This past weekend, our church had the privilege of experiencing a weekend of prophetic worship led by the worship team from Morning Star church. It was an amazing weekend full of the Holy Spirit. God revealed a few things to me during the course of the weekend and I just want to share them here as I remember them.
1.During worship, many of the young teens came up front to worship. My 12 yr old son was one of them. While I watched him worship with his whole being, it brought me much joy. Like me, I saw many others get excited and feel touched by the heart for worship that these young people displayed. I remember thinking that these young people are at the start of doing great things for God. But God showed me at that moment that Mary, the mother of Jesus, was only 14 when she was chosen to be the mother of our Savior. David was just a boy when he was chosen to be king. And just a boy when he had the faith to slay a giant warrior. Samuel was just a boy when he heard the voice of God. And Josiah was just a boy king who loved God, and was barely a man when he turned the Lord's people back to Him. As exciting as it was to see the youth with their hearts turned towards God, it should be the norm not the exception. It is not about what they might do someday for God. These young people are God's servants right now. Society says they can be nothing until they are an adult, but in the Lord's eyes, they are chosen right now. And it all starts with honoring God and putting Him first in their lives. (It still brought me much joy to see two of my son's on their knees before the Lord and dancing with joy for a Holy Savior. God has given them a true heart for Him.)
2. One of the songs we sang had the phrase "He loves like a father, He loves like a brother, He loves like a lion, fierce like no other". I am the type of person who likes to understand the lyrics that I am singing to the Lord and I often struggle with that because I tend to be a very literal thinker. Metaphors, poems, and many song lyrics are difficult for me to understand. So as I pondered the words to this song, I realized that I didn't comprehend the kind of love that this song refers to. I have no brothers, so I have never known that kind of love. My literal thinking mind can't imagine what it is like to love like a lion. And I didn't really have a strong relationship with my father. My parents divorced when I was young. While I longed to spend time with my father, his visitation at best was only one day a week. That is not the best situation to build a strong relationship. Even before the divorce, as a young girl, I watched my father divide his time between his family and his female companions. Since I couldn't comprehend the kind of love that the song spoke of, I started comparing it to the love of my husband. It was then that I realized that I don't trust men at all. All of the men in my life have been unfaithful. My father, my husband, and many others. While our marriage has since been healed and has blossomed, I am a realist and I know that even the best marriage are not safe from infidelity. Satan is decietful and sly. And men are human. They can fall into his traps. However, while I don't trust men, I do trust God. Is it wrong of me not to trust men? Maybe. But I know that I would rather put my heart in a faithful God's hands.
3. Come to Him like a child. Several times over the weekend God has shown me what it really means to have child like faith. This is just one example. I was reading Declan's favorite "Jesus book" about feeding the crowds in which a small boy offered his five loaves of bread and two fish. I can just picture this scenario in modern times. Imagine a crowded stadium of hungry people and one little kid comes up and says, "here, you can have my sandwich." I am sure the disciples responded like most adults would, including myself. A polite yet sympathetic smile, a pat on the head, and maybe a little snicker, "isn't that cute?" Adults see the impossiblity in the situation. A tiny contrubution like that won't feed one family much less a large crowd. But the small boy hasn't yet learned to think that way. He gave what he had and expected it to be enough. When God says to come to him like a child, he does not mean to be child"ish". He means to be child"like". He wants us to have the unaltered faith that can only come when we think like a child. One who has not yet learned about doubt, impossiblities, or fears. Imagine what the world would be like if we were all like that little boy. We tend to look at what we have and see that it is not enough, so we don't even bother to offer it. But he offered what he had, knowing it would help.
(more to come as I remember)
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