The last week or so have been more about God changing things in me than much of anything else. Since I believe we are all on a journey and can be encouraged by each other’s experiences I would like to share some of mine with you. Two weeks ago I started re-reading I John. When I got to chapter three verse 2 just jumped out at me!
“Beloved, now we are children of God; and it has not yet been revealed what we shall be, but we know that when He is revealed, we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is.”
We shall be like Him. Why? Because we will see Him as He is. Not as man has told us to see Him, not as our culture has made Him out to be, but as He truly is. I realized that I need to see Him as He is, and that most of my life I relied on other people to tell me what He is really like. Sure, I know some things for myself, but much of who I have believed Him to be has been based on what I’ve been taught by others. The Hebrew mentality is to learn by experience, the Greek mentality is to learn by being told. I am so tired of the Greek mentality! I want to know God completely, and this can only be accomplished through personal revelation. So I began asking God to reveal Himself to me. Now, He’s not going to reveal all of Himself all at one time, but little bits. And the more I ask for revelation the more He will continue to reveal. Which means this is a lifelong process, but what could be more exciting than spending your life discovering who He is? Well, nothing!
With all of that in mind I set aside some time at home one afternoon last week to just listen to some music and soak in His presence. I wasn’t there to do or say anything, just be with Him. I was listening to a CD by Brian and Jenn Johnson called We Believe (which I highly recommend!). This is a CD I have listened to a lot in the last two months, so I am very familiar with the lyrics. Once again as I listened something jumped out at me. It was the phrase (God singing to us) “no longer your master, your husband I will be”. Suddenly God revealed to me where I’d been going wrong! My whole life I’ve done things to please Him, or to make Him happy, as if He were my master. It dawned on me that this was why I had always struggled with really falling in love with Him. It’s rather hard to fall in love with your master. But, if I see Him (as He is) as my husband I find it’s not necessary for me to try to please Him. Why? Because He is already as pleased with me as possible or else He wouldn’t have married me! I got so excited and for the first time felt a totally new type of love for God, my husband. He looks at me and is completely over come with love for me, how cool is that? I know, it’s way beyond cool!
God asked me to come back to Israel this year so that I could fall in-love with Him and know Him the way John the Beloved knew Him. For the last several months I kept thinking, well, I came but I’m not sure I know Him all that much better than I did before! He does everything in His timing, and I finally feel as if I am moving forward in this area. Granted it will be a process, but He finishes the things He starts. I hope this will encourage some of you as you are on your journeys as well. May we all have new revelations of Him on a regular basis and never tire of searching Him out!
Many blessings to all of you this next week! Please continue to stand with me in regard to my finances. I know He has the cattle on a thousand hills, so I’m just waiting for Him to sell a few of them, ha ha! I am still in need of about $2,000 to cover my expenses through the remainder of my stay, but I’m not worried since I have the best husband ever. Thank you so much to those of you who have given towards this trip. Hugs to all of you!
~Lydia
Pictures - #1 Ariel and I getting ready for the birthday party
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