It is well, with my soul

I have been thinking about the word "soul" for a little over a month now. Soul is defined as the very essence of our being. We sing about it, we talk about it. But the concept of my soul has been so huge that is too much to contemplate on my own, and slowly the Lord has been revealing this concept to me, bit by bit. Often my soul feels so restless in this world, and I think that is exactly how the Father wants us to feel. We are not meant to be of this world. This is not our home. My soul yearns for union the Father. And while I feel restless sometimes and often so far away from God, He uses so many gentle reminders for me to seek after him always. It is good for my soul when I do. He provides so many opportunities to see him in our everyday monotony. He allows us to step outside of time when we are with him. He quiets our minds, so that our hearts and souls can spend time with him.

I love the picture that Brett Younker gives in his song, "Burning in my soul".The lyrics are: "Whoa hear the sound from Heaven. Whoa, a mighty rushing wind. Whoa, we're calling for revival. God let your fire fall again. It's burning in my soul. I cannot contain it, this fire inside. I cannot contain it, so let it shine. I cannot contain it, this fire of mine. It's burning in my soul."

This image is so perfect for the way my soul feels restless in this world. My soul is yearning for time with the Father, and the Spirit living inside of me is burning to shine through me in this broken world. My soul, in communion with the Lord is on Fire for him and wanting so badly to put aside the things of this world and just be with him. My soul longs for revival in this world and for the day that Jesus returns. I find myself yearning more and more for this day that sometimes it is a struggle to remind myself that the Lord has placed me here for a reason in this time and this place for His purpose.

But He reminds me to constantly seek after him. I love the picture in the hymn, "It is well, with my soul." This is by far, my favorite hymn. Regardless of what is going on in our lives, it is well with my soul. Because we know the truth. We know our purpose is to love our Father and to live for our Father and the things of this world are only temporary.

The Message version of 1 Corinthians 7:17 says this: "And don't be wishing you were someplace else or with someone else. Where you are right now is God's place for you. Live and obey and love and believe right there."

My prayer is that my soul will seek after the Lord constantly to live and obey and love and believe wherever the Lord has me in the present. I pray that no matter what the circumstances I can always say, It is well, with my soul. And I pray that the fire inside of me will always be too much for me to contain that the Holy Spirit is constantly shining through me.

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