Not sure how I feel about prophecy being called a game but that isn’t really important. What matters is the fruit that comes from it.
This game can be done in different ways, however the night I want to tell you about went like this.
We all got a piece of paper and were asked to draw a picture for someone else. The picture was to be part of a message from God for whoever ended up with it. Once that was done the papers were shuffled around and a new person wrote down the interpretation as they received it from the Holy Spirit.
I’ll be honest the first time I played this game I was super skeptical but God showed up, so I figured why not tonight.
We drew our pictures wrote our interpretations and the papers were randomly handed out to the team.
Upon unfolding my paper I saw a house with two small windows and a door. A chain link fence on either side of the house. The sun and moon hanging in the top corners.
Here is the interpretation:
“Home is whenever I’m(God) with you. He is singing that to you.
This home represents your heart. It is guarded by the fence on both sides. There isn’t a path leading to the door because you don’t fully know how to let people in.
You’ve slowly started to but God is going to lead you to more. You feel like you need to protect yourself, that’s why you’ve built the fence but God, the CREATOR of the sun & the moon wants you to know he is taking care of it.
He is taking care of all the details because He is bigger. He can hold the sun & moon in his hand. He will also guide you and lead you by that same hand.
Also you are at home always when you are with God. It isn’t always a physical location.
Psalm 31?”
I re-read the second paragraph twice before I could continue.
“This home represents your heart. It is guarded by the fence on both sides. There isn’t a path leading to the door because you don’t fully know how to let people in.”
One of the biggest things I wanted to change on the race was the time I took in getting to know people. When I was young meeting new people would leave my voice frozen unable to speak. Answering questions with one maybe two words at most. After I had spent enough time around them I was able to open up and be who I enjoyed being.
Myself.
That time gap has grown less and my answers are more complete now even if I don’t know the person. I’m more willing to speak from the heart. The problem is even though I can share my heart with people I still feel distant.
Building strong relationships does takes time but I don’t want any part of me to slow that down. I want to strive harder to get to know people. To learn their passions, their desires, the things that truly matter to them.
I want to know people, like God knows me.
I want to love people, like God loves me.
I want to know your story. The things you’ve gone through and that have made you who you are. Not for facts or trivia knowledge but to understand your heart.
Just maybe by learning the hearts of others, I can build a path to my own.
And a few pics from India!
-Brendon Woodall
