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)
Monday, March 14, 2011
While the Bridegroom is Away~ the season of delay
Jesus answered, “How can the guests of the bridegroom mourn while he is with them? The time will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them; then they will fast (Mt. 9:15)." Jesus is saying here that there is coming a day when I will be taken from you. And in this day you will mourn, long, ache, groan, and even fast for Me to return! We are in this day. We are living in this period of delay. What are you doing in this period of delay? I find myself thinking about this a lot these days because this longing, this ache is becoming weighty. My insides seem to be so stirred and with a stirring I'm not quite used to. So, in my meditation and asking Jesus what to do with this I'm saying to Him,"At times God the ache is hard to bear. I almost want to avoid your presence because it shakes my insides so much. I know God that doesn't make sense haaa, I know, but help me understand! Help me understand what I'm feeling." And it's as if He answers to me with, " Do not grow weary in the weightiness and appease this groan, but remain. It is right to want to be with Me where I am. It is also my prayer. Remember, ' Father I desire..(Jn.17:24)?' Laura, your desire is an echo and a participating with Me in My desire." So why this longing; this aching? Simple. Because He is not here. You see, you cannot know Him and not deeply miss Him. The longing flows out of knowing Him. Do you ache for Him as He does for you? Does your Spirit cry COME?!
I choose to remain in and embrace this ache(longing,mourning). His desire is that His Bride long for Him; that His friends mourn and fast for Him. He will not come until the Bride erupts with this groan, "...COME (Rev. 22:17)!" I want to meet His desire.
It's good to understand the heart of our Bridegroom and desire what He desires. What a privilege? Long for Him! The Spirit and the Bride say Come!
I choose to remain in and embrace this ache(longing,mourning). His desire is that His Bride long for Him; that His friends mourn and fast for Him. He will not come until the Bride erupts with this groan, "...COME (Rev. 22:17)!" I want to meet His desire.
It's good to understand the heart of our Bridegroom and desire what He desires. What a privilege? Long for Him! The Spirit and the Bride say Come!
Saturday, March 12, 2011
"Come away with Me, Come away with Me"... whispers I love and long to hear. Whispers that add to, create and intensify the ache within my heart to REALLY know Him; to really know what His love is like. It was these first whispers from His mouth I ever heard that began this journey of love that will last for Eternity! This One, Jesus, is the voice that whispers these words that create longing & desire for more and more of His love.
A love that is as vast as the ocean, so deep, so wide and so STRONG, that nothing can separate me from it(Romans 8:38)! O the wonder that this Love desires me and desires you so fiercely that even death could not stop it! His love gets me every time and how could I ever say No! So, even in my weakness, my sadness, my laziness, disappointments, and my longings, my heart cries, "Kiss me with the kisses of Your mouth- for Your LOVE is better than wine(SOS 2:2)." Your love sustains me. I never want this ache to go away! I pray I always desire You Jesus as my ONE THING!
A love that is as vast as the ocean, so deep, so wide and so STRONG, that nothing can separate me from it(Romans 8:38)! O the wonder that this Love desires me and desires you so fiercely that even death could not stop it! His love gets me every time and how could I ever say No! So, even in my weakness, my sadness, my laziness, disappointments, and my longings, my heart cries, "Kiss me with the kisses of Your mouth- for Your LOVE is better than wine(SOS 2:2)." Your love sustains me. I never want this ache to go away! I pray I always desire You Jesus as my ONE THING!
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