To everything, turn, turn, turn, there is a season…
One of the things I have been faithfully doing for the last five years is selling doors. I’ve been good at it. I’ve been steadfast. On the last day of August, I will step away from doors. It will be hard, it will be good.
Three years ago God told me he could see me... pastoring - well, that's the best word I can come up without writing a book... Anyway, I thought it was odd, I couldn’t see it. I was astonished but in a good way. You know, the way you get when someone tells you look like a sexy movie star. If God see’s you a certain way and you and God are best friends, it doesn’t take long until you start getting glimpses of yourself the way He sees you.
In September, Karen and I are trusting. We have lots of stories from the “there” to the “here” that confirm how God sees us and that now is the time. We have peace and it’s the kind that’s been tested. This is a step into a new season; God likened it to the crossing of the Jordan.
This is a message to those we love and who love us. We are not sure if we are called to plant, candidate, or serve in some other capacity. We don’t even have a “where”.
We do however have a “with who. “ I am licensed with “The River.” It is an extension of Bethel Church in Redding California of which Bill Johnson is the Pastor. Karen and I are headed to a pastor’s conference in Sept and believe it an awesome first step.
So if you think of us fondly, or even fleetingly, pray with us as we learn to live in this new season!
Love you guys!
Saturday, August 7, 2010
Friday, August 6, 2010
Tuesday, August 3, 2010
"A relationship where the son is always desperate for the father is dysfunctional"
Graham Cooke recently said “A relationship where the son is always desperate for the father is dysfunctional.” Jesus did not have a dysfunctional relationship with his Father. He was sure, He was grounded in a revelation of his Father that released Him to be the expression of the Son.
Jesus was always Gods Son. In every situation, every circumstance, He was Gods Son…
And because He clearly saw the Father He clearly was the Son. When you clearly see the father you are set free to become the expression of his son or daughter. The truth sets us free.
For instance, if Jesus were under the false impression that God brought storms into peoples lives to teach lessons; He would not have been free to calm the storm.
If Jesus had been under the false impression that its in Gods nature to release sickness on mankind to punish them for sin, He would not have been free to heal.
If Jesus had been under the impression that death was final, He would not have been free to rise and live again. The resurrection was directly related to the fact that Jesus was Gods Son and that He lived in the fullness of that revelation. Therefore, for the joy set before Him (the truth of the resurrection and the release of mankind’s true identity once and for all) He endured the cross.
Because Jesus was sure in who the father was, He was also sure in who He was. This is what set Him free to “be.” He was love, perfectly displayed for all eternity to bear witness. All of heaven and earth from before the foundations to the last day gave a resounding yes and amen!
Jesus came to show us what it is to “be.” He came to reveal what mankind has access to through a greater revelation of the Father - mankind's true identity. We have all been born into a crisis of identity. This crisis is only resolved in a greater revelation of the Father.
Jesus knew what to do and how to live because he knew who he was. He walked confidently within his destiny. A person can’t know his or her destiny if they don’t know who they are. Our assignment and our destiny are wrapped up in our identity.
I have lived most of my life reacting to my circumstances. But Jesus only did what he saw his father doing. Therefore, even when he was caught by surprise, He never reacted to the situation, He responded from who He was. While I have often found myself reacting to the unknown out of insecurity, Jesus responded to the unknown in a greater revelation of the Father. Because he knew the father, He was secure in who He was and therefore his response was powerful - miraculous.
Jesus never reacted to accusation, he responded out of who he was. He never reacted to sickness he responded out of who he was. He never reacted to death, he responded out of who he was…
Jesus was in the Father and the Father was in Him. The Father lives outside of time, He is the beginning and the end. Therefore, Jesus with a greater revelation of His father, was able to respond to death on a cross in the power of the resurrection.
This is huge! I believe Jesus was able to endure the cross because He was already living within the revelation and power of the resurrection!
A greater revelation of the Father reveals a greater understanding of who we are. As we know our Father, we step into our identity. The closer we walk with God the closer we are to our assignment. Life becomes a response out of who we are and not a reaction…
...part, 47-E
Jesus was always Gods Son. In every situation, every circumstance, He was Gods Son…
And because He clearly saw the Father He clearly was the Son. When you clearly see the father you are set free to become the expression of his son or daughter. The truth sets us free.
For instance, if Jesus were under the false impression that God brought storms into peoples lives to teach lessons; He would not have been free to calm the storm.
If Jesus had been under the false impression that its in Gods nature to release sickness on mankind to punish them for sin, He would not have been free to heal.
If Jesus had been under the impression that death was final, He would not have been free to rise and live again. The resurrection was directly related to the fact that Jesus was Gods Son and that He lived in the fullness of that revelation. Therefore, for the joy set before Him (the truth of the resurrection and the release of mankind’s true identity once and for all) He endured the cross.
Because Jesus was sure in who the father was, He was also sure in who He was. This is what set Him free to “be.” He was love, perfectly displayed for all eternity to bear witness. All of heaven and earth from before the foundations to the last day gave a resounding yes and amen!
Jesus came to show us what it is to “be.” He came to reveal what mankind has access to through a greater revelation of the Father - mankind's true identity. We have all been born into a crisis of identity. This crisis is only resolved in a greater revelation of the Father.
Jesus knew what to do and how to live because he knew who he was. He walked confidently within his destiny. A person can’t know his or her destiny if they don’t know who they are. Our assignment and our destiny are wrapped up in our identity.
I have lived most of my life reacting to my circumstances. But Jesus only did what he saw his father doing. Therefore, even when he was caught by surprise, He never reacted to the situation, He responded from who He was. While I have often found myself reacting to the unknown out of insecurity, Jesus responded to the unknown in a greater revelation of the Father. Because he knew the father, He was secure in who He was and therefore his response was powerful - miraculous.
Jesus never reacted to accusation, he responded out of who he was. He never reacted to sickness he responded out of who he was. He never reacted to death, he responded out of who he was…
Jesus was in the Father and the Father was in Him. The Father lives outside of time, He is the beginning and the end. Therefore, Jesus with a greater revelation of His father, was able to respond to death on a cross in the power of the resurrection.
This is huge! I believe Jesus was able to endure the cross because He was already living within the revelation and power of the resurrection!
A greater revelation of the Father reveals a greater understanding of who we are. As we know our Father, we step into our identity. The closer we walk with God the closer we are to our assignment. Life becomes a response out of who we are and not a reaction…
...part, 47-E
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