Isaiah 30:1-5

I love how the LORD is a jealous being. If there's a party, He wants to be the center of attention. If there's a problem, He wants to be the answer. If there's a sadness, He wants to be the comforter...

This morning I read this passage that was passed on to me by both my parents.. So I listened and read...

1-5 "Doom, rebel children!" God's Decree.
"You make plans, but not mine.
You make deals, but not in my Spirit.
You pile sin on sin,
one sin on top of another,
Going off to Egypt
without so much as asking me,
Running off to Pharaoh for protection,
expecting to hide out in Egypt.
Well, some protection Pharaoh will be!
Some hideout, Egypt!
They look big and important, true,
with officials strategically established in
Zoan in the north and Hanes in the south,
but there's nothing to them.
Anyone stupid enough to trust them
will end up looking stupid—
All show, no substance,
an embarrassing farce."

Isaiah 30:1-5 (The Message)

---LORD, let this not be us. It will NOT be us. For as me and MA HOUSEHOLD... we will serve da LORD! (Joshua 24:15). LORD I feel that this could very well be from you, but I'm scared to go against You. Well, I'm scared... but what am I scared about?

(sitting and thinking)

I'm scared that I have not prayed hard enough, that I have not looked to Him hard enough. I think of people that pray day and night and they put me to shame. Bu I have prayed... maybe not with wailing and fasting, but I have prayed. And I have prayed constantly, every day, at meals, with my wife at night, on the way to work with her, randomly... I guess I have prayed a lot... or at least like the Apostle Paul says... I have prayed constantly. So maybe this fear is a healthy fear. A healthy fear that I should always have. Of course it is!

LORD, I neeeeeeed You! I neeeeeed you to be the focus of my family. Not a single step do I want to take without You. And I repent for getting caught up in the hype and leaving you out of the center of attention. LORD I feel that this Young Life opportunity is from You and I remember you telling me right after I left SF that I would be involved in Young Life in the future... My Triune God, I know it's not time to party yet as You have not melted Your Holy Spirit wax to pour on the document of acceptance on this opportunity, but I look forward to the day when You do, and I also look forward to seeing Christ Jesus' ring seal the document by pressing it against the deep red wax. Father I look forward to hearing the Your voice declaring that this ministry and others are now a covenant between You and my family. Oh how I look forward to that day... The day of rejoicing. And I rejoice now thinking about the covenant fulfilled. I can do nothing else than thank You LORD. Thank You while I jump and thank You while I kneel.