last night i heard someone say that they had recently been choosing death over life. all they want is life - but all they are choosing is death.
deuteronomy 30:19-20 this day i call heaven and earth as witnesses against you that i have set before you life and death, blessings and curses. now choose life, so that you and your children may live and that you may love the Lord your God, listen to his voice, and hold fast to him. for the Lord is your life, and he will give you many years in the land he swore to give your fathers, abraham, isaac, and jacob.
what a constant struggle we have to do just that. a constant battle being fought between life and death. between Jesus and just what seperates us from himself.
in the end - what else really matters? seriously, what?
i want some battle wounds, dag nabit.
the other night i hurt my foot and i kept thinking, "how ridiculous that i would hurt my foot in a fight. why couldn't i have been punched in the face and have a cool bruise to show or something?"
i want everyone to know that it is tough. i want everyone to know that i have a problem choosing life - so that they don't get a sugar-coated idea of what a follower is. i don't want people to think that being a christian is easy breezin'. that when you suddenly meet God everything is paved for you. 'cause it isn't. at all. it is only harder, because when you are in relationship with the living God, you can differentiate between life and death.
tonight i went and heard jason upton. one of my favorites. as i was there worshipping, i could hear a bunch of mumbling going on behind me. a bunch of children crying. a bunch chatter - all of the distracting noises you don't want to hear when upton is leading worship.
and then coming at me from the front were melodies of praise.
and then i thought about the battle between life and death. that right under that very tent,
there was a battle. a battle of distraction, and perfection. then upton started singing, "he's raising up an army". if Jesus only has a few things going for him (which is seriously underestimating), one would have to be timing. not even kidding.
here God is - raising up this army - the army that will conquer death.
the army that will dominate timidity and inadequacy.
i wanna join baby.
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please, please, please on behalf of anyone and everyone that will hear you, read you, or follow you please continue to blog on a regular basis - someday, maybe in eternity you will know what it meant to those who read your weighty words of wisdom and insight. i'm proud to know you - stay close to God and He will stay close to you. that's the best way to really know someone.
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