Thursday, February 2, 2012

In the few and far in between moments that I have to stop and breathe, it's fun to let your mind wander. To really question things far beyond your ever understanding, but at the same time to be completely lost and soaked in.


Here is one of those moments from my journal,


"I think we REALLY have to learn to cry out for His presence. Yes, we are His children, but being a child is more than just receiving the gifts of a father. More than just expecting to ask for things once and having it handed to us on a silver platter. Imagine that the first time you asked your parents for anything, they always gave it to you. I know that Jesus is NOT our earthly parent, but at the same time, we have to learn to be fighters. To be carries of His presence and to fight for the value of that. The HONOR it is to be in His presence. So if we want to see change, are we willing to fight for that? How willing are we? Where do we draw the line of our selfish needs to trusting God in His love?"


And yet, we forget...it's not really about us. It's about the love of the Father. 
It is far more than just that "personal relationship with Jesus" God's salvation is about a Kingdom in which He is the King. About restoring and re-ordering the Kingdom under His rule.
We are moving and progressing toward the harvest, the work of the Father, not of us. That whether we plant and cultivate the seed or we don't, it is the work of Jesus that the seed grows, because the soil is inheritantly good. 
Because in that little seed, is the DNA of the greatness. The fullness. 


John 17:1-5


After Jesus said this, he looked toward heaven and prayed:
“Father, the hour has come. Glorify your Son, that your Son may glorify you. For you granted him authority over all people that he might give eternal life to all those you have given him. Now this is eternal life: that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent. I have brought you glory on earth by finishing the work you gave me to do. And now, Father, glorify me in your presence with the glory I had with you before the world began.


Well, really you should just read all of John 17, cause it's just that good.