I can't sleep - I can't help but think about Him. I can't help but talk to Him....dream...breathe in and long for His presence every waking moment. David couldn't have said it better in Psalm 63
"O God, you are my God; I earnestly search for you. My soul thirsts for you; my whole body longs for you in this parched and weary land where there is no water. I have seen you in your sanctuary and gazed upon your power and glory. Your unfailing love is better than life itself; how I praise you! I will praise you as long as I live, lifting up my hands to you in prayer. You satisfy me more than the richest feast. I will praise you with songs of joy. I lie awake thinking of you, meditating on you through the night. Because you are my helper, I sing for joy in the shadow of your wings. I cling to you; your strong right hand holds me securely."
There are nights I lie awake with my heart breaking over those who don't know Him...truly don't know of who He is and His love. Just to be honest there are nights when I feel overwhelmed at the work that needs to be done on this earth for His Kingdom....I think of all the hurting and broken....those in Haiti...those caught in Human Trafficking....those living in abusive homes...fatherless...orphaned. But then I remember how big my God is...
We live for one purpose -to know God intimately and to reach the lost, the broken, the isolated and forgotten. One day when we enter into eternity and stand before our King...we will stand with them. The little girl who needed a drink of water...the little boy who hurt his knee and had no one to hug and kiss the pain away...the woman who thought she was alone and had no purpose...the man who felt worthless because of all the wrong choices and mistakes he had made - until you came...until you came and took time to show them kindness. Just a moment of sharing love, tenderness, forgiveness, and the hope of Christ. Because you took that moment...someone's eternity is changed forever.
How can we not share of this hope? When one has come to truly know and experience Christ and all He is...there isn't anything you can do to stop them. The passion for the Kingdom builds...everything else fades into the background...eternity. Their heart beats to its rythm.
May we be a generation of that passion.
Not just to do something...
but to know Him
and then make Him known.
Joel 3:14
"Thousands upon thousands are waiting in the valley of decision."
Don't be lazy about this time...about your life and how you live it for Christ. So many are waiting. Rise up to who you have been called to be and lead this generation to the Cross. The only Hope of the world.
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