Friday, October 24, 2008

"Do Not Awaken Love Until It Is Ready" (1)

12:22 AM by Christi Bowman

Tension, there is a lot of it in the Bible, and I have stumbled upon a new one...at least for me, and I have been living in it since about mid July of this year.

Matthew 21:21 (MSG) encourages us to "lay hold of God." while Song of Solomon 8:4 (NIV) warns us to "NOT arouse or awaken love until IT is ready."

I have been doing my best to "lay hold of God", but I have felt stuck; and that has been very frustrating. Last weekend I attended a conference in GA, called "Break Through", and love was very much aroused and awakened. This love is powerful, and just like experiencing romantic love for the first time...

there is NO going back.

In John 14:11 Jesus claims the life source of His life and ministry..."I am in the Father and the Father is in me." a few verses later Jesus says in John 14:20 "On that day you will realize that I am in the Father, and you are in me, and I am in Him." And in John 15:9 Jesus says again "...Now remain in my love."

We get that He lives in us; that is His job. It is easy to let Him handle that and get on with our lives...after all God can't lie...so He is in there...right?

But what about the dance?
Could there be more?
Do we have a part to play?

(Continued)

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