I know that God speaks to each of us a little differently. Some hear him, some have dreams, some have visions and so on. And some have a nice mixture of all of these things. I personally have not been a "dreamer". Oh I have had a few dreams that I know had deep meaning, but only just a few that I can recall. However, I do have a vision every once in a while. And most of the time they happen when I am deep into the presence of God. Some are like a dream, but I am awake with my eyes closed, and some are as if something is happening right in front of me and I'm watching it play out. Why do I share all of this with you? Because I want you to know God speaks, and as followers we should hear Him in one way or another. And don't ever be afraid to say you have!
So having said all of this, I want to share something God showed me during worship at church yesterday. It was like any other worship, eyes closed, hands raised, praising God, feeling His presence and just expressing my deep love for Him. However, I noticed that every time I would open my eyes they would go directly to the bottle of water that the worship leader has sitting by his mic stand. After this happened a few times I asked God what He was trying to tell me..And this is what I got....
I saw myself standing before a large crowd, holding this bottle of water. And I heard God say to them "it's as easy as taking a drink from this bottle". Too many times we make coming to God too hard. We fight the Holy Spirit telling us what to lay down, and for that matter, what to pick up for God. We say things like "I'm just waiting on The Lord"...but are you? Or is God just waiting on you? Are you going to stare at what He has for you (the bottle of water in this case), but not go after it? Not go after Him? What is God waiting on from you? As I saw myself speaking and holding this bottle of water, I heard myself say to the crowd "Who wants a drink? Then what are you waiting for? If you were dying of thirst and I sat this bottle at the edge of the stage then what could possibly stop you from coming to get it? Nothing, right? I could try to put all kinds of obstacles in front of this stage, but if you were dying of thirst you would find a way to get to this water, right? People, we are dying of thirst! And trust me when I say that one drink is not enough. God does not what us to show up just for a drink! For me personally, I want to swim in His water. I want it to overtake me. I want more than I can handle, so I will just have to trust Him more." And as I saw myself saying these things to the crowd I saw me open the bottle and literally pour the water over myself...as if to say, I don't care what the world thinks about this..this is how much I want more of You God.
Why am I sharing this in my blog today? Because I know God gave me a message yesterday, and I don't think a group of 100 people is all it was intended for. We are not waiting for God, He is waiting for us. Let me be clear in what I mean by that. Yes, there are things you are waiting on God for in your life, things that will happen in His perfect timing, but more of Him is not one of those things. He has more of Himself for you any time you want it! He is waiting on you to come, pick up the water and either take a drink, or take a swim. But it all comes down to how much of Him do you want? You can never, ever have too much! You can never be satisfied with "enough" of Him. Our pursuit of Him should go until the day we stand before Him. There is no such thing as "I have all I need" when it comes to God....because He always has more for you!
John 4:14 says "but whoever drinks of the water that I shall give him will never thirst. But the water that I shall give him will become in him a fountain of water springing up into everlasting life". Today, if you find your spirit dry or thirsty, don't allow the enemy to make you think you are not worthy, or this is as good as it gets. Chase after God with all of your guts and learn what it means to truly drink from HIS water.
God, thank You for yet another word. Please let this reach the people it was intended for. Holy Spirit create a thirst in us that is only satisfied by You, and do not let us be tempted by the fake things this world tries to quench our thirst with. Fill us to overflowing, and teach us what if feels like to fully trust you for all we need. In Jesus name, Amen
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