Wednesday, October 30, 2013

Just Showing Up

When I was a young man and had only been with the Lord a few years, I was zealous and anxious to run into any spiritual battle. I was so certain that I could do so much. After all I had read the bible all the way through once, and it was a leather bound chain reference bible, and… blah, blah, blah. The truth is while zeal is a good thing, that was really in a large part pride. I wanted the recognition and the glory, oh, and of course I wanted God to get some, too. That was foolishness at its best. Today, I remain zealous, and only hope that in some small way I can somehow advance the kingdom of God each day.

Serving God in battle is not an experience of or for the glory. It will hopefully be because we feel the blessing of the freedom from the darkness that God has given unto us, and we just really want that for other people. Hopefully it is because we want to serve God and do His will. Hopefully it is because we daily, eagerly seek out what the Father is doing and saying that day, and we say and do that same thing. It can be as simple as just showing up. For example, there are people that come to this website, which is seen around the world, and sign up (they think) for reasons other than to be exposed to what God is doing. But the word of God does not go void. When people come to this site, because of the prayers of many, they are impacted by God. Whether that is immediate or long after I am gone, they will be impacted.

Let’s just show up, and let the battle be God’s!

Prayer
Father, what a beautiful day You have created today! We praise and exalt You as the Most High God. Please reign over the hearts and lives of people today, Father. Please raise the poor out of the ashes and sit them with the Princes. Please cast down every dark thing that attempts to attack Your people today Father. Grind to powder those dark forces that try to steal from Your people. In Yeshua’s (Jesus’) name. Amen.