We Are Pursued

I'm at a point in life where it seems like I'm surrounded by either couples who are already acting as if they are going to be getting married or singles who feel as if they are going to be "forever alone" because they aren't currently in a relationship.

In either scenario, the girl is longing to be sought after wholeheartedly. Whether she's single waiting on a pursuer, or she's in a relationship longing to be romanced and loved each and every day... She wants to be sought after, and she wants her pursuer to pursue her wholeheartedly! When she doesn't receive the romancing she had been wanting for so long, she begins to put walls up and shut people out. 

Keep in mind when I'm talking about this "she," I'm talking about myself just as much as any other girl reading this. It's an inevitable desire we have as women to be pursued. Too often though, we forget that we are already being pursued each and every day by the King of Kings, the ultimate pursuer.

Think about the last sunset you watched... breathtaking, huh? Your pursuer painted that in the sky just for you. Think about the all of the songs the birds sing outside your window each morning... beautiful, aren't they? Your pursuer wrote every note to those songs for you to hear. Think about the calm breeze that brushed against your face as you stepped outside the other day... comforting wasn't it? Your pursuer knew you needed that. The list could go on and on about the ways God reveals His love for us. No, it's not teddy bears and chocolates, and it's not a bouquet of flowers or being serenaded from your window either; it's more intimate than any of that. God knows the things that make your heart flutter. He knows the things that sweep you off your feet and take your breath away, all of which are unique to YOU! Ask God to reveal Himself to you, to show you how He has been pursuing you. Ask Him to reveal His love to you, and I promise, if you ask for that with a genuine desire to see Him, He is going to reveal Himself to you.

Now don't get me wrong, things won't always be easy just like the seasons of singleness or even the times where the relationship just isn't going too well. We get discouraged. We feel lonely. We are emotional. It's expected, especially as women. And like I've previously talked about before: there are times where God feels like He's right by your side holding you by your hand, and there are times where you can't seem to find Him anywhere. However instead of putting walls up and shutting God out like you normally would with anyone else, I challenge you to pray and ask God to just reveal Himself to you again. Trust me, He's going to wipe those tears away and heal your brokenness when you ask Him to.

He allows us to feel those uneasy points so that we can reignite that fire to be close to Him again. He wants to be sought after too, don't you see? He wants us to feel broken because when we simply ask Him to comfort our hearts, He is going to do it! He wants to be our ultimate comforter and lover of our soul. When we allow God to comfort our hearts and seek after us, we stop seeing Him as just a God we are to be obedient to and worship on Sunday mornings, and instead we see Him as our one true pursuer, the only One worthy of our hearts.