God's Light

Today we went up on the mountains to pray for Monterrey and our upcoming Short-term Missions season. It was really cool to be back in full-swing. It was also a beautiful morning. The sun was shining through the clouds and the top of Saddleback Mountain was bright and shining while everything else around the city was overcast. It had God's signature all over it.

Then I looked over at the bushes in front of the railing at the overlook where we were praying and they were thorn bushes. God was impressing upon my heart that He wore the crown of thorns for this city. Then, as I looked out at the city, God was telling me that it doesn't matter how far out the city reaches, how far out it spreads, how lost it is, that His love is there. Even in the darkest of places, farthest of places.

I'm impressed by how much God wants to speak to us and how much He has to say and how unfathomable His love is. I'm currently reading Making Jesus Lord by Loren Cunningham and the thesis of his book is basically, by surrenduring our rights, the dynamic power of Christ is made known. Or, we experience His dynamic power when we lay down our rights. What a theme! Not a very popular one in our day and age. I mean, who really gets excited about laying down our rights? Really. But isn't that what Jesus did?

I loved a line from the book where Loren Cunningham refers to the Great Commisssion and describes how we are all called to bring Christ to the world, unless we have a specific calling to stay at home. I bet another statement that would not be found to be popular in our society. We are all called to bring the Gospel to all the world unless our specific calling is to be at home. That challenges me.