Don't be a "Don't"
Leaving the city today we saw many people along the streets. They were hot. They wore tattered clothing, whether it was the new cool "in look" or due to lacking, it was apparent...They were in need. Some of them looked so sad and overwhelmed. Maybe we read their faces wrong. But maybe we didn't.
So,
I prayed.
I asked God simply to, "Pour Your Spirit over this city..."
Sometimes it seems God doesn't answer prayers like this one. People still need Him. Desperately, people still want. People still hurt. People still search. People still ache. Where is the Spirit of God?
Then in hit me like a fierce wave.
WE are carriers of His Spirit. We bring the Spirit through the city because HE resides within us. His Spirit is strong in us and we sit and wait for HIM to move. We don't move. We don't speak. We don't help. WE don't pray. We don't support. We don't walk beside them. We don't do anything but expect everything.
He is within us, but we feel weak and powerless and helpless.
Why is that?
Could it simply be because we don't.
We don't believe.
We don't try.
We don't open our mouths and bring life.
We don't open our hands and bring sustaining grace.
We don't listen with an open heart.
We don't walk beside others while they struggle or we give up on them in their wandering.
We don't. So, He seems to "don't" too. He's waiting for us to DO so that He can reveal Himself true and His Spirit strong!
Be a Do-er.
Let's be more intentional about being willing to walk out the Spirit of God to others. Being His hands and His feet in humility.
1 John 3:23
And this is his command: to believe in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ, and to love one another as he commanded us.
Don't be another "Don't" today.
Each day make a joyful noise in this backWORDZ world. Choose to live life moment by moment in the extravagant love of your Father.
Abby, I often see your thoughts on facebook, and really am encouraged by them. What you say here reminds me of a similar experience I had here in Haiti once:
ReplyDeleteA friend had brought the movie Blood Diamond, and we all watched it together. The realities portrayed by the movie are horrific, and those things can have a profound effect on me. It was late when I walked back up to my room. It was dark, the sky was cloudy, and it was cold (well, for Haiti, anyway) and windy. I remember standing outside with the darkness of the movie in my mind, the darkness of the night around me, and the darkness and difficulties in our area on my heart. And I remember specifically thinking, "Oh God, where is the light?!" And I happened to turn and look back at the main house and see a light coming from one of the windows. And I thought, "There it is! It's us. We are the light that God has placed here to proclaim his excellencies, to proclaim freedom, to bring the good news of the Kingdom of God and all that it means."
So, thanks for another reminder, friend. Thank you for making a point to daily share Truth. You reinforce for me the importance of keeping it constantly before our eyes, and encourage me to do a better job of arming myself with it every day.
Thank you Krischelle, I miss our time together--you are such a strong brave truth bringer in all that you are doing. May God reach down and pour into your heart and life as you serve so diligently, the least of these. Much love!
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