What Would Happen If... (Part 1)

I think creative people spend a lot of time wondering about what could be. They love looking beyond the past, what is tangibly here already, and imagining how things could be in the future.

As worship leaders we do this all the time – whether it’s thinking through how to develop our bands, or raise up other worship leaders, or write better songs, or whatever it looks like in your context… the list is wonderfully inexhaustive!!

But, what about pulling the ‘not yet’ of the Kingdom into the present? Is there more of the future reality of the Kingdom of God that is for us now? If there is, how do we access it, or release it in the room? Is this the authority that Jesus was talking about when He told us that we would do the same as Him and greater?

This is something I’ve been wrestling through for about two years – and I am still thinking it through, trying it out, questioning, wondering, dreaming, asking, and seeing more than I thought possible before.

It really is worth getting on our knees before the Lord with this – mostly because He told us to go and do the stuff, and to settle for anything less isn’t really to take Him up on what He’s expecting to see in the fruit of our lives - pretty challenging isn’t it? ☺ But also because if Jesus said to expect more, then He has more to give us – and if that’s true, then there are people out there who are ready to be healed right there in the middle of worship. There are those struggling with demonic oppression, who are ready to be set free. There are those poised to give their hearts to the Lord for the rest of their lives – and who’s to say what they might become – maybe even the most noted evangelists and ministers of our times and beyond!

When I start thinking in these terms some of the fear seems less significant. I find myself more willing to take the risk. Increasingly I’m getting around people who are thinking out the same way so that I can have my faith stirred and my mind challenged, and my heart set on fire all over again.

I love that we get to not only ‘jump’ with our actions – but we also get to ask questions well. Loving God is all about giving our energy, our affection, and the best of our intellect. Always engage with all of your heart and your mind. That is what I’m trying to do with this – and I know I haven’t fully grasped it yet!!

I’d love to hear what you think…