In The Wilderness

Have you ever had one of those moments where, say its been a rough week and your just feeling really bogged down and kinda discouraged, and then all of a sudden, in a single moment, everything gets put back into perspective? I had one of those this week. I love those moments, because to me thats when you realize that God is there fighting for you. Not that he hasn't been doing that the whole time, yet that moment is when you realize that he already has the victory. Last weekend and on into the early part of the week I was really getting discouraged and frustrated with myself and some situations I've been dealing with. Thats when I finally learned the value of withdrawing to a private place to seek God...going into the wilderness. So I took a walk to a park, and literally just sat and read his word and prayed, and it was amazing to just be still. I had never really thought about how Jesus would "withdraw to a quiet place" and spent time with God. Jesus. If God incarnate would spend time with his heavenly Father in a quiet place, how much more do we need to? 

But the moment that hit me wasn't until last friday at Encounter, the Ocean's Edge night of worship. As we took communion together as a body, and all around me people were singing and worshiping God, I realized that thats what heaven will be like. All the believers were worshiping together as one body. It was awesome. All the stress and troubles from the week suddenly seemed so insignificant. Why was I stressed and worrying? God has already won. 

Two songs really hit home as I was going through this last week...both from Contrary Motion. Prodigal and To My Rescue. These lyrics are so inspired and really touched my heart last week:

"Waves are crashing, storms are raging, I don't see you there...then you come running to my rescue again, so far I've fallen, only you can save me now, you're running to my rescue again, how many times, how many times, will you be there to catch me"

"You are a Lover, whose touch I can't mistake, my source of comfort, when the whole world fades away, you are a healer whose making all thats broken whole, and I am whole"