Still in 2 Kings and 2 Chronicles...still learning about what the kings did and did not do...still listening for what HE has for me through these texts! Today, I was in 2 Kings 12 and 2 Chron 24. I read how this 7 year old takes the thrown, tries to rebuild the temple, serves HIM, and then gets himself killed.

So what does HE ask me through these passages? When was the last time I asked HIM to rebuild and renovate His Temple, me? What repairs have I been putting off because I did not have the time, did not want to take the effort, or just wasn't ready to give that sin up yet? As I sat on the beach, watching Gomer run back and forth with her stick, HE speaks to me.

HE reveals to me parts that don't belong in His Temple, things that have been repaired with cheap labor or not completely, and an attic space that has been storing just crap. What do you do when The Creator of the Universe, Who lives inside of you, reveals all of the crap that you have allowed in His Temple. Years of unconfessed sin because you like that sin; you are comfortable in that sin! Areas that you have tried to repair His Temple but without consulting the Owner, Great Carpenter, and Dweller. You have painted over walls that are corrupted and hollow. You stuck gum over a leak in your pipes that has now rusted and molded because of the "little" water that leaks out every day. And have lazily forgotten to clean out and take out the trash that filtrates your mind, your speech, and your life.

So here I am, faced with all of this today! What do you do in moments like these? You run straight to HIM and HIS WORD!! He is working because I am allowing HIM. HE is throwing away and cleaning up because I invited HIM in to this mess. HE is renovating and repairing in a way that hurts more than I knew. This process is not going to be easy. This process is not going to be short.

Please pry for me as I am under construction and badly in need of these repairs! How about you? Are you in the same boat as I am? What does HIS Temple look like? Is it what HE designed you to be? I challenge each of you today, ask HIM to reveal to you things that have no business in HIS HOUSE! Then don't try to do the repa
 
Forgive my absence for about a month...I tried to update my website while I was in the airport in Miami for 10 hours but they did not have internet access for 7 of those hours! And the time I was at home, just flew by and now I have been back here for a week and HE reminded me that I needed to share what HE has been sharing with me!

So, I am and have been in Kings and Chronicles for awhile just trying to understand all the different kings, what they did, and the effect it had on the world. Now I am reading all about Elisha and what HE did through this prophet. What I have been reminded of this week is that what HE says, HE will do!

In chapter 6 is one of my favorite stories, when Elisha's servant wakes up and looks out to see the king of Syria's army surrounding the city. Elisha's response is do not be afraid, for those who are with us are more than those who are with them. He then asks The Father to open his servant's eyes to see the army and chariots of fire that were surrounding them. 

What a picture! A huge army full or horses and chariots or fire all around them...and us! Everytime that I step out of this apartment, I step out in confidence that I am surrounded by the same army of My Father. When I go into a barrio, I not only go in with my team of Colombians but a huge team sent directly to me from My Father! What is there to fear? HE has gone before us, surrounds us as we head out to serve HIM, and HE has our backs! So again, what is there to fear?

For me right now, failure. I have four months left here to accomplish what HE has sent me here to accomplish! As I pry over HIS vision for these next four months, the idea that I could fail at this task of making this work independent before these 4 months are over! So how does HE respond, in chapter 7 which says hear what the LRD says and then you read how each thing took place, just as HE said! If HE told me to do this or that, HE will do it. I have to remember, that it is all HIM and for HIS glory!!

I have more...but this is where I am now!