I just realized that it's been almost 2 weeks since I've blogged anything about this day to day journey.
I'm finally adjusted to my new schedule of staying up when people are sleeping and going to sleep when people are waking up.
This is a typical week for me:
Monday-Class 3:30-5:30, All Staff meeting and Set from 5:30-8pm, Free time 8-10, Family briefing 10:30-11:30, Prayer Room 12-6am
Tuesday- Class, Dinner, Family Time, Core Groups 10pm, Free time, Prayer room 12-6am
Wednesday- Class, Dinner, Thrift Store 6:30-10pm, Free time, Prayer Room 12-6am
Thursday- Class, Dinner, 7 Loaves Food Ministry, Family briefing, Prayer Room 12-6am
Friday- Class/Chapel (1x a month), Dinner, Burn Service, Free time, Prayer Room 12-6am
Saturday- Sozo (Supernatural) ministry between 5 and 8pm, free time, Prayer room 12-6am
Sunday- Sabbath
I'm learning that I'll never be able to grasp eternity. And it's okay. The One I love, the Creator, He who sustains and holds all, is outside of time. Expectation is a good thing. Not knowing everything or not being able to order or understand everything, is okay. Be content in all things. Its for our excitement and enjoyment. We will never be bored, ever, we will never fully comprehend the Beauty, the depth.
My core identity is Christ and in Him I find my purpose, my occupation. I am a priest and a king before Him RIGHT now. This isn't talking about something to come it's something that I can walk in right now. This changes EVERYTHING. My highest calling in life and reason for existence is to be before Him. Choosing the better part of sitting at His feet.
This past Saturday, our Night Watch crew went to the Shenandoah Mountains for a hike. It was beautiful. We saw 3 waterfalls, beautiful streams, and trees. :) I commented to one of the guys as I took in the streams that the Lord's voice is over the waters. That night in our prayer room time I read Psalm 29. "The voice of the Lord is over many waters." I love how the Lord speaks truth confirming specific things to my heart.
Friday we had a speaker from Israel come and share the Word of the Lord at the Burn Service. It was EXACTLY what I needed to hear. Genesis 16. It's the story of Hagar and the encounter she had with the Lord. I've read this before but I've never viewed it in this way before. Hagar was met by the Lord somewhere between Kadesh and Bered. Kadesh means holiness and Bered means heaviness. Wow. At this place, she was encountered. At the well of grace. And the Lord asked this one, "Where have you come from and where are you going?" (vs. 8) What a powerful question! We know where we've come from but we don't know where we are going most of the time. BUT, we KNOW WHO we are going with, and in Him the path will be made clear. Remember the promises of the Lord. The words that have been spoken to you. SAY YES. You don't have to figure everything out. He is faithful to His promise and plans and will fulfill them in the FULLNESS of HIS time. His grace is enough. And then she ended with my favorite blessing from Scripture, "May the Lord bless you and keep you, may the Lord make His face to shine upon you and be gracious to you. May the light of His countenance shine upon you and give you peace.".
Behold and bless the Lord all you servants of the Lord who stand by night in the house of the Lord. Lift up your hands in the sanctuary. Bless the Lord! Psalm 134
The act of lifting up my hands is actually giving Him my ability to sustain and provide for myself. A full surrender of everything within me for ministry to the Lord. Wow.
"Set your mind on things above, not on things of the earth." This has been rolling in my mind this past week. We have access to the throne of grace. To the throne room. We can stand, right now, on the sea of glass, before the Man who give it all. Before our Lover, our Father. Knowing that Jesus is a man, that I am living for a Man, and that I have access to His presence at all times, gives me such purpose. Understanding is a beautiful thing. Once you understand you can walk more fully in the calling to which He has called you. What are those things about? The throne room. The Man. Fix your eyes upon Him.
More to share but I waited to long that there is too much to share.
