Sunday, February 10, 2008

His Kingdom Wants the Next Dance

Alive in Him, every breath is a gift from Him.
The spirit connects us together with a vision of love, understanding, wonder and joy for each other. The flesh divides us with anger, competition, resentment and hostility. The spirit is gentle/kind/accepting/as thoroughly forgiving as He is to you. We are in His image, not He in ours. The world knows not the rhythm of His soul.
To let down our guard/pretense and silently be washed in His love/grace/complete acceptance is the gift of our every moment. We must stop constantly neglecting His presence and end our wandering in this barren land alone- emptiness is typically how this land leaves us. It doesn’t save you-it only spends you.
The spirit connects us to each other/His creation/our true vocation-leads us back to the fundamentals of loving and enjoying Him here and now.
Maturing and growing always-His spirit is in us-not waiting for us over there/down the road-not waiting for us to mature into the next phase. The spirit calls us all day to be ‘In Him’, to live holy like Him. This starts today, now. This is His plan to enter His kingdom now.
To drift through our days in this dazed religiosity is not being awake and alive In Him. The Spirit of ALL creation lives within you right now and wants you to transform to His will now-to awake and rise in His love/vision/and new Kingdom.
There is no thunder clap arrival of this new you-this new life/vision…it is a quiet, daily revolution that occurs right in the cell of your heart and though the windows of your eyes-do you SEE Him in life??…the thunder clap is you loving others more than yourself/is you striving to be perfect in Christ/is you wanting to love others more than yourself….the signs and wonders is God entrusting His plan to people like you and me…what an honor and an obligation.
His Kingdom is an invitation to join the’ Lord of the dance’ in His cosmic ballroom. We need to rise from the comfort of our metal folding chairs and enter into the rhythm and beat of God’s soul music-hit the wooden dance floor of life….one that beckons us to grab the ‘other’ spin/dip/laugh/twist in His grace, love and thanksgiving.
Through time we will learn that all of life is His kingdom and that to live and be alive in Him is to join in the dance of life filled with the soul and rhythm of love and true engagement. Dance, dance wherever you may be…..nathanc