Be a Prophetic Voice. Live a Prophetic Life.

I'm driving home this afternoon and the Lord drops into my spirit.  "Be a prophetic voice. Live a prophetic life."  Quickly my mind thinks of Rev. 19:12 - "Worship God. The testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy."  John 8:12 ~ That if we follow Jesus we won't walk in darkness but we will have the light of life and Romans 8:19-22 ~ How creation groans waiting for the sons of God to be revealed...

Today especially my heart is heavy and a bit weary I must confess... i guess i'm realizing that our President deciding to be for gay marriage has begun to spiritually grieve me... especially since our President had said at some point that he is a Christian... feeling and seeing the moral decay of our country and how evil is becoming good and good is becoming evil... brings me to my knees in prayer and a cry to God for His Church - His Bride to stand - in love, in truth, and in Christ.

God's view - design of marriage - His heart has been to show the picture of Christ and His Church through an earthly example of a Godly marriage.  His Word that begins with a marriage and ends with a marriage.  His design and gift of sexual intimacy to be for marriage - for oneness (intimacy), joining hearts and bodies, for pleasure, and for having children... is still His idea.  For His character of faithfulness, fidelity, love, sacrifice, intimacy, sharing, giving, creating, etc.. to be part of and demonstrated through that sacred union is still His idea.

In writing this... please know that my heart also believes and understands His mercy, His grace to cover us - the Cross and work of the Holy Spirit to redeem and restore us... that He forgives us when we repent and by His grace and His Spirit gives us a new heart and helps us to cling to what is good and hate what is evil.  We fail as humans - missing and misunderstanding His love for us - taking our lives in our own hands  - living for ourselves and worshipping other 'gods'... yet how He still pursues us and loves us and cleanses us.  Loves us enough to change us from the inside out. Making all things new.

Erwin Lutzer's words are ringing in my head... "If we as the Church no longer call sin - sin - than why did Christ die?"  Sin isn't a 'bad word' - knowledge of our sin - leads us to the cross.  His Kindness that draws us to repentance.

Lord, how do you want us to love? how do you want us to re-present You in these times?  Draw us closer to Your heart - to Your Presence so that you can burn away more of the darkness in our own hearts so that we can shine Your light more and more... Teach us again - what You hate and what You love.  Keep our hearts from compromise.  Keep our eyes fixed on Jesus. Keep our hearts and spirits awake to You.  Help us keep Your Word hidden in our hearts as David in the Psalms prayed.  Keep us set apart.  Teach us how to use the weapon of LOVE to speak life and your heart in the darkness.

Today and all this week - I had the privilege to teach 8th graders about relationships, the Christian and Biblical view of sex and marriage, and their value and worth to God, and the grace of God to enable us to live as Christians in this world - to let Him and His Word renew our mind and to not be 'conformed - or squeezed into the mold' of this world... Psalm 139. Jeremiah 29:11-13. I Corinthians 6:19.  Romans 12:1-2. For this I am more than thankful - to be able to show the Lord's grace in my own life and to share His heart with these precious ones is a gift.  To plant seeds of His truth into the hearts of the next generation is an honor and a way to be a prophetic voice - sharing His heart & His ways - to the culture that we live in.

It's time to shine!  And it's time to pray and press into the heart of God!  Will you join me?