“Pursue means to diligently, persistently, purposefully go after someone or something to obtain them or to reach them. […] We are to PURSUE the love of our life. We are to be diligent, persistent, and purposeful in our words, actions, and choices to show Yeshua -Jesus, how much we love Him; how much we want to be with Him; how much we want to spend the rest of our life with Him.” Click to read the full Journal Entry!
Pursue means to diligently, persistently, purposefully go after someone or something to obtain them or to reach them. If a man is pursuing a woman to be his bride he doesn’t only say hi to her, spend a few mins of chit-chat with her, give her a side hug all a couple of times a week, then walk away to talk with someone else more interesting, or leave to do something more interesting. That doesn’t tell her he’s interested in marriage with her. At best, is says he’s a good acquaintance with her, maybe a friend. He doesn’t say, “I’m not interested in marriage,” and then expect her to say she is interested in marriage, especially with him. And yet, how often do we come to Yeshua and give Him our few mins of prayer and Bible reading with a quick hug of thank you’s, only a couple of times a week before heading off to do something more interesting? We tell Him with our words and actions we don’t want to get married now, yet we expect Him to tell us He wants to marry us and take us to Heaven with Him. We are to PURSUE the love of our life. We are to be diligent, persistent, and purposeful in our words, actions, and choices to show Yeshua -Jesus, how much we love Him; how much we want to be with Him; how much we want to spend the rest of our life with Him.
When a man pursues a woman to be his bride to him she is the most interesting person to talk with; she is the most interesting person to spend time with. He can’t get enough of her. He goes out of his way to spend time with her. He makes time to spend with her. Not once or twice a week, but every day; for hours where possible. He is calling her on the phone, and answering her calls when she calls him. He is visiting with her at her house, and going places with her. He sits beside her because he wants to be near her as much as possible. He is spending time with her and her family, and inviting and taking her to visit with him and his family. He continually tells her he loves her in words, gifts, in his gentle touch of affection, and the quality time he spends with her. He is giving a sacrifice for her of his time, his money, his reputation, his independence, and anything else that’s needed to show her he desires her to be his bride, that he desires and needs her to be his life teammate. There is a boldness and bravery in His words and actions. There is risk involved. He is not subtle. Everyone around knows they are a pair, and they are in love.
Are we doing this with our Savior, Jesus? Is Jesus the most interesting person to talk with and spend time with? Do we get full of Jesus quick then we don’t want or need Him any more? Do we go out of our way to spend time with Him? Or is it only when it’s convenient? Are we purposeful with spending time with Him every day; for hours where possible? Are we calling on Yeshua, and answering when He calls us? Is He invited to come to our home, and out to places with us? Are we sitting in Jesus’s presence as often as we can because we want to be near Him as much as possible? Are we inviting Jesus to spend time with us and our family; not as an outsider, but part of the conversations? Are we taking His invitations to be in His presence in the atmosphere of Heaven, spending time with Him in His awesome wonder? Are we expressing our love to Him with our words, offerings, our selfless acts of sacrifice for Him, and spending quality time with Him? Are we sacrificing our time, money, reputation, independence, and anything else that’s needed to show Jesus we desire Him to be our life teammate? Is there a boldness or bravery in our words and actions with our demonstrations of love and affection toward Him? Or are we subtle so that no one is really sure we love Yeshua, maybe not even Yeshua knows?
Like a bride waiting for her groom to pursue her, Jesus is waiting for us to pursue Him. He has already laid the ground work so the path is clear for us to run on it to Him. Yeshua is waiting on us to tell Him we are ready for marriage with Him, and to go deeper in relationship with Him. He is not going to force us into a marriage with Him. He will offer and bring it up for discussion occasionally, but He will not force the issue. He’s in the waiting. He is patient with us. The question is, will we pursue Him? This Valentine’s Day, amongst the hearts and flowers, let’s remember Who the greatest Lover of our Life is. Let’s be purposeful, and make time to spend with Him on this day of Love.
