Thought for Thursday, January 31st

January 31, 2013

An Obsession

What is your one true obsession?

      Be ye followers of me, even as I also am of Christ.

1 Corinthians 11:1

“Obsessed people are more concerned with obeying God than doing what is expected or fulfilling the status quo.  A person who is obsessed with Jesus will do things that don’t always make sense in terms of success or wealth on this earth.”

-       Francis Chan

To be obsessed is in some ways like unto being possessed.   But least you misunderstand my intent, let me clarify.  A person who is possessed is under the control or influence of something beyond themselves.  As Christians we need to be possessed by the Holy Spirit in that we allow Him to have the control over us.

To be obsessed means to be so overtaken with something that you can’t get enough of it or stop talking about it and in short it totally consumes your life.  Shouldn’t’ this be how our relationship with God is?

If we could become so focused, consumed and immersed in the things of God, to the point that we could do nothing that was not connected to, a part of, or affected by that obsession – imagine how we could change our world.

Paul was obsessed by His desire to serve the Lord and further the gospel.  And even when he was beaten, imprisoned, shipwrecked and left for dead – he did not detour from or find his obsession diminished in the least.

Do we have that same kind of determination?  Are we willing to be crucified with Christ; to die to ourselves and to allow Him to live through us?

This is what it takes to be totally obsessed with God.

So would you consider Him to be your one great obsession?

Today’s Prayer

Father, helped me become totally obsessed by the things that matter to you and the things you want for me to do.