When I was a little girl, I had dreams: dreams of becoming a mom, dreams of becoming a teacher, dreams of being loved, etc., and along the way, some of those dreams were forgotten (or stolen), and I lived my life as an adult in a place of settling because this-was-just-the-way-it-was-going-to-be. Of course, that was a lie from the pit of hell, but it sure did pull me down to that pit with it, until God…
When I was created, there was a destiny spoken into my DNA. God thought of me…of ME…and decided it was a good idea to create me, so from before the womb, He thought I was pretty amazing, so I don’t agree with the lie that I’m amazing ONLY because God lives in me because He was amazed with me before; it’s just that now, with Him living inside me, I’m able to do amazing things, which is pretty amazing! (I just had to use that word a lot. It’s one of my favorites!)
A year ago, I never would have thought I would have written a song, but I bet I probably made up songs and sang them as a little girl. Last night, when the kids and I were sitting in the living room, I told them about the song I wrote and sang it to them. To me, I thought the tune was simple, kind of corny, but I had no idea that, when put to music, how beautiful it would be, until I sat with Corrie.
Well, the kids and I made a late visit her house, and as soon as I sat down, Corrie grabbed her guitar. I told her about the song, so she had me hum the tune. Within minutes, she created a sound that flowed with the words, and you could feel the Holy Spirit in the room.
Just like that, my first song was created!
We were so excited! She was amazed and asked me how long I had been writing songs. I said, “Oh, today.” I didn’t even realize how funny that sounded, until we were laughing about it, but I guess everything starts with a ‘today,’ and yesterday was mine for song writing.
She told me how she was to lead worship at her church on July 4th and asked if she could sing it. I told her, “Heck yea!” and explained how it was my favorite holiday. How do you like that!
With God, there’s freedom to create. Without God, that freedom exists but without the power of His Holy Spirit. Without even knowing it, people sometimes stay chained to their pasts. When Jesus lives in you, your past is dead, so why stay chained to a corpse?
God doesn’t go around and zap people free. Freedom is a choice. In order for Him to unlock the chains, you have to stop hiding them. Isolation, secrecy, false humility…are all tools of the enemy to keep you chained to hell. Isn’t it time we expose those locks, become set free, and let heaven storm the darkness through us with a vengeance!
I ask God to search me, to reveal anything hiding, and if He exposes something, it’s time to get to work. I wasted many years of my life and only think about the damage I’ll do in the years to come! Life’s worth living here on earth to throw victory back in the enemy’s face over and over and over again.
Worship Flags and Infinity Scarfs 