Wednesday, May 25, 2005

I love my young hooligan friends. They're so hilarious and precious. It's amazing- the way God can just flood your heart with love, and provide you with a supernatural degree of patience and grace as there is need for such. I feel as though I have been given an extended family, like in Isaiah 54 where it says "Enlarge the place of your tent...." I love these kids; I am so proud of them and so pumped to be a part of their lives. And yet I know it is the love of God inside of me, and not any love or virtue of my own. God has big plans for these buddies of mine, and I am so stoked that I get to be a part of that- even if my part is that of a spectator. I can't wait to see what's in store.

In 1997, before I had ever gotten involved in any "youth"/ kid stuff, this man from Pasadena, California whom I had never met before in my life began to pray prophetically over me, and over my city. He said, "I don't know where you are, where you live, but something's coming to those disinherited kids. I see occult kids coming to Christ. God's going to break the power of witchcraft in your city...." I want to see it happen. I want this and a whole lot more! Not because some man prayed it out years ago, but because it is the heart of God and I want to see it fulfilled. (Yes, it's true- basically, anytime we want to know what's on His heart, we can read His word. Those things are always fairly right on. He will always want justice and mercy, salvation.... these are things we can pretty much count on. Sometimes it is also helpful to hear it said out loud, though, in a clear and specific manner.) I want to see it and yet I know I have no rights to do so.

It is easy to forget the things that reside so deeply in our hearts; we have a fear of failure or of disappointment, so, for a time, we exist on a one dimensional level, abandoning the things that are nearest to our hearts. And then suddenly our hope is restored, the vision returns, and we realize it had been there all along. And there is a risk in hoping- a chance that we will not see what we want to see, but our hope is not in circumstance; it is in a very gracious, humble, and trustworthy King.

I know that I am all over the map. Good thing I don't have to title these things. How would I sum it all up? Maybe I am just excited that there is a lot to hope for in the Lord, and when our hope is truly in Him, we will never be let down. He's doing stuff, regardless of whether or not we can see it all the time. He is so behind the scenes sometimes. Then He shocks you with the big, flashy finale. I love that about Him. Keep hoping and keep watching, 'cause the finale is coming.... He always finishes what He starts.

posted by Jules @ Wednesday, May 25, 2005

1 Comments:

At 2:37 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Like fuel for the fire Jules! I love recalling the prophetic invitations and using them to energize passionate prayer.

God is totally going to bust up witchcraft and occult influences and make Victoria a kingdom place. Even better that "the man" didn't even know where you were from. Keep giving away what He's put in you! Sweet stuff.

 

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