So Tuesday morning started with a little quiet time in the cabin just considering God's faithfulness to me and His blessings and care for me through His sons and daughters the past months. My heart was filled with gratitude as I recognized so many 'little things' that He did not have to supply me....but He did! From that thought process I remembered the verse that says that He has given us everything pertaining to life and godliness and that naturally lead me to think of Jesus Himself. God, the Father, literally gave me the blood and flesh of His very own Son. Take the time to re-think that one, my friends. We so easily blow past it because it is such a common thought to us by this time. As I was doing just that...taking a little time to consider that "Gift", I was quickly reminded that Father also gave me His Holy Spirit! And it suddenly occurred to me that I (we) have been given 2/3 of the Trinity.....like, The God-Head!!! I was instantly then aware that the Father must also be in that picture, as I know I have His heart. And that is how my day started.
Later in the morning, I had driven to the end of the driveway to make a phone call, as the cabin does not have cell reception or internet (glory!) and minding my own business I turned back down the drive to the cabin. Suddenly I was aware of something seeming 'familiar'. As I inquired of the Lord as to what that familiar was, He told me! In an instant I was in an encounter with the Lord and He was rapid fire downloading revelation of what was on His heart and His invitation to me that day. Now, there have been a handful of times in my walk with the Lord that I suddenly am aware that He has set things in place specifically to encounter Him. Every time it completely wrecks me! Seriously. How does it make you feel when somebody....a friend or your boyfriend or girlfriend, fiance or spouse perhaps, puts careful consideration into what you like, what would delight you....and sets it up just to bring you pleasure or delight? So when you have the God of the universe literally doing the same thing just to draw your heart to Himself, that revelation just unravels a person! I sat in the driveway just weeping my face off for about 10 minutes as I understood His invitation. I knew that He was wanting to reveal more of Himself as each member of the Trinity to me....as Father, as Jesus and as the Holy Spirit. I took the picture from the previous post from the car as I sat there having heard this invitation. I just sat there staring at the cabin with a sense of the fear of the Lord...He was waiting for me in that little cabin....The Three in One!
I may be loosing many of you at this point and I understand that. There are many times that I just can't get a full grip on the Trinity of our God! But I just want to share this little story with you all to wet your appetite. If He wants to meet with me, He wants to meet with you too....to have your heart encounter His and become more alive, more fiery, more fully awake!
So I accepted His invite and over the next day or so He took me back to John 17. Oh friends, you need to jump into this chapter. As Jesus' prayed to His Father, He so reveals the heart of God for communion and union with us, the redeemed. Verse 13 talks of us having Jesus joy in us...that which brings delight in fulness! The chapter talks about us being invited into the union and relationship that the Father, Son and Holy Spirit enjoy in one another....with the same love They have for one another. Do you really understand that the Father loves you with the exact same love He has for Jesus??? Sit with that one for a bit! May God bring further revelation to you this week of His heart for you. May there be such an increased revelation that you are accepted in the Beloved! I purposely have used the word 'invitation' multiple times in this little post, because we all have been given invitations.....but invitations require a response! What has He invited you to or into?
Needless to say, it has been a good week! This morning I will be turning the Avalon toward KC. What an adventure and journey the past 7 months have been....well, actually more like the past 18 months have been. Well, no, its more like the past 28 months or so.....you get the picture! We are all on a journey, aren't we? Pressing forward. Know that I love you guys and appreciate who He has created you to be!
His,
Heather
