I become overwhelmed quite often ,soft tears fill my eyes, blurry my vision. Passion fills my being, and I think it has nowhere to go, but to flow out of me.
Brennan Manning's book has touched me in so many ways, and reignited my fire for knowing and following Jesus. I want my fire for God to be made real by the fires that I have fought within my own mind, and on the ground. I don't want to live among the daises, mini-skirts or perfumed hair. I want to walk among lands torched by fire, to see and feel pain, sweat and bleed, for that which I hold true. It is only through remaining humble that we grow, that we can identify with Christ's pain. We should be a people who live in reckless abandonment to the power of the gospel, to live out the reality of Christ's sacrifice upon the cross.
Oh Lord, light the fires in our hearts again! That we be a people unabashedly commited to following You! That we would speak with a boldness and confidence that veers from normalcy, by the strength of your Spirit! Open our eyes to the pain of this world, those who have been deemed unlovely, that your love would seep from every pore on our being, your love would circulate through every vein in our body. Please Lord, increase our disgust for this world, but I beg of you, that we would know how to be in it, yet set apart.
My heart breaks for those who don't know You, who want nothing to do with You. Father, show Your love and Your power! Diminish the pre-conceived thought that you are a God of legality, strict doctrinal adherence to religiosity. You are so loving, so simple, so tender and relentless in your pursuit of our hearts.
We are a nation in desperate need of a Savior, a nation bloated with materialism and self-righteousness; a nation void of altruism, starved of moral maturity, and in need of a spiritual hunger..Jesus Christ.
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