Wake Up!!!

I thought I had missed it.  I had asked to Lord to let me watch it if He wanted me to see it.  However, Sunday night came and went and I did not see it.  I assumed that the Lord had not wanted me to see it, but I still had a deep desire to see it.  Then last night the Lord opened the door for me to see it and used it mightily to do His work in my heart.  Amazing!

What am I talking about?  The 9/11 Wake-Up Call simulcast with Joel Rosenberg, Anne Graham Lotz and Selah.  It was truly indescribable.  Selah led the worship times, Joel Rosenberg spoke of the Biblical prophecies concerning the end times that are being fulfilled right before our eyes every day and Anne Graham Lotz spoke about what our response is to be in light of these prophetic signs.  Every word they spoke rang true and I was spellbound as I watched the delayed presentation of the simulcast.  It was so amazing that the Lord delayed my hearing it to a time when I could be completely alone and He could do His healing work in my heart.  No distractions... just Him, me and His messengers of His Truth.  I loved it.  

Anne Graham Lotz spoke about God’s gifts coming in “brown packages”, His gifts that come through difficult circumstances.  The real gift is inside the brown package but we don’t like the way the gift is packaged so we don’t realize the gift within the brown package.  A wonderful analogy about our trials and the gift in the midst of our trials.  I understood what she was talking about.  I’m living it now.  Inside my brown package is the gift of more of Him in my life, a deepening intimacy with Him.  Despite the hard times, I am learning more about Him and growing more and more in love with Him.  That’s my gift inside my brown bag.  Thank You, Lord, for my brown package.  

However, that was not the only thing she talked about.  Anne Graham Lotz spoke of repentance and that is where the Lord did most of His work in me.  As she spoke, many tears and cries to the Lord from the depths of my heart followed.  He loves me so much that He didn’t want anything to keep me from being intimately close to Him, so He brought me to my knees.  I needed repentance.  How humbling that was...  Thank You, Lord, for giving me just what I needed.

“Therefore this is what the LORD says: “If you repent, I will restore you that you may serve me...”  Jeremiah 15:19

“Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts.  See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.”  Psalm 139:23-24