Lost

This song is one of my favorites. It’s called Lost by Red. Check it out.

Can I be dreaming once again?
I'm reaching helpless I descend
You're leading deeper through this maze
I'm not afraid

I'm lost in you everywhere I run
Everywhere I turn I'm finding something new
I'm lost in you something I can't fight
I cannot escape
I can spend my life lost in you! Lost in you!

Your whispers fill these empty halls
I'm searching for you as you call
I'm bracing, chasing after you
I need you more

I'm lost in you everywhere I run
Everywhere I turn I'm finding something new
I'm lost in you something I can't fight
I cannot escape
I can spend my life lost in you!

I could never be the same here
Something that I never could erase
I could never look away
I lost myself in you!
It's all over now!

Lost in you! Everywhere I run
Lost in you! Everywhere I run!
Lost in you!
Lost in you!

I get stressed sometimes. I feel like I need to be at a hundred places at once and I don’t have time. I need answers to everything, and if I can’t find one, I’m either not working hard enough, or it just simply doesn’t exist. These are the times that God is telling me to stop and be with Him.

Have you ever just sat there and listened to God? Have you taken comfort in His loving arms or gotten lost in his wonder? There really is no better feeling than to know that He is there, and He will get you through this day because He loves you more than anything you could imagine.

God will never give us more than He knows we can handle. A lot of the time, when I get stressed, it’s because the world is telling me I have too much to do to get it all done. I tear myself down. This is another time that I turn to God for reassurance and hope. I can always hear Him telling me that I will endure and He will be my guiding light.

If we put our trust in God, what can get in our way? God is the Creator of the Universe, so how could I honestly think that I’m better off doing things by myself? He will make me last through this storm. He will stay by my side until it’s over and I can move on to bigger things. No matter where I run, He’ll be watching over me. And when I can finally realize this, I find that I’ve been lost in His love the whole time.

If God is for us, who can be against us?  He who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all—how will he not also, along with him, graciously give us all things? Romans 8:31b-32

Just Pray

I’m at a huge point in my faith life. I just got back from an amazing weekend with my Intervarsity friends called Fall Conference where I learned how to be a spiritual mentor, and like all the Fall Conferences I’ve been to, my faith got a huge boost. I feel a sincerity there that is hard to find in everyday life.

This personal fact brought up a question, why not? Why can’t I feel God’s amazing love and grace all the time? I think that my closeness to God is proportional to my prayer life.

I picked up a few books at Fall Conference, one that is a quiet time guide over a year, which is a great way to keep focus which can be very hard to have when I feel like I have so much to do. The other is a book called “Too Busy Not to Pray” by Bill Hybels. He makes some great observations on how an everyday Christian can have an intimate relationship with our Heavenly Father through prayer.

I read a chapter today called Praying Like Jesus. He uses Jesus’ words in Matthew 6 to explain that many people’s view of prayer is skewed. He says, “God doesn’t want us to pile up impressive phrases. He doesn’t want us to use words without thinking of their meaning. He wants us to talk to him as to a friend or father – authentically, reverently, personally, earnestly.” This made me consider my personal prayer life and a need to seek God more intimately.

I spend a lot of time talking to God. This is my definition of prayer. I move around and talk to him like he’s there walking by my side listening to every word I speak. I tell him about my day, what he does for me that I love, and what I need from him to be the man that he wants me to be.

As can be seen, I pray any time. Many Christians only pray at church, and maybe at the dinner table and before sleeping with the “Now I lay me” prayer. It’s unfortunate that so many Christians see prayer as something to do only when we have the words ingrained in our brains. God doesn’t want memorized prayers that we mindlessly speak just to get them out of the way.

God loves you so much. He wants nothing more than to be with you. We need to wake up from our blindness and see that God just wants our sincerity. He wants to hear from you just like your family and friends do. He cares about your hardships and accomplishments. So take some time today to talk to God because he hears you, and he is more than willing to answer back when you take the time to be with him.

“Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.” Matthew 11:28-30