Tuesday, May 3, 2011

Freedom from the World!

Oh Lord, there are so many things this world tells us to make us a better person... "don't eat this" "exercise this much" "dress this way" "join these organizations" "donate money to this cause" "talk to these people"... but you say:

20 Since you died with Christ to the elemental spiritual forces of this world, why, as though you still belonged to the world, do you submit to its rules: 21 “Do not handle! Do not taste! Do not touch!”? 22 These rules, which have to do with things that are all destined to perish with use, are based on merely human commands and teachings. 23 Such regulations indeed have an appearance of wisdom, with their self-imposed worship, their false humility and their harsh treatment of the body, but they lack any value in restraining sensual indulgence. (Colossians 2:20-23, New International Version, ©2011)

You know my heart Lord. My longing to be made perfect in your image! Lord I am yours! I believe you have me and you hold me! All my desires, all my loves, all my problems, all my temptations and trials; you have EVERYTHING! You know my heart Lord. You see the longings of my heart and you satisfy them in you! I am so unsatisfied and disappointed with everything else in this world! Nothing compares to you! I can't go on without your love, your peace, your Truth. You are my Papa and you cover me in your love! You watch me in your silence and you keep me from trouble! You protect me under the shadow of your wing. You are my refuge and my strength! I adore you and seek your face with all I am! You love me more than I could ever imagine! I don't understand my heart as you do and thus I need you to come and take it! Break it for you! You are the one I want! You are the one I long for! I seek your love, your affirmation, your care in my life! I don't need the acceptance of others in this world; all I need is you!

Lord, my heart aches, my stomach twists, my head hurts at the injustice that happens around me everyday. Through gossip, negative media messages, stereotypes, name calling, selfishness, fear, rejection, etc... Your children need you! The lost are crying out to you! Lead me Father to the lost and use me to bring healing to their hearts in your name! There is so much pain and hurt in this world and no one can fix it but you! So use us, the church, to bring healing to the world. Send us out and let the lost be found! Heal the hurting! Oh God! I cry out for your children! The pain hurts you! Reveal your majesty oh God! I writhe in pain for the hurt and cry out to you to come and save your people! Show people your TRUE LOVE!!! Mend broken families; rescue the lost; bring homes to the homeless! Oh God, bring your PEACE to this earth! Father I cry out for you to come and rain down!!! We cry out for your grace! Your glory rain down oh God!!! Your tender mercies wrap around us! Oh Father, I adore you and can not hide from your beauty! The trees cry out to you! The sky- the clouds, the sun, the rain, the stars, the moon, the wind, the snow- declares your majesty! You have made us to worship you! We come and reach out to you! We are trees and you bend us in your loving wind! Oh Holy Spirit come and blow through the hearts of people on this campus! Open up the revelation of your love and grace into these beautiful lives! RESCUE US! OH COME AND RESCUE US!!!

There is more than you can see
There is more than you may know
There is more than you can touch
There is more than you may feel

Don't be afraid to step out in faith
To live in the blindness of trusting God
He sees all your fears
He sees all your failures
Yet He loves you the same

He cries for your surrender
He longs for your embrace
He pours out his grace and mercy
and takes you out of the darkness

You are never alone
He will never leave you
In the silence He is there
In the chaos He is there

There is no where you can go, in time or space,
that will keep you from him
He rescues us from our mistakes
He carries us through the hard times

Our God love us with a deep and passionate love
His love is relentless and never ending
His love is indescribable
His love is greater than any love we could ever experience here on earth
It is deeper than a little girl's love for puppies
It is stronger than the happiest married couple

No matter what we do
He is there
No matter how much we screw up
He is there
No matter how often we try to run away
He is there

He knows you. He knows me. He knows us all.
He knew what He was doing when He created us.
He loves us and will not allow us to fail.
He is always here for us.

So let us worship Him, in Spirit and Truth! Let us run from the ways of the world and simply trust in the Lord's guidance and Truth in our lives. There is no use in fighting Him because He always wins.
We know the end of the story already; why not choose the winning side?

I LOVE YOU GOD!!!!
SELAH! SELAH! SELAH!

AMEN