Tongues On The Toilet

Let me begin by relieving some of you of your anxiety….

 

I am not talking about actually licking the toilet like might occur during Truth or Dare at a sleepover in middle school.  Praise Jesus, I know – sorry for the mental image. 

 

I am talking about a joke Jesus played on me, and let me tell you, I laughed about it sporadically for almost a month before I told anyone else about it.  It was a secret, something special only He and I knew about, and there were times He would have me rolling over it.  He’s just so clever and He knows I love potty humor.  

 

What I am about to tell you is pretty humbling…He was even funny the way He took all the glory for Himself on this one.  Such a Joker, He is!

 

When the Holy Spirit fell on me at Training Camp for the World Race, I distinctly remember my mouth feeling like it was swollen like a balloon and ON FIRE.  Then I remember thinking, “Crap, I’m about to start speaking in tongues”, so I didn’t.  My fear cut it off.  I spent almost three months trying to get it back – key word:  trying.  I really wanted tongues because I had been told it was a way to increased intimacy with the Lord, and I wanted the intimacy!  But having blubberings come out of my mouth that I felt like I was making up was humiliating.  I wanted to understand it, to control it, to work/strive towards it.  None of those things work.

 

I had been asking the Lord to give me a place alone to practice speaking in tongues, because I was too conscious of the people around me to be able to really let go and just let Him do His thing.  The problem was, on The World Race, this seldom if ever happens.   Privacy is just something you lose.  

 

But then on Halloween in Hong Kong, I was suddenly sick at night.  Everybody else was sleeping or packing to travel into China the next day.  I can remember looking around my stall and going, “Hey God, I’m alone!”.  I started praying, and it just happened…effortless.  Only later did I realize how funny it was that He took me into the Throne Room while I was in the throne room.  

 

So now, you’re in on the joke.  What kind of jokes has He been playing on you?  He certainly knows what makes you laugh.  The guys on Team Judah got a kick out of it…they’d regularly approach me pretending to speak in tongues and then make farting noises.  Its funny, but don’t mock.  I just love the way He loves me….