The Quest for More! (The pilot episode...)

Okay, so since this is the first post on this blog, I figure it would be good if I was to explain my intentions/desires/hopes/etc. for writing this. May this mark the beginning (well... depending on from whose perspective, maybe the middle...?) of a journey to smash the despicable yoke of the mediocre off my neck. That's right. This Quest for More is a Quest for Greatness. Why capitalize those words, you may ask? Because they are Important. Pay attention. This Greatness I seek, it goes beyond merely human objectives of fame and glory, the frail fickle name I could make for myself among feeble man who are here for a day and gone like grass withering on a rooftop. No, the Greatness I seek to acquire is an eternal remembrance. To rock heaven and earth with my devotion so that the foundations of the earth are shaken to the core by what their Creator sends me to do for Him. This is my Quest. That I can disappear so that He can occupy the space left in my wake.

The Bible is full of stories of mediocre men and women leading their mediocre lives. They think they are safe because they're just enough on the right side of the fence not to get nailed, but in reality, there is not a one of them that doesn't still come to the same sticky end as those who didn't bother hopping the fence at all. I will not suffer the disgrace of living under mediocrity when all authority in heaven and on the earth has been given to my Lord and Master, who lends that same to me in His name and waits to see how I will use it - or if I will at all. So many don't.

Therefore - my objectives, in as much sense as I can make of them.

1. Learn to listen to the voice of God. God by very nature is The Word. He never ceases to speak truths, commands, and even gentle requests. I have got to learn to shut up and listen so I can figure out what it is that He is saying so that I can go do it!

2. Learn about the Holy Spirit, how to release Him. The Holy Spirit, residing in us, is the very person of the power of God. How is it that we can have the power of God living in our very bodies and feel and remain so powerless?

3. Learn to sanctify my life - walk where Jesus would walk, talk what Jesus would talk. If I'm taking Him with me wherever I go, it stands to reason I should probably go wherever He points me. Which leads right back to the 'listening to His voice' thing.

4. (This really should be number one, but these aren't ranked in order of Importance.) Love God. Love Him so much that I explode. When He asks me, "how far are you willing to bend over backward to get what I have to give you," I want to be able to reply every time without hesitation, "until my spine snaps."

Now for the real question. How do I accomplish all of this? That's the awesome part - the part that you, dear reader, get to share and observe. I don't. God gets to do it all. All I have to do is draw nearer, closer, inseparable from Him, and He'll take care of it.

Thus the point of this blog, be any of you slightly interested. Based loosely on my studies with my LifeJournal, I've noticed that I don't have enough room in that dear little book to write everything that crosses my mind or every verse that speaks to me and catches my attention. Therefore, the overflow will be landing here, not only so that I can have a record of it, but so that you, dear reader, may have the opportunity to add your own insights. I greatly value any pearls of wisdom you may choose to share concerning anything I post here. Furthermore, it is my hope that however many or few of you choose to read this commentary will honor me by holding me accountable, not only in what I write, but when I don't.

As I've already started my LifeJournal, you're going to be dropped in on existing story, sort of. Not too far, mind you. But as it is nearly midnight and I work tomorrow, I will be starting with tomorrow's reading. God be with us all in our dreams tonight.

Much love,

Anna Grace