...Of God’s speaking. For me the theme is the evidence God is speaking and evidence of how dense I am. This week the theme has been a confirmation of a heart dream from many years ago.
It began when an individual said to me as they left worship, “thanks for letting me come.” I didn’t know how to respond so I said, “that’s what we are here for it’s my honor.” On the other side that sounds dumb. Have you wished for a mulligan (golf term for a do-over) to go back and say something more profound or intellectual or just less STUPID? I don’t know what I would say instead because thinking back no one has ever said that to me before. Thankfulness for the opportunity to go to church has not been expressed like that before. But it’s good, very good.
Later, in a leadership team meeting one of our leaders affirmed how much they look forward to worship at Crossroads (a leader better say that :p). Worship on Sunday is their home away from home. His wife then confirmed as only a wife can do that has not always been the case in their life together. So, I hid those words in my heart.
Tuesday I spoke to a mom of a family that had been away for two weeks just to touch base, let them know I had missed them and encourage. She told me of their situation and then said even the kids were sad they had not come to church. They liked coming and it was no problem to get them out the door to come. Of course that put a smile on Mom’s face because that has been her heart!
Heart dreams are funny things. Sometimes they are so personal that you never speak of them, so impossible that you might even believe God cannot pull them off and so unusual that you have never seen it really happen. These heart dreams require us to trust God's integrity when you can't see HIS activity. I am/we are here and now, taste, touch and feel people. That is horizontal awareness. The Kingdom of God is vertical. Heart dreams are dependent upon vertical awareness and God activity. One of my heart dreams in planting a church was for the creation of an environment where folks would like to come. Not from habit, duty or requirement but participating because they liked it and missed it when not there. I knew for me that had become true (it has not always been so in the past). That has been the theme God has been speaking this week. Saying to me through other people that he has made that happen. I had been wondering if it was so or could be so.
How about that, my heart’s desire met!
What about you how vertically aware are you?
What theme is God speaking in your life?
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