missionaries were murdered, Elliot’s wife came back to the village and continued his work. Later on, the villagers’ lives were changed because of their courage. There is a film telling their story called “The end of spears”. If you could get a hand on it, it is very encouraging and challenging to your faith.
February 24th, 2014 at 11:47 am
Im sorry – I meant at the bottom of your post. I see: “About Minkster
“No eye has seen, no ear has heard, and no mind has imagined the things that God has prepared for those who love him.” – Jim Elliot
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Cool – I’ll have a look for the film. I think I’ve heard that story somewhere.
February 24th, 2014 at 5:45 pm
Oh, yes, you are correct. Must have been a misunderstanding. I’ll fix it now. 😀 Yeah have a look! It’s one of my favorites.