Ignition part 5
"Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD" (Psalm 27:14). Here's what I'm trying to say in this Rant series: We don't have to wait for God to move... because He already moved. This OLD TESTAMENT verse is, to me, really a prophecy of the cross. Because the cross is where God moved. The cross is where God strengthened "our" heart by giving us HIS heart. In fact, there is no verse in the King James Version of the Bible--in the New Testament--that has the words "wait" and "God" in the same verse. Because we're no longer waiting. What needed to happen... happened. And now we are equipped and empowered to rule and reign on this earth as kings and priests. Jesus strengthened our heart by igniting a fire in it. The Holy Ghost wildfire of love! And He ignited that fire in us by filling us with His Spirit--with His mind, His heart. We don't need anything except revelation. Because the revelation of Jesus literally reveals to us what we have. What we have and where we are and WHO we are and why we're here. And when we know--and more importantly when we UNDERSTAND--all of those things... that's when all of those things begin to manifest in our lives. That's when what is already true... becomes true for you! Jesus started the engine, if I can say it that way. And now we can put the pedal to the metal! Jesus said we would do all the things He did and greater things! He didn't want us to sit idle and wait for Him to do something. He empowered US to do something! The question of, "What is God going to do for us?" needs to shift to, "What is God doing THROUGH us?" And what He's doing THROUGH us is exalting Himself. What He's doing THROUGH us is manifesting His glory. What He's doing THROUGH us is expressing Himself. Expressing His love. Why would you need your heart to be strengthened unless you were going to use it? And what would you use your heart for if not for loving people? Because, as always, that's what it's all about. It's all about love. God created us so that He could love us, and so that we could love Him and each other with that same love. So that we could love Him BY loving each other with that same love. I'm so convinced that many times we get this simply truth screwed up. We ignore people because we think we need to "serve God." Serving people IS serving God. Jesus said whatever you do unto the least of them you do unto Him. We can't ignore the human element. We need to esteem each other. Help each other. Build each other up. Edify each other. Because when we do that... our fire spreads. We ignite that same passion and that same love in each other--not by demanding it FROM each other, but by giving it TO each other. And, again, to close this series, it's not something we need to wait for. It's a present reality. It's in us. And when we know and believe that it's in there... it comes out naturally!