(Fullness by Elevation Worship)
“Fullness of eternal promise,
Stirring in your sons and daughters.
Earth revealing Heaven’s wonders,
Spirit come, spirit come.
What You spoke is now unfolding,
All Your children shall behold it.
Dreams awaken in this moment,
Spirit come, spirit come.
Pour it out, let Your love run over.
Here and now, let Your glory fill this house.
Pour it out, let Your love run over.
Here and now, let Your glory fill this house.
Now the world awaits Your presence,
And this power is within us.
We will rise to be Your witness,
Spirit come, spirit come.
Pour it out, let Your love run over.
Here and now, let Your glory fill this house.
Pour it out, let Your love run over.
Here and now, let Your glory fill this house.
Tongues of fire, testifying of the son.
One desire, spirit come, spirit come.
Speak revival, prophesy like it is done.
One desire, spirit come, spirit come.
Tongues of fire, testifying of the son.
One desire, spirit come, spirit come.
Speak revival, prophesy like it is done.
One desire, spirit come, spirit come.
Let our hearts continue burning,
For our King is soon returning.
As we hold to this assurance,
Spirit come, spirit come.
Spirit come, spirit come.
Pour it out, let Your love run over.
Here and now, let Your glory fill this house.
Pour it out, let Your love run over.
Here and now, let Your glory fill this house.
Tongues of fire, testifying of the son.
One desire, spirit come, spirit come.
Speak revivial, prophesy like it is done.
One desire, spirit come, spirit come.
Holy Spirit come.”
Africa is hungry for God. Gosh, how Africa is hungry to know their God. These people are so on fire for the Lord. I’ve honestly never seen or experienced anything like it. During my time here in Botswana, I have seen the Lord show up in some really incredible ways. Some of the people of this beautiful country are running so hard after the Lord that sometimes I feel like I can’t even keep up. I have gotten to know God in such an intimate way by being here in Botswana. Getting to hear crazy stories of what the Lord is doing in the lives of some of the people here in Africa blows my mind. His faithfulness goes far beyond anything I ever could have imagined. I’m learning that there is so much more of God’s character that I had not even a clue about. That there is limitlessly more to God and His heart for us than what I thought I knew about Him. His love goes so much deeper than what I knew it to be. I am learning and receiving the fullness of God’s love and power in Botswana. The friends that I have met here have revealed different aspects of God’s power and His character. His heart is so wide and vast and there is so much more to a relationship with Him than what I was experiencing.
As Christians, we too should be living out our faith radically like the friends that I’ve made here are. We too should be so on fire for God that everyone knows that to be the first and foremost thing about us. The truth is, a lot of Christians are so caught up on the wrong things that they don’t get to witness and experience the fullness of the abundant life that God calls us to. They end up settling for what they think they know to be true, very much like I was before this year. My friend Othusitse, who I had the most sincere privilege of meeting while in Botswana, shared about how in Africa there is no lukewarm Christianity, there is no back and forth, there is no middle ground, you are either a Christian who is fully devoted and on fire for the Lord or you’re not. That’s it. I couldn’t wrap my mind around this because in America, the main religion is lukewarm Christianity. There is a noticable lack of full surrendered commitment to the Lord and this leads to all of the wishy washy-ness we see in America. This seems so simple to me, to either choose to be a Christian, or choose to not be a Christian. How I wish it was this simple in America. But instead, there are alot of people claiming and professing that they are Christians but continuing to live their lives for themselves and consciously choose to dismiss the God who created them. I don’t say these things to bash America, I love America. It’s my home. After experiencing more of God and His heart for His children over the last month, I just can’t help but notice that something is terribly wrong. These overseas locals truly believe that their land needs more American missionaries to come and swoop in to share the hope we have in Christ, in hopes of a revival. But honestly, if I’ve learned anything this month, it’s that America needs Africa. America needs people from this side of the world to come and shine light on the true God and remove the cultural blinders which Americans so easily live within. These cultural blinders affect and undoubtedly limit the lens through which we see God. We put God in a box and we grow up clinging to what we were taught about God, which doesn’t really leave room for Him to shatter the things that we’ve learned in order to replace those things with the truth. We think that we know God when we really don’t. And when we think we know Him, the enemy uses that to his full advantage. We become complacent and live our lives as if we know all that there is to know. America really does need Africa. These people have so many special things to bring to the table and to share with us about God’s character. I’m not saying that people in America don’t, they most certainly do. But there are things that you can only be experienced in Africa. Ways that I’ve seen the Lord work here unlike I’ve seen in America.
Cultures overseas are more slowed-down, there is time to process, to think, to reflect, to dig in. America is so fast paced that there isn’t room to learn and see God as much. The spiritual warfare in America is distraction, leading others to believe that they don’t need God. I don’t want to go home and get swooped back into that culture of being “too busy to need God”. I don’t want to get sucked into that pool of lukewarm Christianity that is so rampant in my home country. The song that I shared at the beginning of this blog describes my experience while in Botswana. I have seen the fullness of God stirring in His sons and daughters. I have seen Earth revealing Heaven’s wonders. I have seen the Holy Spirit come. I’ve seen what He spoke unfolding right before my eyes, and His children beholding it. I have experienced dreams awaken. I’ve watched hearts burn for our Father. I’ve seen His glory fill the house of our hearts. Gosh, I frickin’ LOVE Jesus!
P.S. I am not claiming to know anything because I don’t. I only know one thing: That Jesus Christ was crucified and then raised from the dead.
