I am choosing to be all I can be. And I'm gonna BE it
I've been reading 'When Heaven Invades Earth' by Bill Johnson this week. I'm only half way through, if even. But like many who have read this, I'm sure, I've had a number of jaw-hitting-floor moments when I read something that seems so miraculous, a little bit out there impossible, that I can hardly believe it.
What gets me is that I doubt God will heal. There are times when I second guess Him. The more I think about dismissing God, the more laughable this becomes. God. I don't think GOD can do something. Just think about that, ridiculous isn't it?
Of course He doesn't fit into my boxes. Things that don't usually offend me, right?
I don't want God to fit into my boxes. My puny, weak boxes which in all my best efforts can be defined by past experience and disappointment.
He is so much greater. So much bigger. Huger. More miraculous.
HE blows everything out of the water. Because He's God. And I love that about Him. Everything the world says He can't be...He is those things.
Why is this important?
Jesus gave us this incredible prayer, one through which a single whisper gave away the heart of the Father for this rotting world:
"Your Kingdom come, Your will be done On earth as it is in heaven"
God was ready for the Kingdom of heaven to redeem, restore and bestow beauty on the sons of men. He was so ready.
Until recently I didn't get this, skimmed over it, gave it less than a glancing thought. But more and more my mind wanders to heaven. My heart is captivated by the stories I read in books, the stories I beard in Mozambique...the stories I read of my friends on Facebook. Yep, the stories of ordinary people.
God said it...Jesus has already given me permission to bring heaven to earth. The exciting part is that I don't have to wait for someone to do it first. I don't have to study theology for 4 years (as worthy this is), I don't have to be a pastor or a cell group leader or on the worship team.
I get to be me. And the most exciting this is that I am already that person. I and I alone have the responsibility and the exciting Ability to live "on earth as it is in Heaven" .... YES! It's a choice every day that I can walk in and it's amazing! I choose to believe, I choose to say yes to what the world says is impossible...I choose to believe the promises He has made me, I choose to love Him with all my heart, soul, mind and strength...I choose to say yes to the One who is the One and lay my life down however that may look. I am His and He is mine.
I get to choose that everyday. Believe that everyday. And I do. I do I do I do.
What gets me is that I doubt God will heal. There are times when I second guess Him. The more I think about dismissing God, the more laughable this becomes. God. I don't think GOD can do something. Just think about that, ridiculous isn't it?
Of course He doesn't fit into my boxes. Things that don't usually offend me, right?
I don't want God to fit into my boxes. My puny, weak boxes which in all my best efforts can be defined by past experience and disappointment.
He is so much greater. So much bigger. Huger. More miraculous.
HE blows everything out of the water. Because He's God. And I love that about Him. Everything the world says He can't be...He is those things.
Why is this important?
Jesus gave us this incredible prayer, one through which a single whisper gave away the heart of the Father for this rotting world:
"Your Kingdom come, Your will be done On earth as it is in heaven"
God was ready for the Kingdom of heaven to redeem, restore and bestow beauty on the sons of men. He was so ready.
Until recently I didn't get this, skimmed over it, gave it less than a glancing thought. But more and more my mind wanders to heaven. My heart is captivated by the stories I read in books, the stories I beard in Mozambique...the stories I read of my friends on Facebook. Yep, the stories of ordinary people.
God said it...Jesus has already given me permission to bring heaven to earth. The exciting part is that I don't have to wait for someone to do it first. I don't have to study theology for 4 years (as worthy this is), I don't have to be a pastor or a cell group leader or on the worship team.
I get to be me. And the most exciting this is that I am already that person. I and I alone have the responsibility and the exciting Ability to live "on earth as it is in Heaven" .... YES! It's a choice every day that I can walk in and it's amazing! I choose to believe, I choose to say yes to what the world says is impossible...I choose to believe the promises He has made me, I choose to love Him with all my heart, soul, mind and strength...I choose to say yes to the One who is the One and lay my life down however that may look. I am His and He is mine.
I get to choose that everyday. Believe that everyday. And I do. I do I do I do.