I believe He wants to reveal who He is not only to a ministry, a church, or a city but that there would be a dramatic revelation of the Father's heart to EVERYONE.
The magnitude of what Jesus did on the cross is never fully realized by many of us. Instead, we opt to discuss, skim over, and maybe debate about our religion, the cross, and Jesus without fully allowing our hearts and minds to be available for the Father to speak to us.
Here's the bottom line. For us to even begin to understand/comprehend what Jesus did, we have to be available and open. Do you really allow Jesus to fully have your heart, soul, AND mind?
Romans 12:2 says "Do not conform to the patter of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is- his good, pleasing and perfect will."
Personally, I have more of a difficult time giving my mind to God. I have, for much of my life, thought like the world. I would take everything the Lord told me, and then tweak it a bit to make sure it lined up with my circumstances/experiences so that I wasn't too uncomfortable. This is clearly not OK. Being "uncomfortable" is part of the Christian life. We are dual-citizens (citizens of the Kingdom of God, and earth) living in on earth.
As Vineyard Columbus pastor, Rich Nathan, wrote "We live in time, but we belong to eternity. We are deeply engaged in this world, doing all we can to love our neighbor and work for justice while we acknowledge that we don’t ultimately belong to this world. According to Augustine, people of faith hold dual citizenships; we are resident aliens"
Therefore, as we live on this earth, there are going to be times where we are uncomfortable. Where we don't look like the world around us.
There are going to be times we need a comforter. The Holy Spirit. Recently, the Lord is challenging my thinking and now as I fully surrender ALL of me to Him, I'm seeing things through a different lense. In times that I hear the Lord say something, or what I read something in the Bible which doesn't align with my personal experiences, I resolve to invite the Holy Spirit in. So far, this journey has been one of much revelation- constantly challenging and encouraging me to step out of my box and allowing me(and my mind) to enter into heavenly places. I would love to share some things He has been showing me.
As Vineyard Columbus pastor, Rich Nathan, wrote "We live in time, but we belong to eternity. We are deeply engaged in this world, doing all we can to love our neighbor and work for justice while we acknowledge that we don’t ultimately belong to this world. According to Augustine, people of faith hold dual citizenships; we are resident aliens"
Therefore, as we live on this earth, there are going to be times where we are uncomfortable. Where we don't look like the world around us.
There are going to be times we need a comforter. The Holy Spirit. Recently, the Lord is challenging my thinking and now as I fully surrender ALL of me to Him, I'm seeing things through a different lense. In times that I hear the Lord say something, or what I read something in the Bible which doesn't align with my personal experiences, I resolve to invite the Holy Spirit in. So far, this journey has been one of much revelation- constantly challenging and encouraging me to step out of my box and allowing me(and my mind) to enter into heavenly places. I would love to share some things He has been showing me.
Basically, this is the basic underlying purpose of me writing a blog. To be really honest,I'll have come back to this later and expand on why blogging was the answer, but I have some revelation the Lord *just* gave me and I'm far more concerned about sharing His words than my own in this introductory post, so here goes!
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