Sometimes it seems to me like these two titles of God are almost.....not fitting to go together.
Last night I got a huge massive revelation of God.
I was thinking what if God was only one and not the other?
I need GOD, the one who is above all and who has no equal, yet loves ME and my tiny heart. I need You to be all that You are. YAHWEH, and my lover. Are they the same person? If they're not then I will die.
Do you care about the desires of my heart? Do you care about the my longings and what happened and what is happening in my tiny life? Are you the one in charge of all that? Are you the one doing it all and working things together and orchestrating things and leading me? Do you care about my heart? Do you understand me? Do you know why I cry and why I get excited and happy?
If you do, then are you also the One I read about in the Old Testament, the one who has created all things, who is above all, who has set boundaries for the sea, who is such a mystery and does not show your face to men your creation?
If you were only that, only YAHWEH the mystery, the Holy One altogether set apart, then I could never know you and would never know love.
If you were only my intimate heart-friend and lover, then I would be lost and afraid in this huge world and in life with no answers and nothing to hold onto. YOU MUST BE BOTH OR I WILL DIE!
"The God who made the world and everything in it is the Lord of heaven and earth and does not live in temples built by human hands. And he is not served by human hands, as if he needed anything. Rather, he himself gives everyone life and breath and everything else. From one man he made all the nations, that they should inhabit the whole earth; and he marked out their appointed times in history and the boundaries of their lands. God did this so that they would seek him and perhaps reach out for him and find him, though he is not far from any one of us. ‘For in him we live and move and have our being.’ As some of your own poets have said, ‘We are his offspring.’" Acts 17:24-28
"The Son is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. For in him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things have been created through him and for him. He is before all things, and in him all things hold together. And he is the head of the body, the church; he is the beginning and the firstborn from among the dead, so that in everything he might have the supremacy." Colossians 1:15-18
"Jesus answered: “Don’t you know me, Philip, even after I have been among you such a long time? Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, ‘Show us the Father’? Don’t you believe that I am in the Father, and that the Father is in me?" John 14:9, 10
"You have searched me, LORD, and you know me. You know when I sit and when I rise; you perceive my thoughts from afar. You discern my going out and my lying down; you are familiar with all my ways. Before a word is on my tongue you, LORD, know it completely. You hem me in behind and before, and you lay your hand upon me. Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, too lofty for me to attain." Psalm 139:1-6
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
Sunday, November 21, 2010
Rain
One day very soon the floodgates of heaven will be opened up over whole cities and whole nations and we won't be able to contain the downpour.
One day we are going to see His glory cover the earth as the waters cover the seas and it will be the most glorious thing we can imagine.
One day as the saints are crying out in unity for His face like nothing else, longing for the fullness like nothing else, the clouds are going to break and it's gonna rain.
It will rain on the churches.
It will rain on the prayer meetings.
It will rain in the bars and clubs.
It will rain in the streets.
It will rain in the schools.
It will rain in the dumps.
It will rain on jails and prisons.
It will rain in grocery stores and banks.
It will rain in Red-Light Districts.
It will rain in brothels.
It will rain in crack-houses.
It will rain in the universities.
It will rain in Hollywood.
It will rain in Vegas.
It will rain in LA.
It will rain in Washington DC.
It will rain all over Asia, all over Africa, South America, Australia, Europe, Antarctica.
It will rain in Israel.
The rich and poor, the young and old, no one will stay dry. He is coming. The rain is coming! I hear the sound of the coming rain. I see revival rolling in.
And so I hit my knees to contend for this coming rain.
Open up the heavens Lord
One day we are going to see His glory cover the earth as the waters cover the seas and it will be the most glorious thing we can imagine.
One day as the saints are crying out in unity for His face like nothing else, longing for the fullness like nothing else, the clouds are going to break and it's gonna rain.
It will rain on the churches.
It will rain on the prayer meetings.
It will rain in the bars and clubs.
It will rain in the streets.
It will rain in the schools.
It will rain in the dumps.
It will rain on jails and prisons.
It will rain in grocery stores and banks.
It will rain in Red-Light Districts.
It will rain in brothels.
It will rain in crack-houses.
It will rain in the universities.
It will rain in Hollywood.
It will rain in Vegas.
It will rain in LA.
It will rain in Washington DC.
It will rain all over Asia, all over Africa, South America, Australia, Europe, Antarctica.
It will rain in Israel.
The rich and poor, the young and old, no one will stay dry. He is coming. The rain is coming! I hear the sound of the coming rain. I see revival rolling in.
And so I hit my knees to contend for this coming rain.
Open up the heavens Lord
Monday, November 15, 2010
My favorite Jim & Elisabeth Elliott quotes
JIM ELLIOTT:
"What good are Greek, commentaries, insight, gift, and all the rest, if there is no heart for Christ?"
Father, make of me a crisis man. Bring those I contact to decision. Let me not be a milepost on a single road; make me a fork, that men must turn one way or another on facing Christ in me."
"God always gives His best to those who leave the choice with him."
"Wherever you are, be all there. Live to the hilt every situation you believe to be the will of God."
"One does not surrender a life in an instant. That which is lifelong can only be surrendered in a lifetime."
"Remember that the shadow a thing casts often far exceeds the size of the thing itself (especially if the light be low on the horizon) and though some future fear may strut brave darkness as you approach, the thing itself will be but a speck when seen from beyond. Oh that He would restore us often with that 'aspect from beyond,' to see a thing as He sees it, to remember that He dealeth with us as with sons."
"God, I pray Thee, light these idle sticks of my life that I may burn for Thee. Consume my life, my God, for it is Thine. I seek not a long life but a full one like You, Lord Jesus."
"We are spiritual pacifists, non-militants, conscientious objectors in this battle-to-the-death with principalities and powers in high places. Meekness must be had for contact with men, but brass, outspoken boldness is required to take part in the comradeship of the Cross. We are "sideliners" -- coaching and criticizing the real wrestlers while content to sit by and leave the enemies of God unchallenged. The world cannot hate us, we are too much like its own. Oh that God would make us dangerous!"
ELISABETH ELLIOTT:
"If we do anything to further the kingdom of God, we may expect to find what Christ found on that road - abuse, indifference, injustice, misunderstanding, trouble of some kind. Take it. Why not? To that you were called. In Latin America someone who feels sorry for himself is said to look like a donkey in a downpour. If we think of the glorious fact that we are on the same path with Jesus, we might see a rainbow."
"If my life is surrendered to God, all is well. Let me not grab it back, as though it were in peril in His hand but would be safer in mine!"
"We must quit bending the Word to suit our situation. It is we who must be bent to that Word, our necks that must bow under the yoke."
"Experience has taught me that the Shepherd is far more willing to show His sheep the path than the sheep are to follow. He is endlessly merciful, patient, tender, and loving. If we, His stupid and wayward sheep, really want to be led, we will without fail be led. Of that I am sure."
"What good are Greek, commentaries, insight, gift, and all the rest, if there is no heart for Christ?"
Father, make of me a crisis man. Bring those I contact to decision. Let me not be a milepost on a single road; make me a fork, that men must turn one way or another on facing Christ in me."
"God always gives His best to those who leave the choice with him."
"Wherever you are, be all there. Live to the hilt every situation you believe to be the will of God."
"One does not surrender a life in an instant. That which is lifelong can only be surrendered in a lifetime."
"Remember that the shadow a thing casts often far exceeds the size of the thing itself (especially if the light be low on the horizon) and though some future fear may strut brave darkness as you approach, the thing itself will be but a speck when seen from beyond. Oh that He would restore us often with that 'aspect from beyond,' to see a thing as He sees it, to remember that He dealeth with us as with sons."
"God, I pray Thee, light these idle sticks of my life that I may burn for Thee. Consume my life, my God, for it is Thine. I seek not a long life but a full one like You, Lord Jesus."
"We are spiritual pacifists, non-militants, conscientious objectors in this battle-to-the-death with principalities and powers in high places. Meekness must be had for contact with men, but brass, outspoken boldness is required to take part in the comradeship of the Cross. We are "sideliners" -- coaching and criticizing the real wrestlers while content to sit by and leave the enemies of God unchallenged. The world cannot hate us, we are too much like its own. Oh that God would make us dangerous!"
ELISABETH ELLIOTT:
"If we do anything to further the kingdom of God, we may expect to find what Christ found on that road - abuse, indifference, injustice, misunderstanding, trouble of some kind. Take it. Why not? To that you were called. In Latin America someone who feels sorry for himself is said to look like a donkey in a downpour. If we think of the glorious fact that we are on the same path with Jesus, we might see a rainbow."
"If my life is surrendered to God, all is well. Let me not grab it back, as though it were in peril in His hand but would be safer in mine!"
"We must quit bending the Word to suit our situation. It is we who must be bent to that Word, our necks that must bow under the yoke."
"Experience has taught me that the Shepherd is far more willing to show His sheep the path than the sheep are to follow. He is endlessly merciful, patient, tender, and loving. If we, His stupid and wayward sheep, really want to be led, we will without fail be led. Of that I am sure."
........
God, please.......oh my goodness. I need so much help. Im just longing inside. *SIGH*
One day I will know, and I will see. Right now I can only see a reflection of what will be.
Please give grace to my heart Lord. Please give me patience. Please HELP me to wait and wait with peace and steadfastness in my heart instead of anxiety. Because I really haven't learned to wait until I can wait peacefully.
Your love never fails, your truth is a rock. And I will stand on it all the days of my life. You know my only one heart's desire is You.
I don't like how my heart gets so excited so often and how much I live by my emotions. I'm trying so hard to walk by faith, not by sight, not by facts or feelings. I really am trying. I'm trying so hard to not go by my feelings. God, I know you are faithful. I know you have proved yourself to me time and time again. You never fail me. I NEED HELP. HELP ME, JESUS.
I will hang on to the truth that You are good. And that one day soon I will see and I will know. Please help me Daddy. I need You so much.
I can't do this without you. I can't do this day without you.
The Lord is good to those who wait for Him. I will be still. HELP ME. I can't be still unless you help me. It's not in me to wait and to be still and bear silence, unless You put it in me. You have to help me. HELP!
I don't know what it means to wait and to be patient but I am learning.
Am I feeling longing inside because my hope has moved from the Lord to this desire in my heart? UNLESS MY HOPE IS IN THE LORD I CAN'T MAKE IT.
God, where is my hope? Please let it be in You. I will run into Your arms with all that I am. I can't see, I don't know, I'm so uncertain but I TRUST YOU. My heart is anxious HELP ME.
This unknown will eventually become a known. And it might be a No. Am I ok with that? Is my Daddy good to me? I want more than anything to say yes. The answer I am holding out for could be a No. Am I going to be hurt by that? Am I going to feel like God has failed me or hurt me? I want more than anything to say no.
Lord, my Lord, not my will but Yours be done. I know there is nothing you can't do. I know you are able.
One day I will know, and I will see. Right now I can only see a reflection of what will be.
Please give grace to my heart Lord. Please give me patience. Please HELP me to wait and wait with peace and steadfastness in my heart instead of anxiety. Because I really haven't learned to wait until I can wait peacefully.
Your love never fails, your truth is a rock. And I will stand on it all the days of my life. You know my only one heart's desire is You.
I don't like how my heart gets so excited so often and how much I live by my emotions. I'm trying so hard to walk by faith, not by sight, not by facts or feelings. I really am trying. I'm trying so hard to not go by my feelings. God, I know you are faithful. I know you have proved yourself to me time and time again. You never fail me. I NEED HELP. HELP ME, JESUS.
I will hang on to the truth that You are good. And that one day soon I will see and I will know. Please help me Daddy. I need You so much.
I can't do this without you. I can't do this day without you.
The Lord is good to those who wait for Him. I will be still. HELP ME. I can't be still unless you help me. It's not in me to wait and to be still and bear silence, unless You put it in me. You have to help me. HELP!
I don't know what it means to wait and to be patient but I am learning.
Am I feeling longing inside because my hope has moved from the Lord to this desire in my heart? UNLESS MY HOPE IS IN THE LORD I CAN'T MAKE IT.
God, where is my hope? Please let it be in You. I will run into Your arms with all that I am. I can't see, I don't know, I'm so uncertain but I TRUST YOU. My heart is anxious HELP ME.
This unknown will eventually become a known. And it might be a No. Am I ok with that? Is my Daddy good to me? I want more than anything to say yes. The answer I am holding out for could be a No. Am I going to be hurt by that? Am I going to feel like God has failed me or hurt me? I want more than anything to say no.
Lord, my Lord, not my will but Yours be done. I know there is nothing you can't do. I know you are able.
Saturday, November 13, 2010
Daydreaming.....
About the things I want later on:
1) I can't wait to have a home with NO TV in it!! (Or if there is a TV, there will be no cable, and it will not be on longer than 1 hour a day) Life is too short to spend so many hours in front of a screen watching someone else's story or getting information about things that don't matter so much. I'm too busy watching my own story unfold. (It's much more exciting)
2) I can't wait to get up in the morning and blast prophetic worship and songs of praise as I clean, cook, etc. Open up the windows and sing at the top of my lungs along with sounds of heaven
3) I can't wait to live simply, to go on walks in the beautiful outdoors, to see how much fun I can have without spending much money, to just enjoy what the Lord has freely given us
4) I can't wait to dance through my life holding Jesus' hand and see where we go together!
5) I can't wait to run where He says to go and find Him there. I can't wait to just always be ready to up and go, drop everything when He says go, I can't wait to live unsettled, live really lightly wherever I am, never get too comfortable or rooted in one place, but always leaving a little bit of my heart in every place I am, contending for every city, state or country I set foot on, and taking whole cities for the glory of God, because I'm just on a pilgrimage, because I'm a pioneer.
6) I can't wait to drive many miles praying and singing and worshiping the whole way to wherever I'm going
7) I can't wait to see so much of His heart in so many places in so many people and just EVERYWHERE
8) I can't wait to see what's up ahead! Such beautiful things!
1) I can't wait to have a home with NO TV in it!! (Or if there is a TV, there will be no cable, and it will not be on longer than 1 hour a day) Life is too short to spend so many hours in front of a screen watching someone else's story or getting information about things that don't matter so much. I'm too busy watching my own story unfold. (It's much more exciting)
2) I can't wait to get up in the morning and blast prophetic worship and songs of praise as I clean, cook, etc. Open up the windows and sing at the top of my lungs along with sounds of heaven
3) I can't wait to live simply, to go on walks in the beautiful outdoors, to see how much fun I can have without spending much money, to just enjoy what the Lord has freely given us
4) I can't wait to dance through my life holding Jesus' hand and see where we go together!
5) I can't wait to run where He says to go and find Him there. I can't wait to just always be ready to up and go, drop everything when He says go, I can't wait to live unsettled, live really lightly wherever I am, never get too comfortable or rooted in one place, but always leaving a little bit of my heart in every place I am, contending for every city, state or country I set foot on, and taking whole cities for the glory of God, because I'm just on a pilgrimage, because I'm a pioneer.
6) I can't wait to drive many miles praying and singing and worshiping the whole way to wherever I'm going
7) I can't wait to see so much of His heart in so many places in so many people and just EVERYWHERE
8) I can't wait to see what's up ahead! Such beautiful things!
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