Something is aswirl

Ok, so I was woken up by a friend calling me to tell me that Coretta Scott King had died. It took a moment to sink in, because of my sleepiness, but after a moment I realized the enormity of the loss. Aside from the fact that in recent years she has taken some stances that her husband, Martin Luther King, Jr., would not have taken, she was still a major figurehead in the Civil Rights Movement. Immediately, I knew something was up in the spirit. A vacuum has been created and again my cry is for God to raise up godly African-American leaders in Atlanta, and America, who would stand for justice and the ending of abortion. The abortion issue really is the Civil Rights Movement of our generation, as we are fighting for the rights of the unborn, who are slaves to the womb, an especially dangerous place for an African-American baby right now (see stats). We need African-American leaders to rise up and cry out against this injustice that is being done to their own descendants!

As I am trying to completely understand the impact of what is going on with this, someone comes up and tells me that Justice Samuel Alito was confirmed this morning to become the next Supreme Court Justice that will take the place of Sandra Day O'Connor. Whoa. I literally did a double-take. This hit me real hard. It was not that I doubted that Alito would become the next justice, but it was the true realization that we were, in fact, partnering with God's heart and will for Alito to be put in place as His choice. My eyes were immediately flooded with tears at the realization that He gave us divine information and that we got to partner with Him and that He answered our prayers!

Not only that, but Alito is the 110th justice to be confirmed in the Supreme Court. Psalm 110 is an amazing psalm announcing the reign of the Messiah and the victory of His leadership. Well, God has had me in Psalm 110:2 for months now - The LORD shall send the rod of Your strength out of Zion. Rule in the midst of Your enemies! Could it be that God is raising up Alito to be a rod of strength in this hour to prevail against the enemies of LIFE??

Tonight was already scheduled to be the night when Pres. Bush gives his annual State of the Union address, so these things make the day that much more interesting. My prayer is that God would give Bush a revelation of who he is in this hour and that He would anoint the mouth of Bush to speak words of truth that would pierce hearts in this nation.

Could it be a coincidence that today is also a fasting day for many across the nation? I don't think so.

Let it be said that God is up to something and even today He is shifting principalities and powers in the spirit. I am shaking with excitement and anticipation that today will go down in history as a day that the Lord took ground in establishing His Kingdom on this earth.

Pray, people of God. Pray

The other night Billy spoke on some interesting things regarding the knowledge of God. He said something that I've never realized before. God created the law, and knew that we would break it. He knew that we would break His law before He ever created it! He wrote the law that said that all sin had to be paid for with the blood of a sacrifice. He wrote the law, then He, Himself fulfilled the law. He loves us so much! He knew that we couldn't live up to His law and in his lovingkindness He became our sacrifice. Maybe I'm not communicating this effectively. He loved us and wanted us so much that before He created us or the law He knew that He would eventually pay His own penalty for our junk! Agh! That makes me wonder, why? Why would the God of creation create us then stoop down to our level by becoming human, and on top of that die for us?! The depths of the answer to that question boggle my mind.

God just graced me with an amazing reality. I know nothing.

I have learned so much over the years of being a Christian, but I have just realized that I haven't even scratched the surface. At Intro to IHOP, they are tweaking my brain. I thought I knew how to pray. I think it is a process, a cycle even. When we first begin our walk with God, we KNOW that we don't know how to pray. We ask people to teach us how to pray, but only until the last year or so have I begun to ask Holy Spirit to teach me how to pray. Then we learn some stuff and we think we've arrived. Then God just breaks us down again and we realize that we know nothing. That's OK though, because that means that He wants to teach me something new. Something I do know is that I cannot get caught up in clinging to what I thought I knew, but at the same time realizing that some of it is valid and useful, depending on the circumstances.

Not only have I realized that I don't know as much as a thought I did about prayer, I am completely overwhelmed with wanting to know and understand more about the Bible, driven by the revelation that I don't have any.

So, where do I start? The only thing I can truly think of is to just lay down and soak in His presence until He gives me the next step.

Now Reading...

This is a great book. Even though it is fiction it is highly realistic. It has a sense of intrigue revolving around the issue of abortion. If you want a quasi-fiction book to read it is one of my top picks.