The title, this is true! Right now I am listening to Our God by Chris Tomlin. Lately I've been lovin' the Chris Tomlin songs and they've been getting me into such a Jesus filled zone. Thanks, Chris! =)
One instance in which Jesus used this music to grab me happend a few days ago. As I hear about all these people who are going on the mission field, currently on the field overseas or will be very soon I get into this funk of "Why am I here, in Lansing, in MI, in the comfy U.S.? How in the world is God using me here?!?!?! I NEED to be in Africa!" I guess many times I feel jelousy towards these people. A couple of weeks ago a missionary from Papua New Guinea spoke at my church. He and his wife were like 22 and 23 when they first moved overseas. I have a friend from my church who is in Indonesia and has been overseas for several years. I have friends who are 19-20 who are overseas right now. But yet here I sit in my comfy American home only dreaming of the day when I could live in Africa or in anywhere but the U.S. This feeling of uselessness here lead me to look into different missions schools. I looked into New Tribes, YWAM, BCOM, Honor Acadamy in South Africa, spent countless hours googling "African Missions Internships". What did all this searching bring? More discontent with where I currently am, frustration that God didn't just plop a detailed plan of everything in my lap and needless to say, way to much confusion. Then, one morning, I was having my Jesus time. While pouring my heart out to the Lord about this- well I'll admit it, I guess it was more complaining about how I was still here - God hit me! The song I Will Follow by Chris Tomlin was playing. Here are the lyrics for the chorus:
"Where you go, I'll go
Where you stay, I'll stay
When you move, I'll move
I will follow you
Who you love, I'll love
How you serve I'll serve
If this life I lose, I will follow you
I will follow you"
Want to take a guess at what grabbed me in there? The line that simply says 'Where you stay, I'll stay' Thats not just "oh I guess I have to stay here" statement, nope thats a "Alright, you have me here for a purpose, so I will stay here as long as you want and I will serve you until You call me to go to another place" statement. In that moment of catching the lyrics it just felt like Jesus was saying "Hey! Did you get that? you stay where I stay! When you stay because I called you to, thats not settling! Thats following my will!"
Yup Jesus is amazing! He is filling my every need! Physical, emotional and spiritual, every need!
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