Insane, Skeptical, Real
This is absolutely insane! You wanna talk about relationship, obedience, barbaric? Hosea! This is a man who walked with the Lord. I mean if I were to tell my closest family and friends, tell people who I evangelize to, tell the attendants of my church, "Hey um....today God told me to go and marry myself a prostitute." I mean what the heck?! Who would believe me? Would you believe me? I wouldn't believe me! This is relationship and obedience in a primal state. Hosea listened, I'm sure it troubled him a little, but he knew that his God spoke to him and he was barbaric about it. I'm sure people told him "you're crazy! You're a fool! Blasphemy!" But Hosea said "No, I know my God spoke to me and I have to do this." Man can you just imagine the intensity going down as Hosea told his family and friends he had to marry a prostitute! And then he goes and does it. This is how God wants my heart, maybe he won't tell me to marry a prostitute, but God wants me to listen to him. To know that what He tells me is what He tells me and not for anyone else. This isn't "Lyle, friends and family walk with God" This is just My walk with God. What he tells me is for me and for me only. He wants my heart to be in barbaric obdeience. That when it sounds crazy, when people doubt me, when the road seems tough, God says "But Lyle this is what I want for you." Not for anyone else. This is relationship man, this is what's real. This is how God wantgs my heart. I realized, man God would do anything for me and He has done everything for me. Would I do anything for Him? Sometimes, gotta admit, He scares me haha. But there are so many times I back down. I believe God calls us to be bold and courageous as Hosea was. A different kind of courage, a courage that looks at the road calling him and says "Ok God this seems crazy and I don't want to, but let's go." Not a courage to fight, not so much a courage to stand up, but a courage to simply believe and walk. This is relationship, this is real! I want to be a barbarian!
Father God,
Man Dad this is how you want my heart and this is how I want to give it to you. God what you give me is for me and me alone, and I am stoked you have helped me to realize that in the past couple of days. God I know you have a word for me and I drive myself insane sometimes thinking, "Is this really you?" God it is! It doesn't have to make sense in order for it to be you, in fact a lot of times you don't make sense! God I love that you want a relatonship like this with me. God that you want to walk with me and share things with me that are for me. Though the world will think I'm crazy God you know I'm not. God I'm going to be a barabrian in such a domesticated and civilized world. God thank you Lord for being personal and deep with me. I love it Jesus. I love YOU! In Jesus' name.
AMEN
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