I heard a song on the radio this morning.
Christian music can be wonderful or sometimes a bit misleading.
She was singing about how many times that she had asked for her
pain to be relieved. Saying that she had asked in a thousand different ways to
have the burden lifted, and asking again for Jesus to fix the problem.
All I could think was - He already has.
It's a little strange to me that after all these thousands of years
that we've forgotten who Jesus said we are and what He said we were to be. Of course I'm not laying blame because we all
get lost in life and lose sight of the thing most dear. Hmmmmm. That's a very sad statement.
The song changed and I lost my train of thought until I listened to
the Killing Lions 8 video. These are
great and thought provoking as well as comforting and challenging.
Seems that life is a disappointment to most of us. Young men coming
of age are asking where life will lead them and why they are not handed the
silver spoon that seemed to be promised all through their school years.
Then through the counsel of an older friend they come to the
conclusion that this is something they have to pay dues for. The world does not owe them anything. Nothing is going to be handed to them.
His conclusion was that he should not let go of his dreams just
because it is hard now, but to know that he's in training and it will take time
for him to walk into being the man that God created him to be.
Good wisdom.
And I thought about that song this morning. Aren't we all in training? Aren't we all supposed to put in the time and
work to become the people that God intended for us to be? For my part I realize that this past few
months where it has seemed so dry and desolate in my heart, it's been training. It's been part of the plan all along. I must learn to live by faith. I must.
Else how am I to be His hands and feet, His heart to others? If I stumble and fall at the first obstacle in
my path and give up what does that say of Him?
Didn't he give us the earth to subdue and rule? And when we gave it away so easily, didn't he
come rescue it back for us and give it to us again, along with the example of
how to subdue and rule? I think so. Life here on this planet is supposed to be
under our reign. Our physical existence
is supposed to line up with our spiritual lives. We were made to be in charge of our lives
under His direction. So far our
surrender to the enemy in all his forms has been the norm.
It is time to embrace the training time, time to relish the lessons
of becoming leaders and rulers. Time to
step into our roles and become the princes and princesses that He made us to
be.
What else will the world respond to if not the very same - and more
- as He said that He Himself did. When
will we raise the dead? When will we
move these mountains that are before us?
When will we restore sight to the blind, set the captives free, and
proclaim the year of the Lord is here?
At the end of the song she simply said thank you for being with me
through my troubles.
Yes He is with us always. But
I can see him in my mind's eye with his heart broken because we have settled
for life to be driving us rather than the other way around.
Open
our eyes Jesus. Open our hearts. Give us the courage to live as you lived in
the fullness of the connection to the Father with power and wisdom and
unyielding love.
