There is something deep inside of my heart, as a human being and especially as a woman, that comes alive when I know that someone is in wild pursuit of me.
Since being engaged, the one thing that has brought me the most joy is when I listen to Jonathan tell "our story". Now don't get me wrong, I love telling people about the day we met and the story of Jonathan's proposal, but it is so much more amazing to hear him tell it. Why? Because he gets so excited! His entire countenance lights up and he expects everyone within earshot to be just as giddy to listen as he is to share. He is excited to marry ME. He loves ME. He loves to talk about ME. And oh, does it fill my stomach with butterflies!
Now imagine how God must glow when we talk about Him! It must fill Him with such joy! He is worthy of praise and admiration and...get this....He longs to be pursued. He longs to be chased after and talked about and loved. Why is it that we take away His person-hood and make Him into this unfeeling Being in the sky? Why is it that we want Him to do anything and everything we ask of Him, but we don't think twice about what He asks of us and why?
We are created in the image of God. This means that the girl who spends hours upon hours getting ready to see her Prince Charming is a bearer of that image. It means that certain qualities of God are reflected in a man who puffs up as he hears his woman brag him up to her girlfriends. The science books may boast that these phenomenons are based solely on hormone levels, but I beg to differ! These are fingerprints of the Almighty God. They are markings of the Creator. They are evidence of a Divine desire for relationship.
This God desires a relationship with each and every person. He won't force us into that relationship though. I wouldn't want Jonathan to love me or talk about me because he HAS to! That would be miserable! What makes our relationship exciting is that we are both making the conscious, willing decision to love each other no matter what. Neither of us were bribed or threatened into loving each other...we wanted to.
That's how it should be with our relationship with God. We should love and trust and worship Him because we want to. And from the moment we accept His forgiveness and place our trust in Him as our personal Saviour, we should never stop wanting intimacy with Him. We should never stop talking about Him. His praise should be continually in our mouths and we should do everything can to bring glory and honor to Him.
So what am I going to strive for in my relationship with God? I want to give Him butterflies in His stomach. I want to brag him up to my friends until He puffs up with pride. That is what He deserves from His children.
I will praise the Lord at all times; His praise will always be on my lips... Psalm 34:1
