Genesis 22:1-18
After all the storms that Abraham had to endure before his promised son was born one could imagine the immense love he held in his heart for this child whom he'd waited for so long. Then God told Abraham to offer Isaac as a burnt offering to Him.
I can only begin to imagine the thoughts plaguing Abraham on the way up that mountain..how difficult and trying the journey was. Still harder as he prepared the alter with his trusting child at his side..and yet the hardest part I know had to be when Abraham raised that knife to sacrifice Isaac, who I doubt was as calm as we see in Sunday school coloring pages...
The journey is always difficult, those precious moments right before the breakthrough are the climax of pain...when following Abba's will however, He always provides-no matter how the outcome may appear.
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
Tuesday, October 4, 2011
Karar.
Why do we drag through worship? Don't tell me we don't. We all spend the entire week too busy to read a couple pages of our bible then we get to church and raise our hands through a couple songs, sometimes putting aside our list of things to do.
While God judges the heart and, of course, not saying that worshipping with our hands raised is wrong... there's more to it! 2 Samuel 6:14 tells us that David danced before the Lord with all his might; the Hebrew word for danced here (Karar) means WHIRLED! Oh, to completely release every anxiety and just let loose before our God...
When David's wife pointed out how ridculous he'd been, he was quick to say "... I will be EVEN MORE undignified than this (vs. 22)" meaning if he was hit with the glory of God, he wasn't going to suppress it! There was nothing that could hold him back!
Hallelujah!! Let us not be fearful of who may be watching but dance; let us WHIRL with all our might with our treasured Bridegroom!!
While God judges the heart and, of course, not saying that worshipping with our hands raised is wrong... there's more to it! 2 Samuel 6:14 tells us that David danced before the Lord with all his might; the Hebrew word for danced here (Karar) means WHIRLED! Oh, to completely release every anxiety and just let loose before our God...
When David's wife pointed out how ridculous he'd been, he was quick to say "... I will be EVEN MORE undignified than this (vs. 22)" meaning if he was hit with the glory of God, he wasn't going to suppress it! There was nothing that could hold him back!
Hallelujah!! Let us not be fearful of who may be watching but dance; let us WHIRL with all our might with our treasured Bridegroom!!
Saturday, October 1, 2011
Where'd the Bride go?
Warning: VENT!
You know that spotless, beautiful and pure Bride that Jesus is going to come back for one day (Matthew 25:6)? Well in the midst of this black world… I can’t even catch a glimpse of her light radiating sometimes; which is weird, because it should be as obvious as the afternoon and midnight.
So that you will prove yourselves to be blameless and innocent, children of God above reproach in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you appear as lights in the world,
Philippians 2:15 (NASB)
Check out these two testimonies from a book I read (Lies Young Women Believe):
This would be lie #11: "It's not really sex."
First- "We're really into purity- my boyfriend and I. So, we try to speak about it at events and stuff. We tell people that they can just do what we do. Just have oral sex."
And- "Honestly, there's not one guy in my youth group who I haven't kissed or touched in some way. Some of them got farther than others, but I have a line I won't cross. I've never had sex."
WHOA. Something ISN’T being preached in Church. Half truths are whole lies; we need to start hearing the TRUTH and ALL OF IT.
For teenagers to be coming into church just to leave and mess around, I’d say there’s no conviction… seeing as the Word is guaranteed to convict (Hebrews 4:12) then I’m left to guess there’s not a whole lot of (or at least ALL of) the Word being talked about. All I’m seeing is a lot of confusion on things that should have a very clear line (in this case immorality). I want conviction; it's the most loving way I could ever be disciplined sometimes. It's a GOOD thing!
For anyone unsure why à Conviction vs. Condemnation.
We are the Church, the Body of Christ, His Bride. It's time to start acting like it because I'm seeing way too much blending and compromising with the world going on...
You know that spotless, beautiful and pure Bride that Jesus is going to come back for one day (Matthew 25:6)? Well in the midst of this black world… I can’t even catch a glimpse of her light radiating sometimes; which is weird, because it should be as obvious as the afternoon and midnight.
So that you will prove yourselves to be blameless and innocent, children of God above reproach in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you appear as lights in the world,
Philippians 2:15 (NASB)
Check out these two testimonies from a book I read (Lies Young Women Believe):
This would be lie #11: "It's not really sex."
First- "We're really into purity- my boyfriend and I. So, we try to speak about it at events and stuff. We tell people that they can just do what we do. Just have oral sex."
And- "Honestly, there's not one guy in my youth group who I haven't kissed or touched in some way. Some of them got farther than others, but I have a line I won't cross. I've never had sex."
WHOA. Something ISN’T being preached in Church. Half truths are whole lies; we need to start hearing the TRUTH and ALL OF IT.
For teenagers to be coming into church just to leave and mess around, I’d say there’s no conviction… seeing as the Word is guaranteed to convict (Hebrews 4:12) then I’m left to guess there’s not a whole lot of (or at least ALL of) the Word being talked about. All I’m seeing is a lot of confusion on things that should have a very clear line (in this case immorality). I want conviction; it's the most loving way I could ever be disciplined sometimes. It's a GOOD thing!
For anyone unsure why à Conviction vs. Condemnation.
We are the Church, the Body of Christ, His Bride. It's time to start acting like it because I'm seeing way too much blending and compromising with the world going on...
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