Shane Hipps, in his book, Flickering Pixels, deals with the role of the heart in spirituality. He explains that it is the heart – emotions – that drives desire and without desire our spirituality dries up.
. . . the most damaging effect of suppressing the heart is that it deadens desire. That deep longing for life, love, and God fades. Instead, we come to expect less from life. We acquire the bland taste of a domesticated god who resides somewhere in our head. But our head is not home for the divine. The head helps us understand the divine from a safe distance. This is a powerful and valuable enterprise to be sure, but there is a difference between knowing about God and knowing God.
I don’t know about you but I do not care to serve a “domesticated god.” The God I choose to serve is full of mystery and strength, love and grace, justice and mercy. There is no domestication of the one true God – and we should rejoice in that fact!
How faded is your desire? How badly do you want to move beyond knowing about God to a point of truly knowing God? Do not seek knowledge – seek a relationship.
Father, may you fill us with desire to truly know you today and to grow in our relationship with you!
Clay in the Hands 
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