What goes Up must come Down

   The other day I was in the prayer room at our church; they constantly have IHOP (international house of prayer…not pancakes) streaming through the speakers.

Whoever it was leading worship at this time, started singing this spontanious song.  The lyrics were

   “What goes up must come down, because you move at the sound of our voice.” I really liked that line and decided to write it down and now I decided to write a blog about it.

   So to sum that line up when I speak to God, He moves, He does something, He responds to His child.

I like analogies…so here is one. Our father on earth is suppose(which all fathers don’t, and even the best of father’s fail at times) to reflect our Father in heaven. I have been blessed with an amazing father. So I know that when I need some love, I can crawl on the couch and snuggle up to him like im 10 yrs. old and he will return the affection. When I say “I love you” I know I’ll get an I love you back.  I know that when I say “Hey daddy will you come out and check my car, it’s making a funny noise”, he will drop what he is doing and come out and check my car. —Man is it good to know i’ll get a respond from him.

   But how much more is our Father in heaven listening? How much more is He able to respond to our every need? How much more does He know whats best for us? He is the perfect and ultimate Father…

   Matthew 7 says ⁷ “Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. ⁸ For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened. ⁹ Or what man is there among you who, if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone? ¹⁰ Or if he asks for a fish, will he give him a serpent? ¹¹ If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask Him!

   So I encourage you with this He is not just listening to you, He is responding to you. When He hears your prayer, your cry, your frustration. He will respond; it’s just part of who He is. It might not always be in our timing, or our way, or the answer we want. But His thoughts and ways are so much higher than ours.

   NOTE:  Through my 22 almost 23 years of life, I have learned the best thing to send up to Heaven is praise. Sending praise up can send down multiple things and fix multiple problems, it rains down joy, peace, comfort, hope, encouragement. I challenge you to let your first words to God always be praise about His goodness, faithfulness, love, holiness, wisdom and gazillion other attributes He has. This one thing has changed my life…there is something about taking the focus off of yourself and turning it to the One who is worthy of it.

   “But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.” -1 Peter 2:9 (whoahh thats something to praise Him for right there!)

 

Here is a link to a pretty cool song it’s really long but worth your time. It’s a prophetic song, as if God were singing to us. Check it out and be blessed!