Forever

Forever

October 5th, 2011 Ben

The cry of a generation, to cleave wholly to the Lord.

They are sick of compromise, and a church that is irrelevant. They are confused over a teaching that on one side talks about power, but on the other hand, can’t get out of its own politics and powerlessness.

Jesus said that would know us by our love, and yet they know us by our cliches.

We have traded faith for doctrinal statements. We have traded true understanding for a listening to sermons we really don’t believe down in the depths of our heart–not enough to be changed.

Some are sincere, but they lack tools to apply. Many want to teach and help others out of the mire, but they fail to understand how to reach in.

But, there is a way. There is a perfect way. There is a total and complete way.

It’s faster than you think, deeper, strong.

Song of Solomon talks about it, it says that it is stronger than death (Song 8:6).

Jesus presented it (Matthew 5-7).

Jesus said if you followed Him, you would not walk in darkness.

Jesus said, he would give you power.

Jesus said, you would know the truth, and the truth would set you free.

There is one way that is Eternal, it is Him.

If you follow His leading, it will take you above ever other road.

If you follow His guidance, it will take you above yourself.

If you listen to His voice, and sell everything to buy it, success will mean that you serve everyone, and, at the end of the day, say, I have nothing but what I have received at your hand, I have nothing of my own, only what is yours, I am only your servant, and the servant of all. And, I bow at your feet.

I only want to break my self upon His feet, as that bottle of nard. I only want every part of my soul rubbed so deep within those pierced feet, until I soak into those cracked, worn feet.

There is nothing else that matters, but to love Him. There is no degree of warfare that is worth it. There is no level of revelation that matters. There is no gift you did not receive, but only His love.

I give all I am to the Master, and pour out my self upon Him.

Lavishing again, and again, though my soul is worn raw, I come again, and lie down at His feet, hoping for one drop.

I live by the Spirit, I love by the way of the Spirit. I do not listen to the complaints of the flesh, and this life, for I hate them. I must love one and hate the other, and I must follow Him.

Jesus spoke to Moses from the bush that was on fire. It burned and was not consumed. People say that you cannot keep up the pace, you cannot keep going, you’ll burn out. Not if Jesus is in you. Not if it’s His fire. You just keep burning, without blackening. It’s only the fire of the flesh that must consume its subject. It is the spirits of the world and the enemy that defile and defame and main and strain. His Spirit is perfect, His life is clean. It is the light of life.

I want to be His forever. I want to be drained upon His feet. If I waste myself in worship, He fills me until I overflow. I pour out with His life, undefiled, and clean. Because I am satisfied in the deep places of my own heart, I am not distracted by the offers of the world. As I ascend the Hill of then Lord, Mount Zion, my hands are clean and my heart is pure, because He alone can satisfy. As I gaze into His pure light, I see more and more light. What I thought was light before must not have been complete light, for, in His light we see light (Psalm 36:9).

It is the perfect bliss. It works in perfect concert with the heart. There is no strain to do the things of God, for, when I am weak, He is strong. There is no other life, no other offer that could ever compare. All I can do is crack down a little deeper, lose my soul a little longer, further, and pour……..

In Mark 14:5, the disciples themselves, the twelve, rebuked Mary harshly. Not just rebuke, but harshly. Leave the Master alone. You’re wrong. You shouldn’t be here. Get out! What are you doing.

Love finds a way. Love dies to the voices. Love is broken, and breaks.

I don’t care what you say, I’m staying here forever. There is no other lover, there is no other friend. Your life is a lie, and, unless you lay it aside, you will burn with it. Only if you lose your life, will you find it, and only in His eye, in His glance, and His open hand to your heart, is there really life.

This world is a vapor, and this life a cloud… In a moment, it will be by…