Loveology by John Mark Comer

Loveology by John Mark Comer

Author:John Mark Comer
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: ebook
Publisher: Zondervan
Published: 2013-12-31T16:00:00+00:00


You think you’re craving romance, but really you’re craving God. You think you’re dying to get married, but really it’s God who is underneath your desires. You think you’re waiting for _______ (you fill in the blank here), but really you’re waiting for God.

This isn’t a formula to manipulate God into giving you what you want. It’s not saying that if you delight in God, then he will come through for you. No. This is about desire replacement. When you chase after God, more than any other thing, you will find that your desires for what you don’t have, what you’re waiting for, are replaced by the pleasure of what you do have, in God. When all of your heart is wrapped up in him, your desires change.

Commit your way to the Lord

Whatever is in front of you, wherever you’re en route to, commit it to God. What does that mean? I think it means you make God your navigator. You pray, “God, here’s my map. Here’s where I’m going. I think this path is from you. But if I’m wrong or need a course correction, stop me, redirect me, turn me around. You lead. I’ll follow.”

This is something we should do daily, not just when we pick out a college or decide on a spouse. I cannot tell you how many mornings I wake up and pray, “God, show me what to do.” And guess what? He does.

Be still before the Lord

Okay, this one is hard, at least for me. To say I’m impatient would be a gross understatement. I can’t stand waiting. Put me in traffic, in a meeting, in line, and I crawl out of my skin. I’m impatient with people, with life, and with God. This is a massive weakness in my life. Tammy is the exact opposite. She is the embodiment of patience. It’s a shining bright spot in her character, and it’s one of my favorite things about her. She’s calm. Every time I’m around her I relax. I’m a bit of an insomniac. At night my mind just won’t settle down. On nights when I can’t sleep, I just curl up against her back and match my breathing to hers — she’s so still.

To be still is to slow down, take a deep breath, stop fidgeting, stop fighting, stop banging your head against the wall, and just be . . .

Do that right now. Take a deep breath. Then be still for a moment.

See how good that feels?

Wait patiently for God

Finally, after getting all that out on the table, David writes, “And wait patiently for him.”

Notice how much is crammed into that last phrase. The imagery isn’t of a guy sitting in a waiting room, bored out of his mind, waiting for God to call his name. It’s of trusting, doing, dwelling, enjoying, cultivating, delighting, committing — it’s of a man or a woman walking with God into the future.

The reality is that there’s so much work to be done right now.

Before you ever meet him or her, or get married.



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