Love Has Ruined Me

I'm just going to cannonball right in to what has been on my heart lately. It's going to be raw and it's going to be blunt, but I say these things in love and with a great conviction on my heart.

Why don't our lives look like we're in love with Jesus?

Why aren't we in a desperate pursuit of the One that we claim to love?

Why aren't we willing to sacrifice our time and energy for Him?

Why aren't we completely wrecked by the fact that we aren't with the One that holds our hearts?

Where is our lovesickness?

We live our lives with a false sense of fulfillment. In our prosperity we have filled the natural void in our hearts for God with useless, distracting, and time consuming things that have completely suppressed our appetites for Him. We have become so focused on the things of this world and pursuing worldly success that we have lost sight of eternity.

Those who have sincerely come to know our Lord and Savior have come to love Him. Out of the knowledge of who He is comes a deep longing in our hearts for more. Out of that knowledge comes a profound and beautiful mourning because the One that we love is not here with us and our only consolation and comfort is in the fact that He is returning to us and that we will be united with our Bridegroom once again forever.

1 You, God, are my God, earnestly I seek You; 

I thirst for You, 

my whole being longs for You,

in a dry and parched land 

where there is no water.

2 I have seen You in the sanctuary

    and beheld Your power and Your glory.

3 Because Your love is better than life,

    my lips will glorify You.

4 I will praise You as long as I live,

    and in Your name I will lift up my hands.

5 I will be fully satisfied as with the richest of foods;

    with singing lips my mouth will praise You.

6 On my bed I remember You;

    I think of You through the watches of the night.

Psalm 63:1-6

Do we really know Him?

Do we really love Him?


When we're in love we spend time with the person that we love. We communicate with them. We long to know them better and better. We recklessly pursue the one that we love and do what makes them happy. Not out of a sense of obligation or because we desire to have our actions requited, but because we love them and it's a natural response to love.

Where is this kind of love and deep longing for Christ?

On our lists of things that we love, as good Christians we put God first. But do our lives reflect that? Do our checkbooks reflect that? What about our conversations or where we invest the majority of our time and energy?

What kind of changes do we need to make so that our lives accurately reflect the love that we have for Christ and His love for us? What sacrifices do we need to make to truly devote ourselves to His will and His Kingdom?

It is my prayer for you that the Lord would completely wreck your life and cause you to shift your gaze to Him. I pray that His love will overwhelm and define you. That there would be a stirring in your hearts for more. That a hunger for Him that exceeds all understanding will grip your life and change your heart. I pray that He would be made number one in everything that you do. I pray that our lives would be a testament and a reflection of His love. May we truly learn what it means to love the Lord our God with all of our hearts, souls, and minds as this is the first and greatest commandment. May our lives be ruined for the satisfaction of the things of this world.