Because I started driving before the internet, I sometimes choose to navigate without it.

A few weeks ago, I was driving home. It was late, it was dark, and I was following my pre-digital instinct east towards the freeway.

Everything seemed to be in order until I saw a street sign ahead that said “No outlet”. Unfortunately I had been going the wrong direction, and my analog intuition had led me to a dead end. 

While my impulse to get to the freeway was correct – I was going about it the wrong way.

God has put a desire in each of our hearts to journey towards home.

In this month of January, many of us are seeking to cement new habits, new ways of living — with the best of intentions.

Perhaps you have a desire to learn more of the scriptures.
Or to begin to serve God in the local church.
To have healthier habits –
Or just be a better person.

In the moments of quiet — we sense the brokenness and lack in our lives. And if our hearts are open to the impulse of the Spirit of God — we respond, looking for something to make us more whole, less broken.

But what can make us more whole and less broken?
What can close the gap – between who we are — and the beauty and vast holiness of God?

It’s not a what — it’s a who.

The call of Jesus to every human heart is always a call to Himself.

It’s not a call to holiness, obedience, morality, self-sacrifice or a radical life. Its a call to Christ himself.

Every time Jesus calls a man or a woman – He calls them to Himself.

-To Peter and Andrew, Jesus said“Follow ME…” (Matthew 4:19)
– At the feast of tabernacles – Jesus cried out to the crowd “If anyone thirsts, let him come to ME and drink.” (John 7:37)
– To the scribes and Pharisees poised to stone a woman caught in adultery, Jesus said “I am the light of the world. He who follows ME shall not walk in darkness, but have the light of life.” John 8:12

The gap can only be filled by Christ Himself.

Follow Him — not a program, a preacher, or a spiritual discipline.
Drink of Him — not of information or knowledge.

The impulse in your heart is an impulse towards the person of Christ.
Don’t run toward any other thing.