It’s an awakening season.
Holy Spirit has been poking me early, early every morning. Wake, wake, He is saying. There’s something new. Do you see it? Do you perceive it?
Forget about what’s happened; don’t keep going over old history. Be alert, be present. I’m about to do something brand-new. It’s bursting out! Don’t you see it? There it is!
It is time to get dressed in the clothing of royalty, the robes my Father gave me.
Do you see the clothes your Father gave you? They are crumpled up and dirty in the corner of your room. Can you find the shoes He gave you? They are in your closet behind dozens of other pairs of shoes you’ve purchased. It’s time to sort your closet.
What has God been stirring in your heart?
Let’s start there. After our morning coffee and looking out at this new day dawning, let’s leave room on our to-do lists. Action item number one is left blank. This item is the most important I need to do today, and I must try to do it first as soon as I have time.
It is the response to God’s whisperings to my heart.
What is it for you?
My first task is to turn down the noise in my head, the cacophony of sound that tells me that God can not use me. For me, my first task is remembering who I am. It is shrinking myself down to the size of a piece of dust, my proper form.
The body is put back in the same ground it came from. The spirit returns to God, who first breathed it.
It is raising God to the glorious infinite that He is big. I am small. He has always used insignificant people!
Good morning!
And as I put on the long princess gloves that God gave me, I remember that these hands were bought with a price.
The color red of the gloves reminds me of Jesus’ blood that was shed for us so that these hands can be used to help, comfort and serve.
I found my shoes! Here they are in my closet, behind all those pink heels I had forgotten about. These shoes the Father gave me are decorated with jewels, a reminder that the message I understand is rare, a priceless gem many step on but few pick up to keep close to their hearts.
And many more have only seen cheap, counterfeit copies of the real jewels we wear on our feet. Will we carry the message of a long obedience following Jesus, shined in its brilliance, wherever we walk today? Is He asking you to walk a new path with Him, a path overgrown with branches because so few have travelled in that direction?
And I wear a smile on my face.
This smile is not shallow, resulting simply from the movement of the muscles on my face. A genuine smile is the outpouring of a great joy born in the heart, which overflows out of my eyes as a sparkle that can’t be hidden. (Need some?)
Let Him awaken you and help you out of bed, friend.
Then:
1) Remember the size of you and the size of your God.
2) Donn your gloves.
3) Find your shoes.
Then let the joy bubble forth.
Being with You is to be full of joy
Restoring Life 