Something

Riding in the car with Julia typically goes something like this....

Julia: I want "sumpin" (something) Mommy. You say, 'What me want' to me.
Me: What would you like Julia?
J: I don't know. 'Sumpin'!
And repeat every 2 minutes............

This makes me think our Beth Moore study last week. We are doing 'Living Beyond Yourself' about the fruit of the Spirit. The video lesson this week was about "pouring out, pouring in, and pouring forth". Essentially this means.... 1)confessing our sins and concerns to God daily to empty out all the junk and be instantly purified, 2)allowing Him alone to fill us up, and 3)being a minister of the Holy Spirit blessing others.

We looked at Eph 5:18 about being filled with the Holy Spirit and not enjoying anything to excess. Any cravings we have for overabundance indicate holes we have and are red flags for where we need God. Emptiness places our hearts and minds at the greatest risk. Our desire was designed for God alone, so anytime we fill it with something else we will cause damage. Think of what would happen if you poured sand in your car's gas tank- designed for gas alone. We should learn to binge on God's spirit alone.

Then we looked at Prov 13:12, "Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a longing fulfilled is a tree of life." We all crave filling and have a deep need to be full. Nature abhors a vacuum and will always find a way to fill it. As Christians, we must let God fill up our empty's- loneliness, insecurity, inadequacy, self-esteem.....

I pray I learn to take my requests for 'sumpin' to my Heavenly Father. I want it to be my first thought, not my last resort. I hope Julia can keep her childlike simplicity and remember to stop and ask God for something- knowing He'll always hear her and fill her heart with exactly what she needs.