I'm going to share with you a vision God gave me after an intense week of serving/ministering to the poor and helpless. It happened during worship at ::Infusion Youth Group. :)
The whole Camp Compassion group was in serious need of some water; the water from the well you drink of when you are worshiping Jesus! Many of us were really looking forward to youth group on Wednesday night. When the worship team began to play, I and many others were more than ready to drink deeply of Gods presence; we wanted Him so badly, and our weary souls were in desperate need as well.
I didn't even care what other people thought anymore- I went straight up to the front and instantly jumped into the atmosphere of worship. I was praying that every heart and soul in the room would abandon everything to run after Him. I prayed that His spirit would pour over us like a bursting dam and His tangible love and healing would be present. I was worshiping my heart out and reaching for God like nothing else mattered!
I remember a specific change in atmosphere when the band started playing How He Loves. It felt like oil was being poured over me, the oil of Gods presence and His love; the whole point of our week at Camp Compassion was to shower the thirsty with Gods love; our ability to serve came from His love! It was then that I started to have a revelation of the power and greatness of the love of Jesus- although we had been servants all week, the Ultimate Servant was pouring out Himself on us, and in the light of that thought, God gave me the vision I'm about to try to describe as my eyes were closed and I was focusing on Him:
The whole Camp Compassion group was in serious need of some water; the water from the well you drink of when you are worshiping Jesus! Many of us were really looking forward to youth group on Wednesday night. When the worship team began to play, I and many others were more than ready to drink deeply of Gods presence; we wanted Him so badly, and our weary souls were in desperate need as well.
I didn't even care what other people thought anymore- I went straight up to the front and instantly jumped into the atmosphere of worship. I was praying that every heart and soul in the room would abandon everything to run after Him. I prayed that His spirit would pour over us like a bursting dam and His tangible love and healing would be present. I was worshiping my heart out and reaching for God like nothing else mattered!
I remember a specific change in atmosphere when the band started playing How He Loves. It felt like oil was being poured over me, the oil of Gods presence and His love; the whole point of our week at Camp Compassion was to shower the thirsty with Gods love; our ability to serve came from His love! It was then that I started to have a revelation of the power and greatness of the love of Jesus- although we had been servants all week, the Ultimate Servant was pouring out Himself on us, and in the light of that thought, God gave me the vision I'm about to try to describe as my eyes were closed and I was focusing on Him:
I was imagining that I was worshiping before the throne of God. I looked up and God was there, huge, and in all of His splendor; the thing that I noticed was that He was holding His heart- He was holding it in front of the place where your heart usually is. The heart looked like it was so full that it could explode!
I could see the fiery, selfless love in His eyes, and He was looking at us- at the youth of Infusion- with a gaze full of love that consumes your everything!
I could see the fiery, selfless love in His eyes, and He was looking at us- at the youth of Infusion- with a gaze full of love that consumes your everything!
He thrust His hands towards us, still holding His heart, and when He did that, His heart bursted; streams of love in the form of vibrant, colorful lights shot towards every person in the room, wrapping around each one like a ribbon! For every person there was a different color- there were colors that I cant describe!
The emotion that flooded over me was indescribable- I had caught a small glimpse of the passionate, consuming, unconditional love that was bursting from Gods heart for us! It was the type of love that is so strong it's almost painful, but painful in the sense that His desire for us is so strong that He can't bear the thought of not being with us for eternity~
Tears began to well up in my eyes as a passion and new understanding of God's heart flooded my whole being. For the rest of worship I just soaked in God's presence which was heavy in that room. Standing in the light of liquid love, I realized that though I, and the rest of the Compassion team, had been servants all week, there was tremendous honor in having the privilege of having that same love flow generously through us to touch lives. We were being servants ultimately to the one who gave everything for us. His life for ours! Him, being brutally crucified for the shameful sins I have committed and will commit- Just so that the gap between me and Him could be covered by the Cross; the chasm of Hell and eternal separation from Life to have a bridge across it!
He did all that so that the mere opportunity for me to choose to surrender my puny, meaningless life without Him, to the one who will satisfy ever desire I have; to a glorious King who is obsessed with loving us.
The words, "amazing love" don't even begin to do it justice.
He did all that so that the mere opportunity for me to choose to surrender my puny, meaningless life without Him, to the one who will satisfy ever desire I have; to a glorious King who is obsessed with loving us.
The words, "amazing love" don't even begin to do it justice.
Hallelujah. :)
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