Filling our heart...
Posted on February 11, 2011 with 0 comments
Kyle
David Wilcox says the heart is designed to hold an enormous amount of fullness, but it leaves a lot of room for empty. That it's the empty that keeps us looking until we find the fullness to fill all the space. I can say that after 10 days in Haiti there is no room for empty in there right now. My heart feels like a sponge that's been dipped in an ocean and there's no way I can absorb it all. I know it will slowly fade and the empty will come and then I'll be looking again for ways to fill it with God's greatness and glory, but in the mean time I'm worshipping from a heart that is full. That's the journey. Continuing to fill our hearts with the fullness of Christ!
When I first arrived at the hotel, after going through a gate guarded by a dude with a shotgun, they gave me a plastic arm band that allows me entrance to the hotel and 3 meals a day. So without the armband, no room no food. With the arm band, a bed and 3 meals a day. Just across the street from the hotel there are families living in tents. I thought this similar to faith in Christ. With the mark of Christ blood, we are allowed into eternity. Without the blood of Jesus washing us clean, we will be eternally separated from God's love. So, I've decided to continue wearing this arm band from the hotel until it falls off. For two reasons specifically.
One, to remind me of the great and awesome grace of our God that gives us eternal access to the throne of God and entrance into the kingdom.
Two, to pray for Haiti. To pray for all the ones I met there I know are not bound for eternity with me, and all my lost friends here in the states who also have no access as of yet because of their lack of faith. I'm going to hang out with several of them tomorrow.
I say thank you to all of you who have prayed for me and your prayers have been answered. I am at home now and safe. Haiti has been described as the darkest place in the western hemisphere. But darkness is all around us. It's consuming and evil. It is constantly trying to drown out the light. But it will not win. The light of Jesus will always push back the darkness and light the way for us to see the truth. I pray for truth. Pray with me.
Until Jesus returns...let's celebrate the journey and fill our hearts with the greatness and glory of our King Jesus!
Kyle
David Wilcox says the heart is designed to hold an enormous amount of fullness, but it leaves a lot of room for empty. That it's the empty that keeps us looking until we find the fullness to fill all the space. I can say that after 10 days in Haiti there is no room for empty in there right now. My heart feels like a sponge that's been dipped in an ocean and there's no way I can absorb it all. I know it will slowly fade and the empty will come and then I'll be looking again for ways to fill it with God's greatness and glory, but in the mean time I'm worshipping from a heart that is full. That's the journey. Continuing to fill our hearts with the fullness of Christ!
When I first arrived at the hotel, after going through a gate guarded by a dude with a shotgun, they gave me a plastic arm band that allows me entrance to the hotel and 3 meals a day. So without the armband, no room no food. With the arm band, a bed and 3 meals a day. Just across the street from the hotel there are families living in tents. I thought this similar to faith in Christ. With the mark of Christ blood, we are allowed into eternity. Without the blood of Jesus washing us clean, we will be eternally separated from God's love. So, I've decided to continue wearing this arm band from the hotel until it falls off. For two reasons specifically.
One, to remind me of the great and awesome grace of our God that gives us eternal access to the throne of God and entrance into the kingdom.
Two, to pray for Haiti. To pray for all the ones I met there I know are not bound for eternity with me, and all my lost friends here in the states who also have no access as of yet because of their lack of faith. I'm going to hang out with several of them tomorrow.
I say thank you to all of you who have prayed for me and your prayers have been answered. I am at home now and safe. Haiti has been described as the darkest place in the western hemisphere. But darkness is all around us. It's consuming and evil. It is constantly trying to drown out the light. But it will not win. The light of Jesus will always push back the darkness and light the way for us to see the truth. I pray for truth. Pray with me.
Until Jesus returns...let's celebrate the journey and fill our hearts with the greatness and glory of our King Jesus!
Kyle