Where Deep Calls to Deep (#1037)
“At the bottom of our being is a throbbing, an aching that pines for our Other, day and night... a soul-longing that can’t be fulfilled by anything this world has to offer.” Those words from Strahan Coleman’s Thirsting open the door to a conversation about the ache beneath all our searching. What begins with people paying premium prices for meaningful emotional experiences soon turns toward the deeper hunger those experiences may touch but can never satisfy. Kyle and Wayne explore how easily our spiritual yearning can be hijacked by illusion, fear, performance, or the pursuit of a “God moment” we can control. But the deeper invitation is not to chase an experience; it is to awaken to the One who is already near, whose desire for us is greater than our desire for him, and whose kingdom is already within us. Perhaps the fulfillment of our deepest ache is found not in extraordinary moments, but in learning to recognize and nurture his presence in the ordinary ones.
Podcast Notes:
- The video version of this podcast (Due to FB policy, this link is only good for thirty days from the date of posting.)
- A JUST LOVE Meet-up in Kansas City
- Thirsting by Strahan Coleman
- Get your copy of Just Love
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Thanks Kyle and Wayne for this topic. Would love to hear you discuss this further(exploring our passionate thirst…how the mistake is to “fill up on cheap trinkets” rather than seeing the love of God satisfy)….
Excellent conversation!
Very timely podcast Wayne and Kyle! In my younger years especially, I spent a lot of time and money chasing things that held temporary moments of fulfillment. The pursuit has become less and less as I develop a deeper relationship with Jesus, but I wish I had that time and money back! I feel the effects of that pursuit now as I get older. The temptations are still there, I just don’t give into them as easily. I can’t afford to, figuratively and literally. Whoever said ‘time enjoyed wasted is not wasted time’ is, in my opinion, dead wrong! I’m sure Jesus weeps for those moments when I choose something else other than Him to try to fulfill myself, to quench the desire He has for me within me.
I don’t know that he weeps, knowing how weak we can be. But I do think he keeps drawing us into his goodness so that we can be free of the illusions that lure us. (Wayne)