His Name and His Renown

Yes, LORD, walking in the way of your laws,

we wait for You;

Your name and Your renown

are the desires of our hearts.

Isaiah 26:8

You know alot of times in church we sing songs like "All I need is You Lord", "Your all I want", or "This is my desire..to honor You", but then we leave and other things start to invade that desire that we just so passionately sang about. It's not that we don't love God or that we really don't want to make Him first in our lives, it's that life just has a way of stepping in and getting in the way. Life... Im talking obligations, work, family, friends, social gatherings, entertainment and the like. When I read Isaiah 26:8 I am humbled by my weak attempt to make His name and His renown the desire of my heart. When I read this verse I see a person so full of passion for God that they live and move and breath Him. Let me ask you this...Why would people want what we (christians) say we have if what we really have looks exactly like what they got? In other words if our lives are as passionless and empty as the nonbelievers why in the world would they come running after a life such as that? Quite frankly I believe that people have had enough of a watered down gospel message that is void of the anointing and void of the power of the Holy Spirit. Do you think thousands of people would have gotten saved if the disciples hadn't come preaching with demonstration and power accompanying the gospel of Jesus Christ. So many churches and so many Christians are trying to share a "relevant" Jesus leaving out major pieces of who He really was. Jesus came to save, He came to deliever, He came to heal, He came to set the captives free, He came to wash away sin by the power of His blood. That's the Jesus that people will respond too, that's the Jesus that the discples shared with many getting healed and set free. I am believing that as Zac and I make a commitment to share the full Gospel nothing held back we will begin to see the signs that follow by the power of the Holy Spirit (Mark 16:15-18) Not by our might and definitely not by our power, but by HIS SPIRIT!

Those who are wise shall shine

like the brightness of the firmament

And those who turn many to righteousness

like the stars for ever and ever

Daniel 12:3