The Voice

"What's up?" It sounds cooler than it looks. PN, pastor, has instilled that phrase in my language and now every time I see him, or others, I say it. It's awesome.

Sometimes when I haven't spent quality time with the Lord, I don't feel like spending any time because I know it isn't going to be good due to the continual lack of QT. This AM I decided to read John. It's one of my favorites.

John was sent ahead of the One who was before him. That's a crazy statement. But John knew what he was doing. John was the voice crying out, "prepare the way of the Lord..." quoting Isaiah 40. John was in the desert. There is nothing in the desert, but people were coming and listening to him as he proclaimed the Messiah was coming. He wasn't in Jerusalem inside the Temple, but however many miles out, in the middle of nothing, wearing practically nothing, eating essentially nothing. But he knew. The Lord had revealed to John what was to take place.

When you read what John was quoting in Isaiah 40, it's amazing.

Make straight in the desert a highway for God. every mountain and hill brought low; the crooked place shall be made straight and rough places smooth; the glory of the Lord shall be revealed... What shall I cry out? All flesh is grass. And all it's loveliness is the a flower of the field. The grass withers, and flower fades because the Lord blows upon it... but the Word of God stands forever..."

The Lord seems to be calling us out in the midst of the extreme times.
As I prepare to move to Kansas City, MO, it may seem like the desert because there are no great lakes nor oceans, nothing exciting or worth calling people to come to. But that's just it. There is nothing else but the Lord calling us to the desert and crying out. I will be preparing the way along with 500+ others with the same heart. God is good and I have nothing apart from him. How will I share this with the world? It's a challenge and I am not perfect, but I will try since He has asked me to.

Lord, the One who is before me, raise up your people to prepare the way; let us cry out as you have asked, and assist you with your plans. I have no good apart from you. You are my sustainer. Guide your people as we are in the wilderness. In Jesus name.