Except when I don’t…. Recently at church we were singing the “Run to the Father” by Cody Carnes. It is a beautiful song the lyrics state “I run to the Father. I fall into grace. I’m done with the hiding, no reason wait. My heart needs a surgeon. My soul needs a friend so I run to the Father again and again”.

I have had this song on repeat and have belted it on my commute to work. Today I put it on blast because I wanted to battle against Satan with praise. As I was singing the again and again part. I heard the Spirit whisper, “until you don’t”…… Wait what I said out loud…. The Spirit again whispered “until you don’t”.

I had to ask God to explain this to me because I feel like I run to the Father but as I heard the whisper of the Spirit I saw so many times when I have not. Throughout my life I have looked for things to run to that I thought would fulfill me.

Maybe you run to your spouse, or your friends, or alcohol, or binge watching, instead of the Father.. There is no judgement here friends…. I have done all of the above and then some. I am still learning to run to Him. He loves us because He created us. He is everything we need. He will satisfy you to the brim…. Nothing else in this world can satisfy you the way the Father does….

God always has open arms when we run to him even if it is not our first choice. He meets us where we are at. Especially when we start running towards him even if it has been years There may be some consequences when we chase things of this world instead of running to Him. That is why we have Jesus…

Life is a marathon so I run to the Father again and again…..