Do you feel sometimes like your spiritual life is a bit of a roller coaster ride? You swoop up onto a high, feeling so close to God; but then slip and hit rock-bottom all over again?
I know what it’s like. I, too, used to waver up and down, and sideways, even. But, then … Jesus … He stole into my quiet times, toppled my lies with His truth, and set me free. Each time a stronghold fell, I could hear His voice louder, feel His presence stronger.
Once you truly fix your eyes on Jesus, you can’t help but keep climbing. Getting closer and closer to Him is all you ever want. No more stepping back into that same old sin. You just don’t want it anymore.
Even if you stumble, there’s no retreating. Even if He keeps you on a plateau until you learn whatever He’s teaching you, you don’t dive off the cliff. There’s no rock-bottom when you go through trials in Jesus’ arms. Every difficulty becomes a chance to press in all the harder, hear Him all the louder, obey Him all the more, and draw all the nearer to the One you love.
If we press on in Him, He will open up a portal above us, where we can touch the things of Heaven even here on earth. Then, not even the sky will be the limit of what He will do in us, through us, and all around us.
Lord, what has held me back from more of You? Help me fix my eyes on You and run for the Prize. No turning back. No returning to those old sins. Just growing ever closer to You, looking ever more like You. What will it take for my strongholds to fall? My anger? My pain? My anxious thoughts? My secret sins? What will it take for You to be all I want? Today, Jesus, I open the door of my heart for You to do anything You want to do in there. Show me my idols, and then topple them with Your overwhelming love and grace. Don’t let me stop pressing on, higher and deeper into Your never-ending love, feeling the power of Your Spirit within me, guiding me in every situation to do things I could never do on my own. This, THIS is the more of You I long for: my sin but a faded memory of the past, and You all I see before me. Hebrews 12:1-3.
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