According to the Oxford dictionaries, a thrill seeker is "a person who is eager to take part in exciting activities that involve physical risk."
I have a friend who loves to do thrill seeking activities like finding the most challenging roller-coaster rides. She will travel all over the country to find them.
I, myself, while on a rollercoaster, am clutching my heart and praying fervently.
Since I'm afraid of heights, bungee jumping, mountain climbing and sky diving are off-limits.
But, there is a thrill that I am seeking. Instead of physical risk, this thrill requires shutting down distractions and becoming still.
I'm talking about seeking the manifest presence of the Lord.
I know the voice of the Lord is a still small voice, a whisper, if you will. (See 1 Kings 19:11-13) I'm hungry to hear His voice.
It takes shutting out distractions. It takes focusing on Him, and most of all, it takes TIME!
I don't know about you; but time here on earth is my most precious resource. I often waste it; yet, I'm aware of the fact that it is limited.
Each day brings me closer to the end.
The wisest investment of my time is the thrill of knowing Him.
What would be a thrill for you?
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This post was written in response to the prompt "thrill" provided by the Five Minute Friday community. As always, I'm late to the party, but spent five minutes writing my post, then used extra time to look up scriptures and make a graphic.
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ReplyDeleteThanks, GGG. Praying the Lord shows up BIG in your world today.
ReplyDeleteJerralea I am right with you when it comes to thrill seeking in the way most people view it. But I love the way you connect the thrill-seeking metaphor with our spiritual lives. Though I know God is with me always, when I still my heart and encounter Him in that quiet place, my heart thrills every time. Yes, you can have all this world [thrill seeking] but give me Jesus.
ReplyDeleteAmen! To know the Creator of the Universe takes notice of you and lets you glimpse His presence? Nothing compares with that.
Deletea thrill for me is getting up and over the granite on the adirondack mountains and standing on that summit! doesn't matter which mountain. Every one I hike, I get a thrill when I scale it.
ReplyDeleteI'll take Jesus any day though. Can't get through life with out Him and I pray He comes quickly.
Faith, not sure I will ever experience the thrill you are talking about since I ruled out mountain climbing. But I'm totally in agreement about praying He comes quickly.
DeleteThere are very few thrill seeking rides that I enjoy. But I agree with you. There is such a special thrill when God connects things in His Word and speaks directly into my heart and life.
ReplyDeleteI know, right? I always feel when I've grasped something new in the Word that I never saw before, "why was I so blessed as to see this?"
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