Pastor John,
I felt like tonight we were in neutral, as a group. Like a car out of gear, we could roll in any direction, any direction the Spirit moved us. I felt like you were inviting Jesus to do that, to move us, to speak to us; asking Him to do anything that He pleased, as we waited for Him, idle and without preference. It was good 🙂
I felt like we found some spiritual pay dirt when we started talking about pride. I felt the hook set, so to speak. It felt like there was something rich there, below the surface.
During that time I heard the Spirit say, “All pride is against God.” I repeated that sentence in my mind several times and then had some thoughts that I believe were attached to that statement: Pride is mocking God. Pride is imitating, pretending authority in the face of the only one true Authority. Pride pretends to be what only God is. To be lifted up in pride is to openly walk in a declaration of war against God.
You pointed out tonight that, “We need to hear from God. God doesn’t need to hear from us.”
You also said that all of our answers to all of our problems is God speaking the words, “Let there be…..” on our behalf.
The fact that that is true, reinforces that we have absolutely nothing to be proud about.
We have nothing to add to God. He contributes everything to this relationship. We just surrender, if we do, and let Him love us. That is our part.
Thank you for tonight, Jesus!
Thank you pastor, John.
Jerry