planted

psalm 145:16 "You open your hand and satisfy the desire of every living thing."
psalm 87:7 "All my springs are in You"
John 6:35 "Jesus said to them, "I am the bread of life; he who comes to Me will not hunger, he who believes in Me will never thirst."
John 14:6 "Jesus said to him, "I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to Father but through Me."

We are as if great and mighty trees whose roots have been choicely laid in the promise land by the banks of the river of life. Our life bread is this source and this source alone, and when the river runs low our roots grow further into the ground seeking the deeper waters, for we have been planted in this place an cannot be moved, true life comes from the the source that flows by our side and nutrient from soil of its saturation. I am content to be planted in this place.

Revelation 22:1-2 "And He showed me a river of the water of life, clear as crystal, come from the throne of God and of the Lamb, in the middle of its street, and on either side of the river, was the tree of life, which bore twelve fruits, each tree yeilding its fruit every month. The leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations."

pause

A billow of steam unfurls in a rumble from the inner sanctum of my coffee cup this late morning, as I continue to savor all that God is doing in me, has done, and has promised to do. This past week I have been blasted by the likes of Heidi Baker, Bill Johnson, Kevin Dedmon, Kris Vallotton and now Randy Clark, thats enough Holy Spirit to send anyone spinning, and boy am I tumbling. The more it sinks in that anything is possible with God and that He loves us completely all the time, never stops for a second having wonderful loving thoughts toward us I realize how small is my thinking, I realize there is no room for a second of self pity, for a moment of looking at the lack when I have every spiritual blessing in Christ Jesus, when I realize the only reason I am standing alive is because of the Breath of Life in me that holds ALL things together, the sheer magnitude of my understanding of existence is exponentially expanding, and I desire to be possessed by this great love, to become a living expression of it, to release all understanding and say "Yes!" to what I think is impossible trusting and laughing with tickled glee in the great intimate love my of Almighty Papa God, Our Bridegroom Jesus, and Living Breath of Life Holy Spirit.

verses to chomp

ez 47 and rev 22 let loose, relinquish control, and swim in the river, life overflow its banks.

no longer

There must come a point where you look at yourself in the mirror and know, sometimes by choice sometimes by transformation but that you really are no longer your old man. But that you are a new creation in Christ Jesus, and everything that that means. You a free, boundless, limitless in the perfect He. You are completely and totally accepted and chosen by the only one who can really choose.That your life has been written by the Author and illustrated by the Artist. That you are completely satisfied in His love alone. That He is your source. That you are full and satisfied in Him alone. There must come a day when you are beautiful because He thinks you are, when you are are loved because you are His beloved. There must come a day where you own the name that is brazened in your inner man...Jesus. Jesus. Jesus. A name that flows in harmony with inspiration, that is, the act of breathing. The very air is Spirit.
Whether we feel it, or know it to be true, it is Truth. There is no use living in anything other.

be hungry and satisfied.

A call the intimacy with the living God inside of you. The kingdom is within you. Everything that God could give you, He has already given it to you in Jesus. "It is finished." I have watched a pattern occur in my life where I feel lack in some way and cry out for it, as if it needed to be sent by mail from some place far far away, the kingdom is inside me. God is near, so very near. So there is this incredible beautiful tension of discover the kingdom, that is within us. Our bellies are full in Jesus, yet there exists this incredible groan for more that escapes my lips regularly from some deep unseen place. How do we be satisfied and hungry at the same time? I am chewing on this one, We hunger for the manifestation of what we know to be true and hidden with Jesus, who is within us, waiting to be revealed in increasing measure. So I need only meditate on the fullness in Jesus within me, and I will be satisfied. I've noticed that even as I am aware of this fullness I can feel it and it releases His Presence. Let this year be marked with this intimacy. We are not lacking, but complete in Christ Jesus. As I have heard quoted so often here, "God hides things for us, not from us" like the proverb that says, "It is the glory of God to conceal a matter, but the glory of kings to search a matter out"

The more I sit, embrace and delight in the fullness of God in me, the more I discover about Him and about who I am in Him, and watch the overflow of Him released. I love you Jesus.

Permission

There is a destiny that God has for your life, spaces in heaven reserved for your access alone, that He alone can take you to. Because He not only loves you so much He died to know you, but He also really likes you and wants to do everything with you, in love all day long. Jesus died so that this could happen; so that you could know Love Himself and pursue a great love story together releasing the sweet fragrance of heaven and precious name of Jesus wherever you go. He will take away every obstacle that gets in the way, fear, doubt, need, pain, sickness, anything that gets in the way of the destiny that He has for you and wants to make happen with you. It's something only you can do, the world will be less without it. It will be great, it will be grand, it will be real. You will be free of every chain and protected in His arms, filled with love and belly blasting joy. And you will be able to give this gift through His love to everyone, to give to everyone the Greatest Love of All, freedom and destiny. You have permission to go chase your destiny. Go.

don't talk, pray.

Just a quick note of truth i've encountered over the past two weeks...I realized that I should be praying a whole lot more than I should talk, counsel, minister or explain. Not by words, but by the power of God. It is a whole lot easier too.

On another note, I was blasted by the joy of the Lord last night with two friends and was left crawling out of church and laying on the parking lot cement laughing with utter and complete joy! Let this year be marked with His Joy! After all it was for the JOY! set before Him that He endured the cross, (hebrews 12:2) and in His Presence is fullness of JOY! (psalm 16) Let me always abide in Your Presence God.