God of This City

You're the God of this city. You're the King of these people. You are the Lord of this nation, you are...

God is so much bigger than anything that we could ever imagine. He is so much bigger than our hurt, than our pain. He is so much bigger than our tears. He is so much bigger than our insecurities or what we have been through. He is bigger than anything that will ever bring us down. He is working through us and wants to see his love be shown. He wants us to work through the insecurities that we have. He wants us to work throught the pain that we have. He wants to work through the tears that we shed. He wants to take that and he wants to use it for the most miraculous things that he can ever use.

We sit here and we are in pain for these kids we see. We sit here and we hurt for those around us. We sit here and suffer for them on the inside. We wish that we could take away their pain and their hurt. We wish that we can take on their burdens. We wish that we could take their tears and make them our own, but let's be honest, we can't. That is not our place. That is not what God wants to use us for. Does he have the power to take away their pain? Yes, he does. Does he have the power to fix it? Yes, he does. But...that is not his plan.

As we sit here and pray for their lives to be changed, for them to not be in pain the next day, for them to not have to worry about going back home...we forget about one thing...God. He can change these things and I wish that all the evil in the world could be destroyed, but it exists and will exist. This is not God's doing and his heart does break for it, but it is not for it to be fixed, but used. So why are we here? Why do we preach the Good News that does not seem so good sometimes when we have people in pain like this? Because it is good! It is what we need! It is the double edged sword that can pierce anything and God is using it in our lives! It is not on us, we cannot take this on us! God wants to use us here. He wants to use us to show these kids that even though life might not be so great and that it may hurt sometimes or even all the time...He still reigns! He is still the strongman! He is still the one who is overcoming. God is alive and well! God is good and God is in pain for these kids. His heart breaks for them and he wants them. He wants to use them. He wants to take their pain and their hurt to show the world what such a big God can do. He wants to show the world that even through weakness, pain, and suffering that he does do good. He wants to show them that strength comes through weakness and that strength can shine God's light brighter than any light we may ever come in contact with.

God does have so much for these cities surrounding us. He has so much in store for them and he is using people every single day to show his love and his light to them. He is using people every single day to take truth where truth was never before accepted. He is using people every single day to go and speak light into the darkness where light has never ever ever ever reached before. He is using his number one soldiers out on the front line to fight this battle. Satan is already defeated, he cannot do anything. He's got nothing on us and that is a beautiful thing. All these kids that are here with us today and throughout this week are seeing that. They are seeing how God lives out in our lives and how he loves us more than we can ever imagine. They are seeing how God has captured us and is holding us so tight and how AWESOME that is. God is alive in our hearts and he is living through us. So take that Satan! We are getting our cities back and I can see these kids. I can see that there are so many greater things to be done in these cities, through them. They are being raised up to be the most powerful tools that our Christian army need. So, WHAT'S UP.

I am excited. I can feel God. I can feel him moving in us. I can feel his love pouring on us. I can see us getting torn down and that is a sign of God truly working. Where the Spirit is working there a battle is surely waiting. We're are taking on that battle...so bring it on.