Back to the basics

So he said to me, “This is the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel: ‘Not by might nor by power, but by my Spirit,’ says the Lord Almighty.~Zechariah 4:6

I don’t have a clever way of starting this blog post so I will just speak from my heart.  I will write whatever the Lord has for me to say on this day because my desire is to get back to the basics.  Back to the foundation of my relationship with Christ, the earnest seeking of intimacy with my Lord and Savior.

I am so very grateful for all the things that the Lord has shown me over these last few years.  I am grateful for the life that He has allowed me to live, this includes those treacherously deep valleys and dark shadows.  I am also grateful for the mountain tops, but when of those things fade away.  When the present becomes past and my future is no more all I want is Jesus.  All I want is that quiet blessed place, the stillness and comfort that comes from being close to Him.

As I sat in my church yesterday morning to participate in intercessory prayer it hit me so clearly.  I sat in the pew and heard the heartfelt prayers of other saints.  There was a stillness and I knew that the Lord was there, but I had not entered into His presence.  I was just outside of it.  I immediately try to press into my flesh, trying to will it to get into a position where I too could enter.  But His Spirit spoke to me and reminded me that my struggling and wrestling was not the way.  I could will nothing.  It was only by His Spirit that I could enter into His place, His throne room.  

He told me that He was not looking for form or fashion.  I was not there to perform because I wore a title or held a ministry position.  I was there because He declares that I should be and He wanted me to just worship Him.  It was only when I released my desire and picked up His instead was I released from the struggle.  I asked Him what He would have me to do. I got back to the basics of just saying yes; to yielding to His Spirit.  From there every prayer and praise came from an authentic place.  I moved as His Spirit led me and every word and action has been confirmed. 

And let me tell you, the enemy does not like it all. He does not like it when our mission is clear and our aim is straight.  He wasn’t us busy and distracted from the One that gives us power.  He wants us caught up in rituals rather worship. But God! 

It is not by my might or intellect or gifts that I do anything.  It is only by His Spirit that anything good is produced in me and through me.  It is His Spirit that opens my heart to hear His voice and move and it His Spirit that guards it from the attacks of the enemy,

Today my church’s revival services begin and I am grateful for the revival that He has stirred in my heart.  The desire to just get back to what matters most-seeking Him, abiding in Him, being filled and led according to His Spirit.  Here I am Lord! What would You have for me to do this day?!

Father, thank You for your sweet, sweet Spirit.  Thank You for making a home on me. Thank You for the very essence of You.  I love You dear Jesus.  In Jesus name. Amen