Do you really want God to move?

Was listening the Perry Noble at the unleash conference this AM.  He got me thinking.   

Do you really want God to move?  I mean really?  Think about that for a minute. . .

I think most people who pray to God and ask God to "move" don't fully comprehend what that means.  Most people are too controlling to really be open to God moving.  Take the early church in ACTS.  The church went from 120 to over 3,000 the next day.  God moved and things spun out of control!  Just imagine it.  Everything that was in place went out the window that day.  Are you ready to throw everything out the window?  

Do you really want God to move in your life?  In your church?  

Are you ready for things to spin out of control?  Ask for God to move, and hang on!

You are God's masterpiece!!!

Recently my 10 year old came to me and asked me about her name. Her name is Kallie, short for Kalenda.

She was learning about names and wondered about her own name, what it meant and what were the implications. She came to concerned because somewhere on the internet she looked up her name and found that it meant "Art." Actually I found that it means beautiful or lovely. I have to confess I didn't know what it meant when we named her, but she has grown into her name quite well.

Her concern came as she processed what her name implied for her. She had been learning about naming and that in Jewish culture your name is reflective of your character. The last thing she wanted to be was a piece of art, a statue, or a motionless thing hanging on a wall. I held back my laughter! It makes me chuckle still, but really she was pretty upset.

I paused and told her, but you are Art. That was the last thing she wanted to hear. But you are I insisted. "Do you know what art is?" I asked her. It is an expression of the creators heart! We have art in our home from people in our church and as I look at it I see the hearts of those fine people. As I look at my daughter, I see a piece of the heart of our creator.

I have to wonder, are not each of us, God's masterpiece? A work of art! Beautiful, lovely, an expression of the creator's heart?