Everyday = Opportunity

I Wanna Know
by Jayson Hill

I will give You
My Commitment
To pursue You
Pushing away, everything I hold
Laying it all down
Just to know You more
I am undone
Put me back together
Because I need to know
To know You more (I wanna know)

I wanna know You more today
More than I knew You yesterday
Jesus I'm running to You
Opened arms surrendered
I will give You all of me
Just to be a apart of Your promise
That You will come to those who seek
I wanna know...

You have given me
Your promise that
That if I seek Your face
I would find You
And now I know... what Your plan is:
To make me look like You
Walk like You
I wanna talk like You
Jesus I wanna know

'Cause You have taken my pain
And You have taken my shame
You have suffered in my place
And I...
I wanna know

And now I know!!!

Everyday is an opportunity for us to draw closer, climb higher, go further, sink deeper in love with God. To know Him, encounter Him, see Him, hear Him, touch him, experience Him at a greater level than that was of yesterday.
Inspired by Jayson Hill's song and what he said regarding the revelation behind it, I quote, "Yesterday is only a stepping-stone to a better today. When His mercy rises daily with the sun, and we are given a clean slate for a new day, If we're seeking Him, His Spirit reveals that there are places so much deeper He wants to bring us, more wisdom to make us much wiser, more power to be even stronger, strength to be more pure, vision to dream so much larger, love to love so much more, resolve to deny sin one more time... I could go on with the many things that He offers those that will just receive... TODAY!!".

Isn't God amazing? That everytime we seek Him and encounter Him we are never left the same. Everyone that Jesus met left changed, transformed, different and everyone wanted that. God is limitless, He goes beyond our understanding, reasoning and logic that is why it is impossible to understand Him.

If that same God who can do all that, lives in me and has conquered death so that I can live in the same (and greater measure) as Jesus did on earth, I want to live like that.

For the price of it, its a steal of a deal.

Look.to.Him.because...

From Dr. Shadrach Meshach (S.M.) Lockridge's famous sermon:

"The Bible says my King is the King of the Jews. He's the King of Israel. He's the King of righteousness. He's the King of the ages. He's the King of Heaven. He's the King of glory. He's the King of kings, and He's the Lord of lords. That's my King. I wonder...Do you know Him?

My King is a sovereign King. No means of measure can define his limitless love. He's enduringly strong. He's entirely sincere. He's eternally steadfast. He's immortally graceful. He's imperially powerful. He's impartially merciful. Do you know Him?

He's the greatest phenomenon that has ever crossed the horizon of this world. He's God's Son. He's the sinner's Savior. He's the peak of civilization. He's unparalleled. He's unprecedented. He is the loftiest idea in literature. He's the highest personality in philosophy. He's the fundamental doctrine of true theology. He's the only one qualified to be an all-sufficient Savior. I wonder if you know Him today.

He supplies strength for the weak. He's available for the tempted and the tried. He sympathizes and He saves. He strengthens and sustains. He guards and He guides. He heals the sick. He cleanses the lepers. He forgives sinners. He discharges debtors. He delivers the captives. He defends the feeble. He blesses the young. He serves the unfortunate. He regards the aged. He rewards the diligent, and He beautifies the meager. I wonder if you know Him.

He's the key to knowledge. He's the wellspring of wisdom. He's the doorway of deliverance. He's the pathway of peace. He's the roadway of righteousness. He's the highway of holiness. He's the gateway of glory. Do you know Him?

Well, His light is matchless. His goodness is limitless. His mercy is everlasting. His love never changes. His word is enough. His grace is sufficient. His reign is righteous, and His yoke is easy and His burden is light. I wish I could describe Him to you. Yes, He's indescribable. He's incomprehensible. He's invincible. He's irresistible. You can't get Him out of your mind. You can't get Him off of your head. You can't outlive Him, and you can't live without Him.

Well, the Pharisees couldn't stand Him but they found out they couldn't stop Him. Pilate couldn't find any fault in Him. Herod couldn't kill Him. Death couldn't handle Him, and the grave couldn't hold Him. I wonder if you know Him."

SoS 8:4

LOVE IS WAITING
by Brooke Fraser

In the autumn on the ground
Between the traffic and the ordinary sounds
I am thinking signs and seasons
While a north wind blows through

I watch as lovers pass me by
Walking stories, who’s and how’s and why’s
Musing lazily on love, pondering you

Let’s give it time, give it space
And be still for a spell
When it’s time to walk that way
We wanna walk it well

I’ll be waiting for you baby
I’ll be holding back the darkest night
Love is waiting ‘til we’re ready
‘Til it’s right
Love is waiting

It’s my caution not the cold
There’s no other hand that I would rather hold
The climate changes, I’m singing for strangers about you

Don’t keep time, slow the pace
Honey hold on if you can
The bets are getting surer now
That you’re my man

I could write a million songs about the way you say my name
I could live a lifetime with you and then do it all again
And like I can’t force the sun to rise
Or hasten summer’s start
Neither should I rush my way into your heart

It is amazing how when you lay something down or place something into the hands of the one that created/gave it to you in the first place, amazing things happen. There have been times in my life where He shows me what He wants to give me as He opens up His clasped hands and this beautiful shiny, brand new, beautiful gift sits there. Like a little child, I get so excited about it and grab/snatch it out of His hands, not content with a close up look. With my dirty hands and inability to handle the gift the way it was suppose to be handled so that it won't break or get destroyed, I mess it up. There were several times when I've broken it and tried to fix it on my own yet fail to, then like a child that feels horrible when they have broken something they shouldn't have even taken in the first place and crying out of fear gives it back to the One who gave it.
He however doesn't get angry or flare up in rage, however He receives the broken pieces and takes it away after hugging me, telling me that He loves me and its all going to be alright. He even at one time gave me a glimpse through His words that became a vision, a promise that I will have that gift one day just to assure me, so that I do not loose hope of worry. It was an experience not to forget. (I just love how he communicates and articulates things, it goes way beyond the ordinary to a point where people describe it as heavenly).
Funnily is that I've broken the very same gift several times now yet He stills responds to it with love and He fixes the gift time and time again and shows it to me, over and over again. Though He knows I'd do the same thing and possibly break it again. One thing for sure is that He knows how many times I've to go through it to finally learn to not act the same again. He is teaching me, showing me, letting me grow... and the best part is that it is not just for this one area but His plans are multi-faceted and this lesson with spill onto many other areas in my life. He chose this because He knows I will learn it best this way. After all, He did think, design and create me in the first place, of course He'd know best.
Well, here I am AGAIN. Standing before Him and He's opening His hands to show me this gift, made even more beautiful this time, extra shiny, beautiful beyond description, it looks so good I could stare at it all day and because it is so magnificent I am ever so tempted to touch/take it again.
But I've grown, I've been prepared for this moment, He's brought me so far for this reason...
To be honest, I've actually touched it (I couldn't resist, it was ..... even 'Wow' wouldn't do it justice) with my dirty hands (though I've wiped it to make sure it is clean - but how clean can it really be in comparison to Him?) but didn't dare do anything more than that. It is too beautiful to be broken.
He is smiling and chuckling (while blows the dirt off it) as He watches the way I act, He loves me so much.

I'm pulling my hand back and He's going to put it into His left chest pocket away from me (though I can still see it shining though the fabric), and He smiles at me and says, "Keep doing what you're doing, I'll keep it right here next to me, next to my heart. You will have it someday when you've learnt and grown to be able to handle it, then you will see what it can do *winks*. "

If you're wondering what does this have anything to do with the song, it has everything to do with the song. Somewhere out there, a girl - beautiful as the creator that made her - singing/listening to this song, letting it be her anthem, bringing her hope day by day, being he encourager as she grows closer to the day she meets me at the alter where we alter our lives for an even BIGGER FUTURE ahead. She's growing more and more in love with God even as you read this and even though the journey has not reached its first peak yet (there will be many peaks, it can only go higher and higher) someday it will. Beauty unraveled in love.

** "To You, if you're reading this, I love you with all the love that He has put in me and that can only increase because His love is never-ending, limitless. Through thick and thin, remember, Love NEVER fails and He IS love. I love you." - Mr. Waiting at the alter full of excitement and love, with eyes glowing and most likely shimmering because of the tears. ;)