One of my favorite methods to record happenings on the world race is to journal. Some days I simply record what I ate, who I visited, what I learned…and other days the deepest, darkest, most intimate parts of my heart consume the pages. When we exited Africa and entered Asia, I got a new journal…my 3rd on the race and God spoke to me about the season to come. “It’s gonna be WILD” He said…and so it has been thus far.
One of my favorite Psalms is Psalm 42. It says this:
“Deep calls unto deep, in the wild of your waterfalls, all of your billows have swept over me.
By day the Lord directs his love, at night his song is with me – a prayer to the God of my life.”
Other translations site the word “wild” as “roar” or “noise”…however, the use of ‘wild’ caught my eye when a friend wrote this version of the verse in my Africa journal. I realize more and more every day how WILD it truly is to serve the Lord. He’s a WILD dude. He’s intimate, fierce, adventurous, all-powerful, intense, and gracious. He directs the sun, the moon, the stars. He calls us to things we are not capable of, but He fully equips us. He speaks in a whisper, but created the mountains. He’s a WILD God…and He deserves our WILDEST PRAISE!!!
I was thinking recently about the phrase “beyond our wildest dreams”.
Life isn’t about me accomplishing these amazing things – or feeling satisfied with wild dreams.
Life is about living WILDLY for the Kingdom. It’s about God’s glory.
It’s about a WILD God, who does WILD things, and somehow living like this becomes our WILDEST DREAM.
The funny thing is that God does “exceedingly and abundantly more than we could ever ask or imagine…”
He exceeds WILD…WILDEST…and beyond!
The word wild is literally defined as: living or growing in a natural environment, extravagant, unrestrained.
A song I used to love as a little girl re-entered my life recently. My teammate Kayla had her ipod out and was playing Waterdeep over the speakers during a worship time we had this month. The rhythm began and instantly activated my heart. I knew this rhythm, I knew this beat, my heart knew it well. It was calling me, beckoning me. I couldn’t help but laugh, rejoice, and dance to this song. I serve a Mighty God who has me on this ridiculous journey of trusting Him, and I wouldn’t trade it for the world. The lyrics to this song are rich. They reminded me, He is all I need, even in my wildest of dreams…serving God is going to be challening, it’s going to be wild…it’s going to be more than you expect:
“Many men will drink the rain, and turn to thank the clouds
Many men will hear you speak, they will never turn around.
I will not forget you, are my God, my King
With a thankful heart I bring my offering
And my sacrifice is not what you can give, but what I alone can give to you
A grateful heart I give
A thankful prayer I pray,
a wild dance I dance before you
A loud song I sing,
a huge bell I ring,
a life of praise I live before you...
Many men will pour their gold, and serve a thing that shines
Many men will read your words, and they will never change their minds.
I will not forget you, are my God my King
With a thankful heart I bring my offering.
But my sacrifice is not what you can give, but what I alone can give to you!
Gotta get a little wild inside…
I will not forget you, are my God, my King
With a thankful heart I bring my offering
And my sacrifice is not what you can give, but what I alone can give to you.”
With a thankful heart I bring my offering
And my sacrifice is not what you can give, but what I alone can give to you.”
We were literally created to live a LIFE of PRAISE before the Living God…how amazing is that!?
Love, love from Thailand!
