Does it seem like some days the things we say we believe, that we memorize from the Word, that we talk to others about, and that we pray about are not really the things that we are living out? I just heard someone put it this way:
If your dad had asked your young 10 year old self to clean your room, and you had went up to your room and returned to him excited and bouncing telling him that you had memorized exactly what he had asked you to do. And you recited to him that he had asked you to "Clean your room", but you really hadn't done it, only memorized it. Was that what he had desired us to do? only memorize that we should clean our room? of course not. What do you think our Father thinks then when we only memorize what he wants our lives to look like, when we only sing about it and read about it and talk about... but we don't MOVE. We forget about the GO and we stay in our happy, comfortable worlds... while the world around is aching and dying without knowing the HOPE of our Lord, because we didn't dare to believe it enough to LIVE it.
Today i am feeling disgusted by my constant battle against the love of the comfortable, relaxing, happy, peaceful life and that of the adventure of leaving ALL and FOLLOWING Jesus... of embracing that which He has placed in front of me to DO.
If we do not live what we believe, if we do not sacrifice... how will they know? How will the girl whose momma just can't seem to kick her addiction to the drink, know that someone DOES love her? What about the girl who is constantly needy for my attention... who always has something weighing deep on her heart... how will she KNOW that in Christ... all things are NEW! What about the girl who wants to feel beautiful... wants to be needed... desired.. so again and again she gives in... she sends those pictures to another boy wanting only one thing from her... and all she wants is love... how will she know that someone loves her for her?
Shame on me... that these girls annoy me!!! That i get tired of their constant NEED... constant pull on what i think is MY time or MY day off or MY life... when ALL they really want/need is the LOVE of our Christ... and if He really is... truly is... alive and breathing, living in my heart... i WILL love them... i WILL sacrifice for them... i will reach out with the hand of Christ and meet them where they are... let them take of the time, energy, love that really isn't mine... is my Fathers!! Only by Father God living and breathing in us can we BE like Jesus. like the words of Katie Davis, "I really don't think God will say NO.", when we are loving others like Jesus... when we come to the Father in prayer about adoption, or service, or anything that is after His heart... and we really think He would say no?! And then she giggles, because the thought is preposterous.
Father... i beg you to make our hearts NEW. To give us all a LOVE like Jesus... infiltrate us with your spirit... and SHINE ON! Not of me Father but ALL of YOU... and your Victory, and Power, and Dominion.
That All would experience YOU!
