Chat with the good LORD

Today’s Chat with the good LORD

Yesterday I found myself in a situation that left me grumpy. 

So this morning I sat down to write this morning’s blog and found myself still grumpy. 

By 5:30 am I was sitting in my office studying for the upcoming weekends sermons.  And the good LORD nudged me and said, “Shane, what are you doing?” 

I sat back and said, “Well LORD, I’m doing my best.”

And HE said, “Do you actually think I want your best?” 

After sitting quietly for 2 hours waiting for His next thought HE asked,

“What about MY best working through you?”

“…this is the secret: Christ lives in you.

This gives you assurance of sharing his glory.”

Colossians 1:27 NLT

                                                                                          

I could feel the good LORD putting HIS hand on my shoulder and saying, “Shane, I have given you all you need ~ I live in your heart ~ stop pushing me aside and trying to do it all yourself.” 

Let me tell you about a pastor that had a dream….

One night a pastor had a dream. He dreamed that he could see his own church worship service on Sunday morning. But there was something very strange happening.

The choir was singing. The mouths of the choir members were open......

but no sound was heard.
The people in the congregation were singing.

But there was nothing from their mouths, either.
The preacher himself got up to preach his typical Sunday sermon.

He opened his mouth to preach.....but nothing came out.

There was absolutely no sound at all in the entire worship center.

Then, the pastor saw a little girl up in the balcony and heard her little voice singing, "Amazing grace, how sweet the sound, that saved a wretch like me."

The pastor was confused and suddenly woke up.
"Lord, what was I dreaming?

It doesn’t make sense to me." He asked.
The Lord spoke to his heart and said,

"Pastor, you just saw a picture of what I see in your ministry and in your church every Sunday morning.

People are singing and you are preaching.......

but I hear nothing.

Why? Because your heart is not focused on me.

You are focused on yourself.

The only one I heard in your church last Sunday was the little girl in the balcony who matters to very few people in your church.

But she matters to me......because she came to church today with the right motive: to love me with all of her heart!"

What if Jesus showed you a dream of your church?

What would He hear?

Whose heart is truly focused on the Lord?

My heart has heard you say,

“Come and talk with me.”

And my heart responds,

“LORD, I am coming.”

Psalm 27:8 NLT