Are you Consumed? Are you pouring out?

Something I wrote last night at Bible Study:

Being in desparate abandon is something that creates such deep intimacy and love with the Lord that it pours out and touches everything we see, do, create, speak, and live. Our hearts are to be filled with the wonder and amazement of His love. We are to want nothing of ourselves.

We cannot be satisfied with the usual, normal way of life. Being consumed, filled, and ready to be a holy vessel of the Lord is the only way of life. Even in the midst of our brokenness, times of self-doubt, fear, disappointment, hurt, and life issues, holes (once filled with/by the world), God has a place and he will heal it all. Remember, he has the victory. He wants to lead us into a time where our radical abandon is NORMAL. That his glory is revealed and fills the earth.

We must take ourselves, our minds, our of a place of self but to a place of Him. That everything we do, say, speak, etc. is filled with Him. We are not perfect because we are human and broken by the plots of Satan. Yet he chose us to be His Children, his sons and daughters, to love and be called to change the world. We must be completely lost in Him, not knowing what the next step is until he opens our eyes, heart, mind, and spirit to the place he has for us.



Now that I have finished that and it might not all make sense but my mind rushes things. Anyways, I just want you all to think about where you are in your relationship with God. Are you in a place where you are completely consumed by his presence, you want to worship with him continually? Or are you in place where you are struggling to be close to him?



Here is a quote from a book I am reading: "As wildly as he offers himself to us, so should we offer ourselves to him, no longer living in the risk-free distance of all of our assumptions, but close and personal, so we can see just how good and gerenous this King truly is." -Jarrett Stevens


We are to be consumed by His holy presence every single moment of our lives. Of course, we all fall short, but that is where we must remember that God has the victory! =) We are forgiven and grace has saved us. After we believe this and begin to become completely enamoured by our Papa, then the love, healing, restoration, joy, peace, freedom and life-giving things will pour out from us with every breath we take.


Right now, in this day, there are many of us who are ready to step up and change our cities, our nation, and the world by the transforming power of Christ. In order for God to move, we have to know him so intimately that people's lives are changed by everyday interactions with us. That seeds are continually planted and freedom reigns over all the earth. This is what we want. We want and need for the power of our God to pour out over everyone and everything. The Holy Spirit is in us. That means wherever we go and whatever we do, we are carrying the Spirit with us, Christ, the Holy One. Doesn't that excite you?!?!?!?!? I really think so.


Anyways, I am done with all my thoughts. Think about what I am saying and see if that applies to your life. I love you all and hope that some of this makes sense.