Not about me

it's bubbling. it's bubbling, it's bubbling in my soul.....
That song brings me back to childhood; Sunday evenings in the summer, bible study and spontaneous verse around the campfire.

Today as I ran, listening to modern worship songs this oldie but goody kept taking precedence....
God is doing something. Something BIG. He is about to reveal his Glory in a new way and bigger way than we have ever experienced, more than we have ever imagined. In HIS way.

Are we ready?

God is bringing us to the brink of who we are, to the brink of our humanity.

It is a common theme right now. EACH time I interact with anyone (more than the simple, "hey how are ya?") I hear tales of people brought to their end. Each one in their own way; relationships - with husbands and wives,and parents, children, extended family, friends, With some it is facing fears, others it is finances and stalwart faith, there has been death and with some death pending, for others it is job dynamics, still others are health related issues, BIG ones... situations that render no options, having nowhere to go but to the LORD. We are taxed beyond our human capabilities, to the point of spiritual anxiety and stress unlike anything we have every experienced. I am speaking to many broken people, people that are at their end and their eyes and hearts are raised to heaven in expectation.

We are in the phase where God is allowing us to experience our weakness. We no longer have the resources, the strength, the logic to navigate our dilemma. We are at the do-or-die point.

And this is the moment. The MIGHTY step at the edge of the precipice of faith. We are standing in the vacuum of time right before the BIGness of God is revealed. HE wants the Glory, people. HE is fine-tuning, purifying, readying us to bring us into the holiest place.

Are we ready?

We cannot do it alone. He has a Better way.

For a few years God has been revealing His Heart to me about the generational and corporate connection of His power. Lately, it has intensified. CHURCH, People of God, more aptly, it is time to get our focus off of ourselves. God does not move only for OUR needs, as individuals. He is aware of where you are in the whole.... of His PEOPLE, of His plan. He is invested in the PEOPLE of God, the world over. My situation is intimately related to yours.

Why?
Good question!

When I am sharpened you benefit, when God reveals His heart to you, I grow, when we blossom, those around us .....in every part of our life experience more of HIM. When we experience more of GOD than we can step out, in obedience, in faith, in powerful confidence and BE and DO what He desires for us all. And that is EVANGELISM! We are better together... that will change the world.

We must get our eyes off ourselves. Our life. Our issues. Our Family. Our time. Our process. Our growth. We must begin to see that we fit in this page of HISTORY together.

We must take responsibility to grow beyond our walls.
Put off the elementary teachings... we are stuck because we are not moving.
It is time to FEEL each others journey and join together... in Christs promises.
We have become private. We hide our struggles, hide our fears, hide our EVERYTHING. Alone, we attempt to blaze our trial (yes, I spelled trial, as in struggle).

God wants to break down the walls between us. Boldly I make a proclamation; I believe HIS glory is going to be revealed through US to US .... that GOD is desiring to pour out an increase and it is going to begin with His people joining hands in heart level transparency.

If you are reading this, I need you. I need you because my second cousin once removed is going to be changed by your story through me, I need you because the clerk at the grocery store needs to see my smile that was put there by your healing words and she will go home and heal. her. home. I need you so that I can pray with you and believe for you for a His hand on your life. I need you because our process will show the unbeliever that God is in every detail. Cliche? Maybe. But I want HIS Glory... and I have all the confidence in the world that YOU have experienced Him in a way that will change the way I see heaven.

See, I believe that the first step to corporate anointing is through each other. GOD is waiting for us to join together and experience the fullness of what He has already revealed. And for that fullness to be revealed we need to drop the pretenses and LEAN in. Not one of us alone can experience all that God has. His Glory is too big, too all consuming. To fully know the Lord we must know each other. It is the first step in HIS coming.

In summery:
We are at the end of our own strength
NO more walls
NO more Hiding
HIS Glory together equals
His GLORY Forever!