Four days til africa...
Man the thoughts are pouring from my head so fast i can barely articulate them but I shall try... I wanna be wrecked for Him "wrecked" To suffer destruction or ruin; become wrecked. The remains of something that has been wrecked or ruined.A person who is physically or mentally broken down. Or more specifically, I want my flesh to be wrecked, i want to be broken and humbled and completely unable to function without Him. I want my spirit to rise up and for the only glory and honor to be to Him who shines and pours through me. I wanna be wrecked. I wanna be broken. I wanna be His servant, His pot, His vessel, His likeness. Lord, everything that is in me that is not of you, that is not Holy and Righteous and Good.....wreck it. Psalm 51 : 1 Have mercy on me, O God, according to your unfailing love; according to your great compassion blot out my transgressions.
2 Wash away all my iniquity and cleanse me from my sin.
3 For I know my transgressions, and my sin is always before me.
4 Against you, you only, have I sinned and done what is evil in your sight, so that you are proved right when you speak and justified when you judge.
5 Surely I was sinful at birth, sinful from the time my mother conceived me.
6 Surely you desire truth in the inner parts [a] ; you teach [b] me wisdom in the inmost place.
7 Cleanse me with hyssop, and I will be clean; wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.
8 Let me hear joy and gladness; let the bones you have crushed rejoice.
9 Hide your face from my sins and blot out all my iniquity.
10 Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me.
11 Do not cast me from your presence or take your Holy Spirit from me.
12 Restore to me the joy of your salvation and grant me a willing spirit, to sustain me.
13 Then I will teach transgressors your ways, and sinners will turn back to you.
14 Save me from bloodguilt, O God, the God who saves me, and my tongue will sing of your righteousness.
15 O Lord, open my lips, and my mouth will declare your praise.
16 You do not delight in sacrifice, or I would bring it; you do not take pleasure in burnt offerings.
17 The sacrifices of God are [c] a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.
18 In your good pleasure make Zion prosper; build up the walls of Jerusalem.
19 Then there will be righteous sacrifices, whole burnt offerings to delight you; then bulls will be offered on your altar."Isaiah 40:9 "Men and like grass, their glory like the flowers of the field, the grass withers and the flowers fal but the word of the Lord remains forever" What is the 'shelf life" of that which we invest ourselves in? in supermarkets we see knocked down prices on perishable items, those whose shelf life ends today. In the same way, are the things we are investing our lives in, even Christian pursuits, with a wider eternal goal? or perishable? Where are we investing ourselves, our time, our energy, are we focusing on that which Jesus said and being prepared for when He comes again o so soon? or are we building and shaping ourselves by earthly benchmarks, for earthly gratification? To LOVE. That is why i wanna go to Mozambique now, not to receive or even to gain the answers i seek, my life will happen as the Lord wills it cos i have asked that of Him so i leave it there and walk, loving, looking actively for those to love, to cherish, to feed into, to bless, to anoint and listen to. I seek to be Jesus to people, to give more than a glass of water, to give myself, evetything I own to those who need it. Lord, these words are nothing without action and I fear that i am weak and so hypocritical. Break me, mold me, humble me WRECK ME for your purposes.Psalm 116: "1 I love the LORD, for he heard my voice; he heard my cry for mercy. 2 Because he turned his ear to me, I will call on him as long as I live. 3 The cords of death entangled me, the anguish of the grave [a] came upon me; I was overcome by trouble and sorrow. 4 Then I called on the name of the LORD : "O LORD, save me!" 5 The LORD is gracious and righteous; our God is full of compassion. 6 The LORD protects the simplehearted; when I was in great need, he saved me. 7 Be at rest once more, O my soul, for the LORD has been good to you. 8 For you, O LORD, have delivered my soul from death, my eyes from tears, my feet from stumbling, 9 that I may walk before the LORD in the land of the living. 12 How can I repay the LORD for all his goodness to me? 13 I will lift up the cup of salvation and call on the name of the LORD. 16 O LORD, truly I am your servant; I am your servant, the son of your maidservant [c] ; you have freed me from my chains. Psalm 37: Delight yourself in the Lord and He will give you the desires of your heart, commit your way to the Lord, trust in Him and He will do this.
Man the thoughts are pouring from my head so fast i can barely articulate them but I shall try... I wanna be wrecked for Him "wrecked" To suffer destruction or ruin; become wrecked. The remains of something that has been wrecked or ruined.A person who is physically or mentally broken down. Or more specifically, I want my flesh to be wrecked, i want to be broken and humbled and completely unable to function without Him. I want my spirit to rise up and for the only glory and honor to be to Him who shines and pours through me. I wanna be wrecked. I wanna be broken. I wanna be His servant, His pot, His vessel, His likeness. Lord, everything that is in me that is not of you, that is not Holy and Righteous and Good.....wreck it. Psalm 51 : 1 Have mercy on me, O God, according to your unfailing love; according to your great compassion blot out my transgressions.
2 Wash away all my iniquity and cleanse me from my sin.
3 For I know my transgressions, and my sin is always before me.
4 Against you, you only, have I sinned and done what is evil in your sight, so that you are proved right when you speak and justified when you judge.
5 Surely I was sinful at birth, sinful from the time my mother conceived me.
6 Surely you desire truth in the inner parts [a] ; you teach [b] me wisdom in the inmost place.
7 Cleanse me with hyssop, and I will be clean; wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.
8 Let me hear joy and gladness; let the bones you have crushed rejoice.
9 Hide your face from my sins and blot out all my iniquity.
10 Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me.
11 Do not cast me from your presence or take your Holy Spirit from me.
12 Restore to me the joy of your salvation and grant me a willing spirit, to sustain me.
13 Then I will teach transgressors your ways, and sinners will turn back to you.
14 Save me from bloodguilt, O God, the God who saves me, and my tongue will sing of your righteousness.
15 O Lord, open my lips, and my mouth will declare your praise.
16 You do not delight in sacrifice, or I would bring it; you do not take pleasure in burnt offerings.
17 The sacrifices of God are [c] a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.
18 In your good pleasure make Zion prosper; build up the walls of Jerusalem.
19 Then there will be righteous sacrifices, whole burnt offerings to delight you; then bulls will be offered on your altar."Isaiah 40:9 "Men and like grass, their glory like the flowers of the field, the grass withers and the flowers fal but the word of the Lord remains forever" What is the 'shelf life" of that which we invest ourselves in? in supermarkets we see knocked down prices on perishable items, those whose shelf life ends today. In the same way, are the things we are investing our lives in, even Christian pursuits, with a wider eternal goal? or perishable? Where are we investing ourselves, our time, our energy, are we focusing on that which Jesus said and being prepared for when He comes again o so soon? or are we building and shaping ourselves by earthly benchmarks, for earthly gratification? To LOVE. That is why i wanna go to Mozambique now, not to receive or even to gain the answers i seek, my life will happen as the Lord wills it cos i have asked that of Him so i leave it there and walk, loving, looking actively for those to love, to cherish, to feed into, to bless, to anoint and listen to. I seek to be Jesus to people, to give more than a glass of water, to give myself, evetything I own to those who need it. Lord, these words are nothing without action and I fear that i am weak and so hypocritical. Break me, mold me, humble me WRECK ME for your purposes.Psalm 116: "1 I love the LORD, for he heard my voice; he heard my cry for mercy. 2 Because he turned his ear to me, I will call on him as long as I live. 3 The cords of death entangled me, the anguish of the grave [a] came upon me; I was overcome by trouble and sorrow. 4 Then I called on the name of the LORD : "O LORD, save me!" 5 The LORD is gracious and righteous; our God is full of compassion. 6 The LORD protects the simplehearted; when I was in great need, he saved me. 7 Be at rest once more, O my soul, for the LORD has been good to you. 8 For you, O LORD, have delivered my soul from death, my eyes from tears, my feet from stumbling, 9 that I may walk before the LORD in the land of the living. 12 How can I repay the LORD for all his goodness to me? 13 I will lift up the cup of salvation and call on the name of the LORD. 16 O LORD, truly I am your servant; I am your servant, the son of your maidservant [c] ; you have freed me from my chains. Psalm 37: Delight yourself in the Lord and He will give you the desires of your heart, commit your way to the Lord, trust in Him and He will do this.
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