Over the past few months there has been talk from our squad leaders about what the cry of our heart is. In thinking about this notion of “What is the cry of your heart?”, my answer came to me almost instantaneously. I don’t want to sound cliche or anything like that but, my hearts cry is many things and at the top of it all is to serve God and be so close to Him that I would be mistaken for Jesus. I don’t want to sound blasphemous but what I mean is that I want to let Him live through me so much so that I would be mistaken for Him.
I feel my heart crying out for so many things that I want. I want to bring my God praise all the days of my life. I want Jesus to know how much I love Him. I want to be a good husband, father and provider. I want to help those in need. I want people to see and know Christ. I want to be a good teacher and student. My heart cries out wanting to be a good servant for my God. My heart cries out for healing to be brought to people physically, mentally and spiritually. My heart cries for justice when I see injustice taking place like I have. My heart cries out for baby born with aids and a dying mother and no father. For the woman forced to sell her body against her will. For the child in need of medical care set in front of a hospital and left. For the poor who are being choked financially by the ever increasing costs of living. For the drug addict who steals from his family to get his next fix. For the child abused and neglected by their parents. For the men and women in prison longing to have someone come talk to them. To the rich business man who has everything he could ever want in this world and yet can’t fill the hole in his heart. To those who feel they have no hope and are at the end of their rope, wanting to just end it all.
I feel my heart going out to all of these people and needs. Yet above it all I hear my heart crying out to be more like Jesus. Because in my heart I know that if I want to help them I need to let go and let Jesus live through me. My heart cries out for that because someone took the time years ago to do just that for me. I want to be mistaken. I wanted to take some time to share the cry of my heart with all of you. I want to know, what is the cry of your heart?
Warren Barfeild has a beautifully written song about exactly that, being mistaken, the name of the song oddly enough is called “Mistaken”. I have posted a video of it for you to listen to and check out. I love you guys. Thank you for your continued support. I am still about $1,700 shy of being fully supported. Please help if you can. We have about a week left here in Thailand and then it is off to Africa. Thank you again and God bless.
