Yesterday was my birthday and the night before I got an early present from the Lord.
I wrote a blog about retreating. Just casually mentioning the need to retreat, maybe once a year in a drastic way to be refreshed, but also daily to spend time with the Father. Well, Monday night I did. Before I closed my eyes I brought out His Word. I was eager to see what He had to say. (Being that my parents are the only friends I have within an hour radius of me right now, I seem to desire conversation with Jesus more frequently. Thank You)
Everything seemed to be pointing towards the same thing. In one of my devo booklets it was titled “Preach to the Converted.” – ‘Conversion to Christ is not the end of the story it is just the beginning.’ The next day’s title was “Walking with God.” – ‘The more we work on intimacy with God, the more we will trust God.’ I also read Seth Barnes blog that talked about this warrior generation – ‘serious training and the sedning out of spiritual forces unprecedented strategic initiatives will become the order of the day.’ Pretty much, the Lord’s given me this nearly unbelievable passion to reach the “churched” or the disillusioned or the growing Christians I’m around. I wrote in my journal how I wanted to see believers live out a Christ-like existance based on Your Word and promisses, to experience Godly love between Christian brothers and sisters, to hear selfless prayers and have great ideas too big for humans to accomplish alone. I wanna see God’s people doin’ God’s thing for God’s glory. I’ve been hesitant to tell my camp that I’d work for them a second summer unless the Lord told me I should – here was the perfect calling for me. If I go back I can continue to be a light and an encouragment to my brothers and sisters in a Christians environment while challenging them to live like Christ and only for Him. BUT – this is not something I can claim as my own. Not my own idea, or passion, or strength, or ability can change or grow one human heart. I get to see God work and be glorified!!! I can’t wait to tell camp about it. Plus – as I was reading through all these things and listening to what He was placing on my heart I just asked for one Scripture I could lean on so I knew for sure this wasn’t my own idea and excitement. The next thing I turned to was Isaiah 45:22 and Oswald Chambers explanation of it in My Utmost for His Highest. Isaiah reads : Turn to Me and be saved, all you ends of the earth; for I am God, and there is no other. And OC shared, “Narrow all your interests until the attitude of mind and heart and body in concentration on Jesus Christ” LOOK UNTO ME.
Thank You for meeting with me and speaking to me.
What did Jesus say to you today?
