“I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the saints, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge–that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.” Ephesians 3:16-19
God has never spoken to me as much as He has this past week. I have declared that God´s Spirit is powerful in me in His Silence but when He really does speak–Wow! God is pointing me to scripture and then confirming it through people or places all over Palenque.
The first verse I want to share is Eph. 3:16-19 (above). I have desired to know God´s love in a mighty way. I can´t even grasp how big it looks like. I guess I just want to taste as much as I can on this side of Heaven. Love is a mighty thing to feel, but to know of a love that surpasses all knowledge, literally, blow my mind. I have been praying over our group that we would be established in this kind of love. But as for me, I just want more and to experience more. I want my cup to overflow with His love.
A day after reading and praying about this verse, five girls from my squad, where praying over me and were taking time to see if there is anything that God wanted to say to me specifically. One girl, Ali, said that God gave her a vision of me standing looking over a sea and saying that the Lord wanted me to know how far His love is for me. Another girl, Shanda, said that she had a vision that I was standing overlooking a waterfall where near the end was a woman who was bathing. She said that the water was love flowing to others. Ali had another word for me that God was saying this year will be overwhelming but overwhelming with love. Another girl, Ashley Musick, said that this water is showing me that life is all around me and flowing to others.
I want to try to paint you a picture of what God showed me in that moment. I was standing on a cliff over looking the most beautiful sea. (We will call it the “sea of love”) The “sea of love” started to rise and it came over the cliff washing over my feet. From there I turned and looked around to see where the water was going and it instantly dropped off into a raging, rushing waterfall where from a distance was a women who was bathing in God´s love.
Ok, please tell me God is talking to me. I was just amazed in that moment at the power of the Spirit how He can use us all to speak truth into others. I guess when we take time to listen, He overwhelms us with His precious love. I can´t wait to share with you this year how these visions will all come together. I am still amazed as I type this what God is doing and what He is going to do.
I must share one more. I really desire big things to happen on this squad. I´m talking about things that I can´t even imagine. I want God to use His creativity on this team and do things that I could not believe. I knew there was a verse in the Word about that desire. I stubbled across it last week. It is found in Hab. 1:5
“Look at the nations and watch–and be utterly amazed. For I am going to do something in your days that you would not believe, even if you were told.” Habakkuk 1:5
Before I left the states, a girl I discipled named Holly had given me a journal with many verses in it. The evening that I found this verse, I was writting in that jounal and my eyes went directly to the page where Hab. 1:5 was written out. I knew it was God speaking to me and my squad. From there a team member, Sarah, came up to me saying that she felt like the Lord had put a verse on her heart to share with me. It was Isaiah 12:4-6
“In that day you will say: ´Give thanks to the LORD, call on his name; make known among the nations what he has done, and proclaim that his name is exalted. Sing to the LORD, for he has done glorious things; let this be known to all the world. Shout aloud and sing for joy, people of Zion, for great is the Holy One of Israel among you´” Isaiah 12:4-6
Now if you could, read the Habakkuk verse and then the verse in Isaiah.
AMAZING at what He is revealing. These were just two stories of how God is showing me His power and His desire to speak to us. He really does want a personal and intimate relationship with each of us. I am finding it more true that His Word really is a love letter to us all. How Romantic!
I love you all and thank you for taking the time to read this. A lot is happening and will update more next weekend. I have been in a village this past week about an hour outside of Palenque. They speak a different dilect, so I´m learning Spanish and Cheol. Oh boy!! And I have problems with English:) Will report about my time there, and please be praying for our team and that God would unite us even more during this time in the mountains of Mexico. Cheers, peace, and love.
