this was originally written this summer........for some reason i never posted it.....but it is very fitting for what is happening in most of our lives right now....
On Sunday (july 31, 2007) I went to church with mom & dad. (while I enjoy there church, it is not Highlands) But as I was sitting there, listening to the message, God was speaking volumes to my heart. The associate pastor was finishing up a message series that was taking the church through the book of James. I was excited as James is a book about Faith. A book about reaching deep inside and really looking not only at your heart, but at the faith the drives us all.
The pastor told a story of when he was a child visiting his grandparents during the summers. One particular summer there was a drought and being that it was a farming community, this was a rough summer for the community. His grandparents and the community spent a lot of time in church that summer praying for rain. He focused on one night in particular that has affected him to this day. During this night, they had a prayer service for rain. They prayed for a long time at the church as they had done before. But this night as they were leaving the church, he noticed something different about the way people were leaving. Everyone was looking up. As the members of the church were leaving, there heads were turned toward the sky, as if anticipating the rain. As they returned home, the nights normal routine was abandoned as his grandfather spent the evening in the carport kneeling to pray and then looking to the sky. After a moment, the process started over. After while, they returned to the house to watch some tv and hang out. The normal early to bed rhythm was also forgotten for the evening. The pastor's grandfather would take a walk outside from time to time and repeat the kneeling to pray and looking up to the sky. As morning dawned, there was no sunrise, for the rain had finally come. the pastor made a point to say that there had been many prayer services through out the community during the drought season. People of deep faith had been praying long a hard for the rain for a long time. So what was different about that night?
As I was thinking about it, I began to realize that God wants the very same thing from us. While we may not be praying for rain (although there are people that are), there are big things in our lives that we are desperate to find answers and closure for.
as i was reading my blog today....looking back over the last year....i was taken aback by this.....
as we are in a time of fasting and concentrated prayer at my church, many are seeking God for big things and many are seeking God for little things......i have a few of both.....but one thing that i am seeking God for some specific things.....i have not been faithfully praying and looking for rain!
But God i want to...i want to see you RULE and REIGN!!! i want to see your power in the areas that i have before you...i am believing in your ability to move mountains!!! for you to heal my heart! to make me the woman that you need me to be!!!!
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