I had the pleasure of spending 4 fun-packed days with great friends at a camp in southern Indiana this past weekend. I have always loved being on the water more than being in the water. And I got to do lots of that last weekend. I spent quite a bit of time in a kayak on the lake.
On Sunday afternoon, Jesus was there waiting for me. It’s always amazing to me how He meets me and astounds me in the most incredible ways. His goal is always to draw me closer to Him and help me gain a greater passion to love Him more deeply. And when He reveals how an area of my life from many years prior is now perfectly fitting into His plan for me…well, that is all the more confounding and beautiful.
My favorite Christian group used to be Point of Grace. About 10 years ago while living in Nashville, TN, I listened to them all the time and bought every CD the minute it came out. I would crank it up and get lost in their music message on my way to work most mornings. By far, my favorite song was God Forbid. To this day, it is still one of my all-time favorites.
The song talks about our casual approach to a God who is “beyond my understanding; no less than everything” as they sing in the last refrain. The chorus goes like this:
God forbid, that I find you so familiar
That I think of you as less than who you are
God forbid, that I should speak of you at all
Without a humble reverence in my heart
God Forbid
I remember thinking back then how I would love to get to a place where just the sound of His name would give me chills and bring me to my knees. But I was not there. As a matter of fact, I was far from there. But that was my heart’s desire.
Well, Sunday afternoon as I was gliding along the lake in my kayak and taking in God’s glorious creation, He showed up and spoke to my heart. I was just repeating, “Jesus, oh, Jesus” softly as I rowed along. Each time I said His name, I could feel my insides burning and my throat choking closed. I was weak. I humbled myself before Him and continued to say, “Jesus, oh, Jesus.” And then I wept.
As I continued along, God reminded me of my time in Nashville when I craved to be a person so dependent upon Him and so in love with Him that it created a “humble reverence in my heart.” He said to me, “My child, you are there.”
The encounter was so powerful and so intimate that by the time I lay my head on my pillow that night all I could do was sob. I needed to release the emotion of my encounter with Jesus on the lake.
My goal is that I not only continue as His humble child, but that I always get weak in the knees simply at the sound of His name.
Jesus, oh, Jesus!
On Sunday afternoon, Jesus was there waiting for me. It’s always amazing to me how He meets me and astounds me in the most incredible ways. His goal is always to draw me closer to Him and help me gain a greater passion to love Him more deeply. And when He reveals how an area of my life from many years prior is now perfectly fitting into His plan for me…well, that is all the more confounding and beautiful.
My favorite Christian group used to be Point of Grace. About 10 years ago while living in Nashville, TN, I listened to them all the time and bought every CD the minute it came out. I would crank it up and get lost in their music message on my way to work most mornings. By far, my favorite song was God Forbid. To this day, it is still one of my all-time favorites.
The song talks about our casual approach to a God who is “beyond my understanding; no less than everything” as they sing in the last refrain. The chorus goes like this:
God forbid, that I find you so familiar
That I think of you as less than who you are
God forbid, that I should speak of you at all
Without a humble reverence in my heart
God Forbid
I remember thinking back then how I would love to get to a place where just the sound of His name would give me chills and bring me to my knees. But I was not there. As a matter of fact, I was far from there. But that was my heart’s desire.
Well, Sunday afternoon as I was gliding along the lake in my kayak and taking in God’s glorious creation, He showed up and spoke to my heart. I was just repeating, “Jesus, oh, Jesus” softly as I rowed along. Each time I said His name, I could feel my insides burning and my throat choking closed. I was weak. I humbled myself before Him and continued to say, “Jesus, oh, Jesus.” And then I wept.
As I continued along, God reminded me of my time in Nashville when I craved to be a person so dependent upon Him and so in love with Him that it created a “humble reverence in my heart.” He said to me, “My child, you are there.”
The encounter was so powerful and so intimate that by the time I lay my head on my pillow that night all I could do was sob. I needed to release the emotion of my encounter with Jesus on the lake.
My goal is that I not only continue as His humble child, but that I always get weak in the knees simply at the sound of His name.
Jesus, oh, Jesus!
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