Jim Cymbala wrote in Fresh Wind Fresh Fire, “I despaired at
the thought that my life might slip by without seeing God show himself mightily
on our behalf.” What might it look like
to see God move mightily on my behalf?
For God to take something that was completely impossible in every way for
me to accomplish and bring it to pass with ease. I’m always praying for a greater vision and
asking God to move mightier than I’ve ever seen Him move so that others might
see His glory. I remember when I was
younger getting so angry that every Sunday I was taught God is the same
yesterday, today and forever and I wasn’t getting to see Him bring sight to the
blind, lock the jaws of lions, just move in any way small or huge I did not
care I just wanted to see God at work. I
remember hearing all the stories about how God use to move and all the things
the elders had seen Him do… well how come we were not STILL seeing Him do
it! Are we still craving a mighty move
of God? Have we let ourselves stop believing in His power?
Nothing compares to seeing God move.
Another thing that ticks me off is people thinking I am some
fantastically loving midwife serving the poor sacrificing my Western comforts
and doing some amazing thing for God.
People are always saying, “You are so brave.” Or “Oh I could never leave
my family, eat that, give up hot showers?”
Really you couldn’t? Jesus gave
His freaking life on a cross for you and it is only by His grace that we find
salvation from death, hell and the grave and you don’t want to even take the
time to ask Him what He might want you to do with your life. If you put my life’s story in scripture would
it really look radical? Or would it look
like, “Oh she played it safe!” So I’m in
the Philippines
trying to share God love while reducing infant and maternal mortality. It’s not like I’m being thrown in a lion’s
den or fiery furnace. How about being asked to take the freaking city of Jericho down by simply
marching? Now that is an uncomfortable battle plan Joshua had going for
him. However it was God’s plan and the
vision God gave him. If we are not
willing to be uncomfortable we will eventually become unfaithful. Besides when in the Bible did God ever ask anybody
to do something easy? Perry Noble puts
it this way, “If you have never had an “Oh crap!” moment then you’ve probably
not heard from God.” Are we using
scriptures for our standards of faith?
Do we still believe God can use us to do GREAT things? Hebrews 11:33-34 gives us Biblical examples
of these great things. It says they
“conquered kingdoms through faith, administered justice, gained what was
promised, who shut the mouths of lions, quenched the fury of flames and escaped
the edge of the sword; whose weakness was turned to strength and who became
powerful in battle and put foreign armies to flight.”
Now before you go off thinking but they were extra special
or that God gave those mighty men super powers, let’s take a look at James 5:17 “Elijah
was a man with a nature like ours, and he prayed fervently that it might not
rain and for three years and six months it did not rain on earth.” Elijah was a man just like us. This scripture allows us to know that we can
pray huge impossible prayers with audacious faith just like Elijah and our
Heavenly Father will hear and answer. It’s the same God. Moses wasn’t a
super hero. We think we could never be
that great but I challenge you to believe that you could. I realize it is a fight to keep believing. It was by faith people crossed the Red Sea on
dry ground and it was by faith the walls of Jericho fell down after they marched around
it for seven days. Are you living your
life with audacious faith and praying for God to do incredible things? I want to be right smack dab in the middle of
a move of God and see Him do so much so fast that the whole flipping world will
just have to take notice. Steven Furtick
sums my rambling up with, “If you are not daring to believe God for the
impossible, you are sleeping through some of the best parts of your Christian
life.”
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