Four Day Span

Last night: My friends threw me a going away party.

Today: I consolidate my life here and try to fit the next two years of my life into two suitcases.

Tomorrow: I lead worship for the last time at my church.

Monday: The adventure begins.

I can’t believe it’s almost here.

Learning from the Teacher

While I was laying in bed last night, I was thinking/pondering/praying about matters of God and got hit with a sudden, clear new revelation of God. I was pretty blown away by it and I thought that you might find it helpful, too. So here it is.

Jesus is our Savior. Our rescuer. He redeems us. He restores us. But we have to let him do that and follow him once he has made a path for us to be rescued, redeemed, or restored. In Exodus, God delivered Israel out of the hands of the Egyptians, but the Israelites had to still choose to leave Egypt. When the Red Sea parted, they had to choose to walk through it.

So it is with us.

When God answers our prayers for deliverance and to be rescued, and he opens a door for us, we still have to choose to walk through that door and out of the stuff we’re in, be it sin, oppression, danger.

In John 8 when Jesus saves the adulteress from being stoned, his last words to her are “Go now and leave your life of sin.” He had already delivered her and it was now up to her to accept that.

This may not be big news for you, but it really struck me. So when God answers our prayers and gives us a way out, let’s have the courage and the faith to walk through that door. Amen.

So I Was In This Movie…

It’s too bad that this never made it into theaters. I think it would have been a huge hit!

Your Kingdom Come

Lately, a lot of what I’ve been praying about and praying for is for the Kingdom of God to manifest itself here on earth more. God wants so bad for us to usher in His kingdom and I think that I’m ankle deep in a vast ocean of what that actually looks like.

I’ve been reading the book When Heaven Invades Earth by Bill Johnson, the senior pastor of Bethel Church in Redding, California. It has just been rocking my world and I’m only five chapters in.

One of the biggest revelations I’ve received from reading this book has been about the prayer that Jesus taught (Matthew 6:9-13) and how it’s all about ushering in God’s Kingdom. It starts with worship and then declares His will be done “on earth as it is in heaven”. It then goes on to list of what heaven on earth looks like: provision, forgiveness, and deliverance. It then concludes with more worship.

I’m not really one for new year’s resolutions, but I want to make it a goal and a habit of bringing the Kingdom of God with me wherever I go.

Happy Eardrums

I bought the new live CD by Misty Edwards titled Fling Wide last week. It’s an amazing CD and it has been dominating time on my iPod. This album has a different sound on it than most of Misty’s albums as the songs have a strong anthem feel to them while still maintaining the intimate worship melodies and lyrics that makes her albums so amazing. My favorite song off of the CD right now is Resting Place. It’s a simple repeated chorus that soars and draws you into a place of worship.

To buy this CD or any of her other ones, click here. It’ll make your eardrums happy and your heart long for more of Christ in your life.

What album has been dominating time on your iPod lately?