The desire to be unique; Where does it come from? Thinking about this today and laughing at myself. This desire has always been in me! It's been a thorn at times and a great joy at others. Haaa Haaaa, still laughing at myself haaaaa. If we are honest, we all have this plague of heart to be ~ Totally Other Than!
You can see this desire to be different with every generation. This wave (movement) that defines (separates) one generation from the next. Their hearts cry, "We are not like you! We are different! Let me be me!" Each one with a wanting to be recognized for their uniqueness. A wanting to leave their own mark in the earth. A desire to leave their fingerprints so to speak, that they are totally other than any others.
My heart burns with this same desire to be different. It has always been there. What I've come to understand through years of sitting with the One who placed it in me is, if surrendered, the earth WILL be marked forever with the fingerprints of God!
At the beginning of time the Original One, the 1st and only Totally Other Than one, created us in His image. This Holy Seed (Isa 6:13) placed in our hearts wants to spring forth in us to return the earth to its original design. This is what it means when it says, " be Holy as I am Holy ( 1 Peter 1)." It's as if He is saying or giving us permission to be different, to BE TOTALLY OTHER THAN! This desire is what we were created to go for! It is what the earth is looking for! It is what the earth is groaning for (Romans 8:22)!!! We are called to be holy (different, unique); in this world but not of this world (Romans 12). If we would surrender our struggle for uniqueness and BEHOLD the One heaven cries out to continually, "HOLY, HOLY, HOLY," we would receive the desire of our hearts. We would become what we behold! We would be what we were created to be... TOTALLY OTHER THAN! We would be a generation like none the earth has ever seen!!! Separated, Set Apart, HOLY! Let Him (the Seed, the Shoot, Isaiah 11) come forth through us!
OUR hearts cry will be, " I am not my own! I was bought with a price ( 1 Cor 7:23)! I am marked by Him to mark the earth. I AM TOTALLY OTHER THAN!!! "
Holiness arise. Spring forth in this generation. May the earth never be the same!
Friday, April 15, 2011
Monday, April 11, 2011
Wait ~ UNTIL
*The waiting... O the waiting for answered prayers. Sitting and waiting can be so frustrating. Why the wait? What's the point? I have to admit Your wisdom in this. If You would give to me right when I want, I would never know You. You seem to be more interested in our conversations. The sitting, the asking, the waiting... the one thing needed (Luke 10:42). I must admit You are Wise.
O the Beauty of this Man! If we could only see His beauty and wisdom in it all. If we would only sit, wait, and ask ~ UNTIL. If we could only see the wisdom and the goodness in the waiting and in the silence ( Lam 3:26). The Lord is good to those who wait for Him, to the soul who seeks Him (Lam 3:25). O to be the very friend of God through it all. To bear His burden, His yoke and delight in it. What challenge to remain steadfast in it daily. This is why it is so important to set our gaze on Him, and behold His beauty; to wait on the Lord. We remember daily about His mercies, His steadfast love, and His great faithfulness in this waiting and gazing. Then like Jeremiah, our soul can say," The Lord is my portion, therefore I will hope in Him."
Steadying your witness of who He is, is only done by this waiting and watching in the delay of answer. We get to understand the way His heart moves. We get to (begin) to understand His ways. We really get to know Him! And when He comes, even if it's only with one word to sustain you UNTIL, your heart rejoices because it knows He is with you ALWAYS! He is always NEAR! Their really is nothing to fear because no matter the outcome or the length of season, HE REMAINS. You feel His mercies and they are new every morning(Lam 3)!
Great is Your faithfulness O God! I love being Your friend. Take me deeper. I will watch daily at your gates and wait by Your doorpost (Prov 8:34). Fill me with Your ways. Give me understanding. Make me a watcher, a waiter, a worshipper, and a steadfast warrior. My human heart wants to know Yours. UNTIL my heart burns like Yours, I will sit in silence, not complain but lift my heart and hands to You forever (Lam 3)! Come quickly ~ But I will wait UNTIL! You are good!
(*Misty Edwards IHOP Prayer Room)
O the Beauty of this Man! If we could only see His beauty and wisdom in it all. If we would only sit, wait, and ask ~ UNTIL. If we could only see the wisdom and the goodness in the waiting and in the silence ( Lam 3:26). The Lord is good to those who wait for Him, to the soul who seeks Him (Lam 3:25). O to be the very friend of God through it all. To bear His burden, His yoke and delight in it. What challenge to remain steadfast in it daily. This is why it is so important to set our gaze on Him, and behold His beauty; to wait on the Lord. We remember daily about His mercies, His steadfast love, and His great faithfulness in this waiting and gazing. Then like Jeremiah, our soul can say," The Lord is my portion, therefore I will hope in Him."
Steadying your witness of who He is, is only done by this waiting and watching in the delay of answer. We get to understand the way His heart moves. We get to (begin) to understand His ways. We really get to know Him! And when He comes, even if it's only with one word to sustain you UNTIL, your heart rejoices because it knows He is with you ALWAYS! He is always NEAR! Their really is nothing to fear because no matter the outcome or the length of season, HE REMAINS. You feel His mercies and they are new every morning(Lam 3)!
Great is Your faithfulness O God! I love being Your friend. Take me deeper. I will watch daily at your gates and wait by Your doorpost (Prov 8:34). Fill me with Your ways. Give me understanding. Make me a watcher, a waiter, a worshipper, and a steadfast warrior. My human heart wants to know Yours. UNTIL my heart burns like Yours, I will sit in silence, not complain but lift my heart and hands to You forever (Lam 3)! Come quickly ~ But I will wait UNTIL! You are good!
(*Misty Edwards IHOP Prayer Room)
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