So you know when you hear things like “God is indescribable.” And you think to yourself, “I dunno, I think I am pretty smart, I'm sure I can think of lots of ways to describe my God.”
HE is: BIG, MIGHTY, LOVING, EVER PRESENT, ALL KNOWING, BEAUTIFUL, CREATIVE, AMAZING, FATHER, COUNSELOR, FRIEND, LION, LAMB, PRINCE, LORD, SAVIOUR, COMFORTER, PROVIDER, REDEEMER, JUST, PASSIONATE, KING, GLORIOUS, HUGE, STRONG, VICTORIUS, UNCHANGING, HUMBLE, WORTHY, MAGNIFICENT, HEALER, PEACE, JOY, KIND, GENTLE, TRUSTWORTHY, GRACIOUS, MERCIFUL, GOOD, GREAT, PERFECT.
See I can do a pretty darn good job of describing God.
And then all of a sudden there is this time where BAM! God just smacks you in the face with how much more amazing He really is!
That was me. I have been in love with the Lord for a while now. I had thought I was doing a good job of telling people how incredible He is. But I wasn’t.
HE IS WAAYY COOLER THAN I THOUGHT!
Seriously.
(Stay with me here)
I am a Francis Chan fan. I have read his 3 books, and each one has made a large impact on my life.
Crazy Love rocked my world, rocked me out of my comfort zone, and made me see how little I was really living for Christ. It gave me motivation to change that. It made me see the Lord in a new way and created a desire to be ‘obessed’ with Jesus.
Erasing Hell again rocked me, my vision of what Hell is, how desperately we need to make sure the view of Hell is accurate, and how many are going there without us telling them about Christ and Salvation.
But it was Forgotten God made my heart ache for more of the Holy Spirit, to know Him, to see Him work, to feel Him live and move and breathe. It opened my eyes to so much. The Holy Spirit is more active than we give Him credit for. It created this deep longing, this deep craving to feel the Spirit, to live in the Spirit, and to allow Him to work in any way He willed.
I know I have only experienced the beginning of Him and already I am blown away. I am in a deeper love than ever before. I am so amazed that He wants to be a part of us. He is in us, living though us, but only if we want it and let Him! He wants to be more active here as He is in so many other parts of the world. We tend to keep God in a box, and just let Him out when we want, how we want, and where we want. But, when you see and experience the Holy Spirit in a real way…there’s no way that He still fits in that box we once put Him in.
How can you say no to our God who gives you the Holy Spirit to work in and through you, and then tells you to GO heal, GO love, GO speak, GO teach, GO worship…GO.
Here am I, Lord…ready…willing…and leaving…in just 2 weeks!
Thank you all for praying for me, loving me in incredible ways, and for supporting me in this. I couldn’t be more excited or more thankful to go show people of the world the love of Jesus and I couldn’t do it without you. Thank you so much!
