More of God

Author: Krystal R Husain

ANALOGY: A child walks over to the refrigerator and pulls out a mug of juice. Determined to get as much juice as he possibly could, he fills his glass to the brim. He then attempts to add ice to his drink. What do you think is going to happen? Of course, the juice will overflow.

POINT: If I were to ask any believer out there if they wanted "more of God", the general consensus is going to be a resounding "YES!!". Who doesn't want more of God these days?! But what does this statement really mean? Is it possible to actually get more of God? And if yes, then how do I get more of God?

Don Moen sang a song: “More of You and less of me, Lord I pray that there might be more of You and less of me”; and in John 3:30, John the Baptist says: "He must increase, but I must decrease". I believe that these two guys hit the nail on the head! To simply say that we want more of God, in my mind is an incomplete statement, for in my opinion; God has already given all of Himself to us. He gave His ONLY begotten Son as a sacrifice on the cross in an attempt to reconcile us back to Himself, then He gave His Holy Spirit Who He said will “teach you all things and will remind you of everything I [Jesus] have said to you.” (John 14:26). Then why does it seem that we need “more of God”?

I’ll like to draw your attention back to the analogy above. The reason the juice will overflow is because two types of matter cannot exist in the same space. In order for the ice to fit into the glass, some juice must be removed. Now think of yourself as the glass of juice. Before you received Christ, you were simply filled with yourself and whatever other feelings, vices…sin! When you got saved and received Christ you realised that certain things needed to be removed from your life…maybe at this time it would have been the obvious, more visible sins like pornography, drug and alcohol abuse and so on. As such, you would give up some part of yourself to God and receive Him into yourself. This is the ice dropping into the glass and some of the juice spilling out. As we are so “full of ourselves”, there’s no more room for God until we start emptying ourselves, thus the feeling that we need more of God, and essentially, we do…but the only way that we are ever going to achieve this is by decreasing ourselves! IN ORDER FOR GOD TO INCREASE IN OUR LIVES, WE MUST DECREASE! There simply is no other way as the two cannot completely fill the same space!

So then, how does one decrease allowing God to increase? 2 Cor. 5:15 says: “and He died for all, that those who live should live no longer for themselves, but for Him who died for them and rose again.” If we want more of God in us, we must first be willing to decrease, realising that we are no longer living for ourselves, but for God. I believe this is the deterrent for many Christians today. Society has taught us to seek after self…but God wants us to seek after Him. Many of us will not be willing to give up our desires for Him. Many will “put their hands to the plough and look back” (Luke 9:62), many will walk away from Sodom and Gomorrah but will look back, because their hearts will desire the things of that land; but the fate of those that look back will be as that of Lot’s wife (Genesis19:26).

You know, one of my favourite songs of all time is “Fill Me Up” by Jesus Culture. I want to be filled completely with His Spirit; but unless I empty myself and allow Him to have His way in me, I will not have more of Him in me, I won’t be filled! And it’s easier than you think to be filled. Joyce Meyer always says that “You are as close to God as you want to be”. If you want to be filled with God, it will happen for you if you truly aim for that. Ask God to reveal those things that hinder His presence in your life, worship Him as if your life depended on it, and seek His face daily. Make a conscious effort to get into His presence…worship, pray and praise on purpose! And before you know it, the carnal man will decrease, and God will increase in you. I encourage all of us to submit to the Spirit of God today. Be blessed!