Carried Away by Love

If you're not carried away by it, then it's not love at all. Certainly that does not mean that obsession is a good thing. In loving and relating to our Creator, we want to respond out of devotion, not obligation, not just by attempting great things for Him. Strangely, He does not define love the same way that we do. Our Father desires an attractive adoration, not necessarily a warm-fuzzy, calculated, "smart" response to His gift to us. He craves annointed acts--beautiful, memorable, unchecked service. And He seeks abandoned attitudes. Oswald Chambers says that abandoning ourselves to God is of greater value than being holy. Wow! And I thought the pursuit of holiness was the pinnacle. But then, that's all about me as a personal vessel, isn't it? Abandonment to God is all about Him--and what' s IN the vessel. Rather than focusing on whether or not I am of any use, being carried away by His love makes me wonder how I can be of value to God Himself? Yet when I am sold out in abandoned love to Him, then He works through me all of the time. Carried away by love means being a carrier of His love.