Steps to Spiritual Success? Spirit of God fall in this place. In our hearts, our minds, our attitudes...and on our nights out at the CUBE!
John 7:37-39.37On the last and greatest day of the Feast, Jesus stood and said in a loud voice, "If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me and drink. 38Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said, streams of living water will flow from within him." 39By this he meant the Spirit, whom those who believed in him were later to receive. Up to that time the Spirit had not been given, since Jesus had not yet been glorified.
When I was in my first year I was desperate to see God move amongst my friends here at university, and I still am, and I remember one night being out with some of them at the cube and asking God whilst I was danicing.. 'Lord, where are the Christians..?' obviously He knew where they were and exactly how many were in the cube or not that night... I was crying out to Him for my own encouragement, for reassurance that I was not in this massive struggle alone...
I then recieved a picture that made me literally worship on the dance floor (yes it is possible in such a 'secular' environment- if you can ever call it that as God is still God wherever you are-His Kingdom has come so the world no longer belongs to the devil and His ways)...
It was of Christians marching together down the main steps of the cube and it came along with the notion in Joel about God's people being that of an army (read it- especially in Chapter two) and the emphasis of them working and marching in line together, in response to Jesus being the 'head' of the army, really encouraged me...
The fact was guys that in the picture there was loads of us, enough to take up the whole staircase with about 4 across....then when at the bottom we all dispersed and went to speak to different people and groups which is how it should be- I know I have different friends to that of my Christian friends as God wants His life changing message to go as far and wide as possible!!
I've now reached the end of my second year and feel somewhat tired, deflated and feel I am in danger of 'not dreaming BIG' like I used to...I will not have that as that is doubting God and not seeing by faith as we are commanded to but by sight and If I did choose to loose heart for next year it would be because I am limiting God through what I see Him doing through me- there's always more for all of us and always more he can do through us...if only we'd realise it and not stop at hurdles.
Let's keep going and run this race with ease by urging and encouraging each other on in the things of God as we have the Holy Spirit on our side who is 'the same Power at work in us (which is) the same power that rose Christ Jesus from the dead!'
Big thanks and goodbye to Graham who God used to get it all started...I pray we will have much to tell you about this year of University and our antics at the cube ;)
Bring on my third year...
K8*
posted by Nation... @ 3:12 am
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