I thought that for this post I would do a little spoken word
for you… more like prose when it is written online, but it is meant as spoken
word haha… I hope you all enjoy :)
I – But who am I? What am I? Why am I here?... I am who I
am, who I aspire to be, who God has planned for me to be, but how do I know? How
do I pursue His will, His heart, His Spirit, His mind, and make them my own?
What do I do? Where do I go from here? I want to know Him more, I hunger after
Him, I seek Him, yes, always seeking Him… but is that enough? What do I need to
do? What does it take to be closer to the Father so I can know who I am?
Can – There’s that word, THE word… the word that makes all
things possible; the word that says that there is a way. Because Christ did, I
can… plain and simple, all you need to know. Because of the sacrifice made for
me, I CAN live a life free from sin… I can do these things… everything set out
before me becomes possible because of this one word… I can.
Do – Am I really Doing the things God wants me to? Am I
following His will in my life? Once again, how do I know what His will is?... I
am called to be a human doing, living it out, acting on faith. I am called to “go
out into the world” and to “do miraculous things,” but where do I start? When
will I stop believing and start actually living in the Truth? When will my life
be more than just me… when will it mean more than that, and what’s more, what
is it that I am to be doing? How do I answer all of these questions and start
living this life that I am called to DO?
All – All, everything, the entire earth, anything in it, any
possibilities, the entire universe encompassed in one word… ALL. Christ is in
all… God works through ALL things and in ALL things for the good of those who
follow Him… But how can I have it all? How do I get to this point where ALL of
this is mine, given to me; how do I claim it… what makes it mine? And when will
ALL of this make sense?
Things – What are things, really? Do things determine who I
am or what I seek after… who am I becoming anyways? What THINGS are in my life
that I need to get rid of? Which THINGS do I keep? And how do I know for sure
what is right and what is not? What about the things… what do they mean to me
anyway? And should they mean that much? Should they mean more, or should I just
throw them out of my life? How do I know?
Through – “Though I walk THROUGH the valley of death, I will
fear no evil…” Yes, through… but how do I get through all of this? What can I
hold onto to help carry me through? There are so many questions and so many
things that I’m unsure of, sometimes I wonder if I really will make it through.
How do I allow God to work through me? How do I know what to let flow through
my life? Will I ever make it through?
Christ – Ah yes, Christ. Because of Him, there is hope. Hope
for a world lost in sin. Hope for the darkness that seems to be taking over my
life. Yes, Christ… but what does Christ mean in my life? And how do I know that
He is the only way? What do I do with all of these questions because if He can’t
help me, I don’t know where else I can turn. Christ, the one true Son of God,
how did He do it? How did He live this life and make it through, and how am I
supposed to follow in His footsteps? How could I possibly ever live up to the
standard that He put forth? How do I be more like Christ?
Who – Who do I look to anyways? Who do I run to? Who are the
people that mean the most to me in my life and who should be the closest to me?
Who do I need to spend more time with… who do I talk to? Who even really cares
about me anyways? Who do I care for, who should I care for… ultimately, who
needs to be a part of my life and who do I need to be a part of their life? Who
do I run to and where do I go? Who can tell me the answers to all of these
questions… Who knows?
Gives – Giving, what am I called to give? Where should I
give it? Why should I have to give anything anyways, it’s not like I have been
given all that much? But again, I guess I do live pretty well and am taken care
of, so maybe there is more that I can give than I know. But who do I give it to…
and when is someone going to to me? It only seems fair that if I GIVE,
someone else should give to me… but then again, is that really the spirit of
giving?
Me – There I am again… who is me, what is me? Me… what does
that mean, and when will I ever know? Me, myself, I… where do I go from here…
what do I do? How do I find me? How do I get to know ME better… what do I do?
Am I really worth knowing at all? Where can I get this hope and be the real ME?
Strength – Strength is what I truly need. I don’t know how
to get this strength or where to go for it though. Does God really give this
strength?... How do I find out if it’s true, and how do I get it if it is?
Where does this supernatural STRENGTH come from anyways? How can I be made
strong when I am just so weak? How was Christ so full of STRENGTH? Oh, how I
long for the kind of strength that He had… Where do I go to get it though?
Lord, I need the strength to be able to carry on and get through all of these
things that keep on piling up on me… but where do I go, how do I get it?
“I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength.” –
Philippians 4:13
There it is… the answer to all those questions. It is Christ
and Christ alone that strengthens us… it is also through Him alone that we come
to the Father. Jesus Christ is our Deliverer, our Comforter… He is the one that
is our Intercessor to God, constantly pleading with the Father on our behalf.
He is our Sacrifice and our Hero… and example to be followed always. Christ is
alive, He is seated at the right hand of God and it is through Christ that we
draw our strength. A relationship with God the Father is possible through
Christ alone. In this, we truly can do ALL things… when we rely on Christ, ALL
things become possible and we no longer live under the curse of sin. Through
Him we have the power and authority to live a life free of sin… to be able to
rise above all of the things of the world and to truly take hold of God’s
promise for us here on earth. To experience truly the life that God intended
for us to lead. So in Jesus Christ’s name and His name alone, we claim all of
these things to be true and we claim this STRENGTH that endures through all
things, amen.
“It’s time that we stand up, enlist for the war… I’ve tasted
battle and now I want more… I’ve heard the truth and been cut to the core, but
I’m back in the game, to even the score… and I mean to come out with both my
guns blazin’, amazed at a God that’s so truly amazin’… triumph in battle as the
Spirit enables, can’t turn back the clock but we can turn the tables!!”
Take up your cross, claim the strength that comes through
Christ and live in it and THROUGH it daily. It’s time to become a true person
of God and have that full Christ-like attitude… It’s time for you to stop “believing
in God” (“…even the demons believe in God…”), and to start LIVING for God and
DOING the things that He has called you to do. It’s time for you to start
listening to the Holy Spirit and letting God lead the way. It is truly time for
you to sacrifice your sinful self and to replace it wholly with Christ. That’s
it… it is time for YOU to be YOU, who God made you to be. Step up and claim it
all in Jesus name and it will be through Him that you will accomplish
everything for the rest of your life. In Jesus’ precious name… amen… that is
all from me, peace… | 
