Teach With Your Life

Lee McDerment
http://www.perrynoble.com/2012/05/30/your-dream-sucks/

Here I am
Down on my knees again
Surrendering all
Surrendering all

Find me here
Lord as You draw me near
Desperate for You
Desperate for You

Drench my soul
As mercy and grace unfold
I hunger and thirst
I hunger and thirst

With arms stretched wide
I know You hear my cry
Speak to me now
Speak to me now

I surrender
I surrender
I want to know You more
I want to know You more

Like a rushing wind
Jesus breathe within
Lord have your way
Lord have your way in me

Like a mighty storm
Stir within my soul
Lord have your way
Lord have your way in me

davidmhur asked: Awesome blog. God Bless.

Thank you :)

Keep me safe, O God,
I’ve run for dear life to you.
I say to God, “Be my Lord!”
Without you, nothing makes sense.

And these God-chosen lives all around—
what splendid friends they make!

The wise counsel God gives when I’m awake
is confirmed by my sleeping heart.
Day and night I’ll stick with God;
I’ve got a good thing going and I’m not letting go.

I’m happy from the inside out,
and from the outside in, I’m firmly formed.
You canceled my ticket to hell—
that’s not my destination!

Now you’ve got my feet on the life path,
all radiant from the shining of your face.
Ever since you took my hand,
I’m on the right way.

Psalm 16 just became my favourite.

It’s not always bad. In fact, finding myself in a completely foreign position and responsible for housing around 500 people today, I welcomed having someone beside me that knew what they were doing with great relief.

Sometimes it’s well worth the humbling experience of relying on others. And the kicker - that’s NOT a bad thing. We were never meant to do life alone.

You don’t always have to know what to do in life. Allow yourself to be stretched and available to the ideas of others. People have usually been given their positions because they know what they’re doing.

Today’s experience forced me to see just how heavily I’ve locked my life down from vulnerability - particularly God’s authority, love and from that, grace.

It’s time to stop feeling like I need to know it all - it’s time to drop my rebellious act and just do what I’m told, even if I don’t know the reason for the decision. Ultimately I am in the presence of the One who always knows what He’s doing. I need not fear. At all.

Today opened my eyes to the reason why authority exists. Authority is not there to ignorantly restrict, it’s there to teach.

Listen To Others.

The way God designed our bodies is a model for understanding our lives together as a church: every part dependent on every other part, the parts we mention and the parts we don’t, the parts we see and the parts we don’t. If one part hurts, every other part is involved in the hurt, and in the healing. If one part flourishes, every other part enters into the exuberance.

1 Corinthians 12:25-26

In the glory of Your presence
I find rest for my soul
In the depths of Your love
I find peace makes me whole

I love I love I love Your presence
I love I love I love Your presence
I love I love I love You Jesus
I love I love I love Your presence

(Source: quote-a-lyric, via anciana)

You are with me. Always. Psalm 23:4

Still an incredible, spirit-filled song - no matter what anyone says.