Crave

There are times when I really crave chocolate... chocolate with almonds... & lately, chocolate with almonds and sea salt (so good). There are other times when I crave apple cider... caramel apple cider. Other times I crave water, I'm thirsty.

What is a craving?
1. a powerful desire for something
2. begging for something

The word actually comes from the Old English word of to demand or claim as a right. As in, you must have it.

Well, I want my craving to be Jesus. I need my craving to be for Him only.

Dad led me to read 1 John 2:16 last night as he shared what the Lord has been revealing [something huge] to him recently that has completely shaken him up and pretty much redefined his lifestyle. It says...

For all that is in the world-- the lust of the flesh [craving for sensual gratification] and the lust of the eyes [greedy longings of the mind] and the pride of life [assurance in one's own resources or in the stability of earthly things]-- these do not come from the Father but are from the world [itself]. (AMP)

The New Living Translation says,

For the world offers only a craving for physical pleasure, a craving for everything we see, and pride in our achievements and possessions. These are not from the Father, but are from this world.


It's crazy to read this because we live in this type of world, where it's all about pleasure, sexual pleasure, visual pleasure, physical pleasure, making ourselves feel important, being more secure the more money you have, feeling complete when you have enough money in the bank but feeling destitute & empty when you don't... We are completely immersed in this lifestyle. Yet, the Lord's Word tells us that that's not from Him.

The Message [version] says,

Practically everything that goes on in the world- wanting your own way, wanting everything for yourself, wanting to appear important- has nothing to do with the Father. It just isolates you from Him.


WHAT? Isolation from God? MAY THAT EVER BE FAR FROM ME.

That just makes me want to sprint in the opposite direction... towards Christ!! Running for my life.

Recently, a friend and brother of mine taught on "A life on fire for God."
That pretty much sums it up. Shunning everything else... every single thing, for the Lord... for His consuming fire to engulf my life. For my sole desire to be for Him... from Him and for Him. A full-blown, non-hesitant, no-hinderance lifestyle where Christ is everything & the only One.

So in the end, after all is said and done, I want my lifestyle to declare, "Christ is my craving. Christ is my desire, my longing, my want, my need, my must. He is my stability. He is my way, THE way. Christ is everything I see. He is my security, whom I boast in. Christ is really my everything."