Congrats to Matt MacDonald and Katie Neale who are getting Married THIS AFTERNOON.
God's richest blessings on your marriage. I love you guys.
Saturday, October 11, 2008
We are but flames
I was driving home from a friends house last night at 1 30 in the morning, when I realized that I will never be let go of.
That morning I had met with a good friend of mine, Sandy who challenged me to think of what it means to be on fire for God. Why are we on fire at one moment and not the next? Should we always be on fire? We sat on a bench in a beautiful graveyard for awhile pondering, and discussing the idea of fire and what that is, and what it looks like.
After listening to my ideas and thoughts on it, Sandy inspired me with a new perspective. He alluded to the scene in "The Pilgrim's Progress" where there is a fire, and a man who is pouring water on it. This man is Satan, the Devil, Lucifer, whatever you wish to call him. Call him the ways of the world. He is doing what he can to put this flame out. However the Flame does not go out. That is because on the other side there is another man. This man is God. He also has plenty of names, Yahweh, I AM, Jesus. You could call him not of this world. He is pouring oil onto to the flame, so it grows stronger and glows brighter.
So here's what Sandy suggested; That maybe, at the core of our being, at the very core, Jesus is building a fire. He holds that fire, nurses it, and pours oil on it to intensify it. But there is this on going struggle between the fire builder, and the fire fighter. Some times the water is what we want, but really what our souls need is oil.
But here's the the amazing thing. God's got no give in him. He fights for us, for his fire without rest.
So as I drove home in silence last night it hit me. It replayed over and over in my head. All I could hear was, "I'll never let go of you, I'll never let go of you". And for once, and for real, I felt comforted that even in my weakness, my stupidity, even in this pile of worthless crap that I have built for myself, HE will never let go. Never.
That morning I had met with a good friend of mine, Sandy who challenged me to think of what it means to be on fire for God. Why are we on fire at one moment and not the next? Should we always be on fire? We sat on a bench in a beautiful graveyard for awhile pondering, and discussing the idea of fire and what that is, and what it looks like.
After listening to my ideas and thoughts on it, Sandy inspired me with a new perspective. He alluded to the scene in "The Pilgrim's Progress" where there is a fire, and a man who is pouring water on it. This man is Satan, the Devil, Lucifer, whatever you wish to call him. Call him the ways of the world. He is doing what he can to put this flame out. However the Flame does not go out. That is because on the other side there is another man. This man is God. He also has plenty of names, Yahweh, I AM, Jesus. You could call him not of this world. He is pouring oil onto to the flame, so it grows stronger and glows brighter.
So here's what Sandy suggested; That maybe, at the core of our being, at the very core, Jesus is building a fire. He holds that fire, nurses it, and pours oil on it to intensify it. But there is this on going struggle between the fire builder, and the fire fighter. Some times the water is what we want, but really what our souls need is oil.
But here's the the amazing thing. God's got no give in him. He fights for us, for his fire without rest.
So as I drove home in silence last night it hit me. It replayed over and over in my head. All I could hear was, "I'll never let go of you, I'll never let go of you". And for once, and for real, I felt comforted that even in my weakness, my stupidity, even in this pile of worthless crap that I have built for myself, HE will never let go. Never.
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