You know that feeling you get when you're on a sports team... It's right before the big game and you feel that anticipation where you grit your teeth and there is nothing that is going to stop you from hitting your mark, making your goal. It's almost a crazy feeling, perhaps just the competitive among us can relate but the silent Joy of entering the battle empowered and anointed is worth every minute of the preparation.
This is how I feel about 2012 and the Kingdom. I feel like yelling a crazed battle call and rushing the field. God is going to do something great in 2012 and we get to be apart of it. Let me clarify the "we". We, who love the Lord, Love People and love the kingdom. More than anything else. More than money, more than stature, more than titles. We have big business in store for the Lord. A lot of people include themselves as part of the WE but prefer to sit in the stands. The WE suit up and take the field, the we, take the hits, get back up and battle on, the we don't even look at the scoreboard because WE know who wins. WE battle on, WE take ground. Advancing a kingdom and even loving the Lord is not a passive response pattern. It is entirely active.
My greatest fear in life is unknown by most, it's not being lonely, it's not not getting all of my dreams or wishes. My greatest fear is being lukewarm. I call my great friend Caleb every once and a while and I really enjoy talking to him because listening to him talk fans my Jesus flame. And I'm sure I help to sharpen his heart as well. If there is anything I can challenge other believers with for 2012 is to shed your lukewarm.
Every Christian has lukewarm elements.. Don't be ashamed of them... Identify them and shed them off. Every time you release something that makes the world more important than the Lord, put on your equipment and take the field. Don't be so afraid of taking the hit or the outcome of the game that you lukewarm yourselves with busy-ness and worldliness and stay in the stands. WE need you on the field.
That's what I see for 2012. Bring It!
thank you for sharing! very encouraging :)and very true...many (myself included) can so easily get used to being lukewarm and comfortable. we should all learn to be more willing to get out of our comfort zone. Jesus certainly wasnt comfortable hanging on the cross dying for our sins!
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