Sunday, September 30, 2007

Saturated

Saturate-to soak thoroughly: to treat or charge with something to the point where no more can be absorbed, dissolved or retained.

In essence, I suppose you could say that to saturate something is to completely make full. So full, that there is no more room for anything else to get in.

Question to self: Am I saturated in the Lord? Am I so full of Your love that there is no more room for anything else to penetrate my soul? Or if something else tries to penetrate my mind, will and emotions, am I so full in desiring you that whatever the "else" is that wants my attention, or attempts to temp me can't get in because there is no room to receive it?
Someone gave this analogy once..."Imagine you are at a Thanksgiving dinner and you ate everything to your hears content. From appetizer to dessert you ate all you could. Then you go to visit at someone else's house on the way home and they serve you the most delicious desserts that you love, but even the sight of it is too much because you are so full already. You will not eat anymore."

Well Lord I wonder, why am I not more this way with you. It seems that I always have a little bit room for something "extra". A little extra sin, or sometimes a full darn serving is what I reach for it seems. I don not want to be this way. I want to be so saturated with you that there is no room for anything else...even when tempted.

Even now, if I focus on myself while desiring you, I'll still be focusing on fixing me! Help me abandon myself in you. Desiring to be so full of You so that there is no room anything else, except focusing on You and what you want...
"Love the Lord your God with all your heart, soul, mind and strength and love your neighbor as yourself."

2 comments:

Shelley said...

I love this. I am linking this post on my blog!

Colleen said...

Hey Shelly! thanks!