“There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God” Psalm 46:4
Ekklesia...Ekklesia...wake up. The whisper cut through the air and penetrated her heart with breath...breath that seemed to come from a thousand lands away....breath so pure, it was as though it cleansed the inside of her heart filling her with the energy of a thousand suns. It was him! She opened her eyes and it was him! The prince of men! She knew those eyes though she had never seen them before. They were so deep...so alive...and the color....she didn't recognize it but a name could almost be attached to it...something like alcolour...so vibrant, so beautiful...so full...so....love! And the smile…so much...happiness! Pure, exploding happiness in his smile. He was so glad to see her!
Ekklesia...Ekklesia. "Wake up", He said laughing. He really was so glad to see her. Before didn't seem to matter...whatever before was. "Yes, it's me and I have so much to show you". "C'mon Ekklesia, you're home...you're warfare has ended". With those words came a peace that seemed from a hundred different universes and they flooded her soul to where it felt like she could swim in its rivers for eternity. She sunk down in it so deeply that, for a moment, she wondered if there was any end…and then she knew...she knew she would have this peace...forever.
He took her hand and helped her up from where she was lying down and as he lifted her, the sword in his other hand he called by the name Majestic, began to carve what was before from her...whatever before was...there was so much before, it seemed, but it was no match for Majestic. Within moments, before was completely gone, and she had become something completely different...something completely new. It swirled about her, it surrounded her, it encompassed her, it wove its way through her, it had become her....she had become...purity.
Like a cherished daughter of a King, he put his arm around her and they walked together up a thick, blue sky...so blue she could almost taste it. As they effortlessly walked up the sky, a seam began to split open, and as she peered through the opening, a city so infinitely vast and so mighty in brilliance that she almost dared not to think of entering, lay before her. But this city seemed to want her to enter...literally....it sang for her to enter...such an extraordinary song! Oh it was beautiful! A song with endless voices, endless instruments, endless cadence, endless love! This city breathed love. This city is love! Buildings made of love...streets made of love...rivers flowing with love...even the food was bursting with love!
Ekklesia...Ekklesia... "Yes?” she asked. "Are you ready?” He asked. "It’s yours...I made it for you...you don't remember but I promised I would go and prepare a place for you". I promised there would be so much to see, so much to do, and so many there who know you….who love you." This is your eternity, Ekklesia. This is your inheritance. This is only the beginning. It will unfold before you and never stop unfolding before you. “And you’ll be with me?!?” asked Ekklesia. “You will be with me, right?” Not only will I be with you, and not only will I never leave you but we are one, now, Ekklesia. For all of eternity, we are one. This unfolding inheritance is yours to work with me to unfold. Together we have much to do!
Ekklesia...Ekklesia. "Wake up", He said laughing. He really was so glad to see her. Before didn't seem to matter...whatever before was. "Yes, it's me and I have so much to show you". "C'mon Ekklesia, you're home...you're warfare has ended". With those words came a peace that seemed from a hundred different universes and they flooded her soul to where it felt like she could swim in its rivers for eternity. She sunk down in it so deeply that, for a moment, she wondered if there was any end…and then she knew...she knew she would have this peace...forever.
He took her hand and helped her up from where she was lying down and as he lifted her, the sword in his other hand he called by the name Majestic, began to carve what was before from her...whatever before was...there was so much before, it seemed, but it was no match for Majestic. Within moments, before was completely gone, and she had become something completely different...something completely new. It swirled about her, it surrounded her, it encompassed her, it wove its way through her, it had become her....she had become...purity.
Like a cherished daughter of a King, he put his arm around her and they walked together up a thick, blue sky...so blue she could almost taste it. As they effortlessly walked up the sky, a seam began to split open, and as she peered through the opening, a city so infinitely vast and so mighty in brilliance that she almost dared not to think of entering, lay before her. But this city seemed to want her to enter...literally....it sang for her to enter...such an extraordinary song! Oh it was beautiful! A song with endless voices, endless instruments, endless cadence, endless love! This city breathed love. This city is love! Buildings made of love...streets made of love...rivers flowing with love...even the food was bursting with love!
Ekklesia...Ekklesia... "Yes?” she asked. "Are you ready?” He asked. "It’s yours...I made it for you...you don't remember but I promised I would go and prepare a place for you". I promised there would be so much to see, so much to do, and so many there who know you….who love you." This is your eternity, Ekklesia. This is your inheritance. This is only the beginning. It will unfold before you and never stop unfolding before you. “And you’ll be with me?!?” asked Ekklesia. “You will be with me, right?” Not only will I be with you, and not only will I never leave you but we are one, now, Ekklesia. For all of eternity, we are one. This unfolding inheritance is yours to work with me to unfold. Together we have much to do!
With those words, Ekklesia fell to her knees and joining in the great song of that city, she began to sing and worship the one she had so longed for, so hoped for, so sought after, for so many centuries. She fell to her knees and began to worship the Prince of men, the Lord of the Universe, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Trinity, the Great Three-in-One!
And on the way to the great city, Ekklesia swam...she swam with an extraordinary strength she had never known...and she swam in waters she had never known...she swam in the river whose streams make glad the city of God!
No comments:
Post a Comment