ISAIAH 55:1 - 'Thirst for What?'

"Then said He, Unto what is the kingdom of God like? and whereunto shall I resemble it? It is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and cast into his garden; and it grew, and waxed a great tree; and the fowls of the air lodged in the branches of it." (Luke 13:18 & 19) Try to follow me for just a moment, as I try to show what this mustard seed is all about. When we put our faith in God, He is more than able to supply for everything we need to walk rightly before Him; He is able, therein is the key; because we are stuck in this flesh, we sometimes tend to forget, that it is by His strength we move. What we must thirst for as a child of God, is to be totally dependent upon Him; to be totally dependent upon His Grace for our lives, our abilities, and our security. When we step outside that dependency we suffer and can actually give life back to the flesh; that flesh which has been crucified with Christ, begins to live again and become an issue. To see a little better of what I am trying to say, let us look at a story about Elijah, found in 1 Kings 18 & 19. Elijah had confronted the 450 prophets of Baal, calling them out and then proving to the children of Israel that God was real and Baal was not; however, after doing all this, Elijah went and hid from the wrath of Jezebel. What would make a mighty prophet of God become such a coward to the world, or anything of the world? What could have made Elijah all of the sudden feel as if he was alone, and without help? What kind of position would God have to had in that moment, to make Elijah's worries bigger than The Almighty God? The God that just brought fire down from heaven and consumed the sacrifice on that alter; that demonstrated His power and abilities before the children of Israel, and the world. Could it be that Elijah's flesh had somehow gotten puffed up, and he was putting more significance in himself than he should have? Yes, I believe that is precisely what happen; this is the thing which we must be so leery of; that our flesh will always try to be stronger than the Spirit; it will constantly try to be relevant and remind us that it is still there, and needing to be fed. As we can see by the illustration in chapter 19:9-18; as Elijah is puffed up in himself, afraid of the enemy, and looking for God to be revealed within big and mighty things; it is then that he is shown how insignificant he is, and how great and mighty God is. When we are out of our position in Christ, we will loose our perspective on how mighty and powerful God is to complete what He has started in us; we will loose sight of His awesomeness, in comparison to this world, our flesh and the enemy. We must thirst for more of Him and less of us; for God to work His perfect will in our lives, we must be dependent upon Him and the things of Him; and not dependent upon ourselves and the things of this world. What is it that needs to happen in our hearts and minds to keep us focused on Him? To keep a right perspective of who we are in Christ and what our abilities are? Belief...We must believe! What, you might be saying? I believe! Well, I believe too; but what is it that hinders us from walking in obedience, from experiencing the fullness of God's grace in our lives, from being a vessel that God can use to the furtherance of His Kingdom; it is unbelief. "And Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If you have faith as a grain of mustard seed, you shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove: and nothing shall be impossible unto you." Matthew 17:20