wan·der·lust [won-der-luhst]
Noun
A strong, innate desire to rove or travel about
I've had a large problem with this wanderlust of mine. The desire to just sprint through a forest with no recollection of where I'm going. To climb a rock face feeling the cool stone beneath my hands as the warm sun beats down on my face. To roam about through wilderness taking deep breaths of fresh air as the terrain crunches beneath my feet. Is this wanderlust of mine God given? I believe it has to be. As I do these things, whether I'm in the middle of the Angeles National Forest or stepping outside my door and feeling the sun between my toes, God seems to be closer than ever before. The last time I went outside and started sawing through a log that I needed to get rid of was one of the best God times I've had in quite some time. I just feel like I'm in the perfect place. The stress goes away and I get a better sense of what He's telling me every time I get out and satisfy my wanderlust. I have a strange feeling Jonothan was feeling the same way in 1 Samuel 14. Break out the bible and read it up to verse 23.
I've often felt spiritual wanderlust as well. Though my normal desire to rove through the wilderness brings me straight to God, I often feel passion twirling inside of me just dying to break out in some form or another. I feel like an enormous amount of adrenaline is running through my body and I'm holding a match just inches away from a lake of gasoline and I want to throw it in. I don't often know how to ignite that passion. There are so many ways I want to exert the God gifted talents He's given me and I'm stuck sitting in front of the fridge wondering what I'm going to eat for lunch! I want to be utilized! I want to read the Word and battle up and charge the Philistines saying "Perhaps the Lord will work for me (use me for his glory) today."
What sparks YOUR wanderlust? What fires YOU up inside?
