It's been a while....
Matthew 21:10
"Hosanna in the Highest!"
What a short verse this time around, huh? How could something so short have me jumping out of my skin in excitement? Well, one obvious reason is the fact that it does come from God's Word and I'm always jumping out of my skin in excitement because of His Word, but it also has a new meaning for me thanks to a wonderful Beth Moore study calling "Stepping Up". During this specific night of study, we were discussing the Feast of Tabernacles. At that point she then defined Hosanna. The meaning of Hosanna is "Save!" or "Save Us Now!" Think about it. Think about how you have cried out to the Lord to save you from the turmoil that you are in. Crying out, "Save me Lord. Come now and save me!" In Matthew 21:9-10 they are crying Hosanna as Christ rides into Jerusalem. They cry "Hosanna to the Son of David!" This could be translated to "Save us to the Son of David!" I still have a hard time wrapping my head around Hosanna. I'm not sure why though. To sit and think that the people of Jerusalem are calling out Hosanna as Christ, the Son of God, rides into their town. To know that He has come as promised by our God and then to know that we have been promised the same. That when we cry Hosanna, we can know that we have been promised, by our God, that His son will return. That we will see the face of Christ and fall to our knees and rejoice for we are going home. I'm telling you the song "Hosanna" by Hillsong United has all new meaning to me now when I sing it. The first line is "I see the King of Glory, coming on the clouds with fire." Imagine that day. Seeing the King of Kings coming down from the clouds as they part for Him. To see Him descending down to us! Oh my goodness, I'm ready to jump out of my skin as I write this! I can not tell you how many times I have cried out Hosanna in the past couple months. There have been valleys my friends. Valleys so deep I could not see the bases of the mountains yet to come. I have felt as though I was in the pit. A pit hat I was trying to climb out of, but was going nowhere, kinda like a treadmill (a quite pointless machine, but I digress...). What I had to realize was I was trying to climb out without God. I was in the pit, knowing all I needed to do was cry out to God, but I was terrified. I was so scared of crying out to Him and seeing what He was trying to show me once I reached the top of that valley. What He has taught be has been amazing. As everyone knows... God did NOT give me the gift of patience. That is a lesson God is always teaching me on a daily basis. I think I will be learning this lesson in some way until I meet Jesus face to face. But I will say, God has brought me very far. I have learned that I need to wait on Him. I need to wait and see what God has in store for me because it's going to be amazing. But it's the whole "waiting" thing that gets to me. It's the whole needing to heal and forgive in certain areas of my life before I can move on to what He has in store for me. I am blessed at Second Baptist to be surrounded by amazing pastors of the Lord. The messages that God sends through them are unbelievable. This past Sunday evening, the topic of discussion was resentment. Resentment is not an easy topic for me and I went into the evening thinking I knew who I resented. I believed it was my father. I thought through all the pain and abuse he had done and put me through that the answer was I needed to forgive him. Once again, God had someone else in mind. I recently saw my most recent ex with another girl for the first time since the break-up. Now even though my romantic feelings are no longer there for him, it was still like a knife in the stomach (girls, you know what I am talking about). On that Sunday night I had that feeling place in my stomach once again, but this time he wasn't around. I realized I had still not forgiven him for the pain and misleading words that had been spoken during our relationship. When the pastor asked for anyone who needed prayer in this area to stand up, I stood. I knew I needed more prayer than just the words I could say. When I opened my eyes to see who was going to be praying with me, I was shocked by who God put in front of me. The person praying with me happen to be one of my ex's best friends. After prayer, I thought about my ex. Instead of my thoughts going to the pain and hurt that I had gone through, they were thoughts of peace. I'm telling you... only God could give me that kind of peace. No human could have put that amount of peace in my heart. Now, how does this relate back to "Hosanna"? I had cried so many times for Christ to save me. For Him to come down. For this to be the time when He returns and there will be no more heartache and suffering. No more pain or turmoil. No more tears. I have cried out "Hosanna... Save me now!" I thought the whole time He was not with me. I thought He was not hearing my cries. But, now come to think of it, He was there the whole time. I am saved through my Lord and Savior. I will see Christ face to face one day. He saves me everyday. He comforts me when I cry out to Him. When I cry for Him to "Save me now!", he has been saving me. Saving me from what is not in His plan. Laura Story has put out a new song called "Blessings". Here are the lyrics:
We pray for blessings
We pray for peace
Comfort for family, protection while we sleep
We pray for healing, for prosperity
We pray for Your mighty hand to ease our suffering
All the while, You hear each spoken need
Yet love is way too much to give us lesser things‘
Cause what if your blessings come through raindrops
What if Your healing comes through tears
What if a thousand sleepless nights are what it takes to know You’re near
What if trials of this life are Your mercies in disguise
We pray for wisdom
Your voice to hear
We cry in anger when we cannot feel You near
We doubt your goodness, we doubt your love
As if every promise from Your Word is not enough
All the while, You hear each desperate plea
As long as we have faith to believe
When friends betray us
When darkness seems to win
We know that pain reminds this heart
That this is not our home
What if my greatest disappointments
Or the aching of this life
Is the revealing of a greater thirst this world can’t satisfy
What if trials of this life
The rain, the storms, the hardest nights
Are your mercies in disguise
(I'll post a link to the song)
This song makes me think. What is all the pain we go through is God protecting us from what was to come if we kept going down that path? What if God taking something out of our lives is to only put it back in later down the road and will be something stronger then what we could have ever imagined? Every time I hear this song, I have tears streaming down my face. I think of the trials in my life. I think of God's purpose behind them and what He is trying to show me through my tears and sleepless nights. What am I needing to learn?
My question to you is this: Why are you crying out "Hosanna!"? What are you needing to learn? What is God trying to teach you? I know it can be a scary thing, but ask God. Ask Him what He is trying to teach you. Ask Him to align your desires with His desires. Pray Psalm 37:4 "Delight yourself in the Lord and He will give you the desires of your heart." Praying for your journey sweet friends.
In Him and For His Glory!
"Hosanna in the Highest!"
What a short verse this time around, huh? How could something so short have me jumping out of my skin in excitement? Well, one obvious reason is the fact that it does come from God's Word and I'm always jumping out of my skin in excitement because of His Word, but it also has a new meaning for me thanks to a wonderful Beth Moore study calling "Stepping Up". During this specific night of study, we were discussing the Feast of Tabernacles. At that point she then defined Hosanna. The meaning of Hosanna is "Save!" or "Save Us Now!" Think about it. Think about how you have cried out to the Lord to save you from the turmoil that you are in. Crying out, "Save me Lord. Come now and save me!" In Matthew 21:9-10 they are crying Hosanna as Christ rides into Jerusalem. They cry "Hosanna to the Son of David!" This could be translated to "Save us to the Son of David!" I still have a hard time wrapping my head around Hosanna. I'm not sure why though. To sit and think that the people of Jerusalem are calling out Hosanna as Christ, the Son of God, rides into their town. To know that He has come as promised by our God and then to know that we have been promised the same. That when we cry Hosanna, we can know that we have been promised, by our God, that His son will return. That we will see the face of Christ and fall to our knees and rejoice for we are going home. I'm telling you the song "Hosanna" by Hillsong United has all new meaning to me now when I sing it. The first line is "I see the King of Glory, coming on the clouds with fire." Imagine that day. Seeing the King of Kings coming down from the clouds as they part for Him. To see Him descending down to us! Oh my goodness, I'm ready to jump out of my skin as I write this! I can not tell you how many times I have cried out Hosanna in the past couple months. There have been valleys my friends. Valleys so deep I could not see the bases of the mountains yet to come. I have felt as though I was in the pit. A pit hat I was trying to climb out of, but was going nowhere, kinda like a treadmill (a quite pointless machine, but I digress...). What I had to realize was I was trying to climb out without God. I was in the pit, knowing all I needed to do was cry out to God, but I was terrified. I was so scared of crying out to Him and seeing what He was trying to show me once I reached the top of that valley. What He has taught be has been amazing. As everyone knows... God did NOT give me the gift of patience. That is a lesson God is always teaching me on a daily basis. I think I will be learning this lesson in some way until I meet Jesus face to face. But I will say, God has brought me very far. I have learned that I need to wait on Him. I need to wait and see what God has in store for me because it's going to be amazing. But it's the whole "waiting" thing that gets to me. It's the whole needing to heal and forgive in certain areas of my life before I can move on to what He has in store for me. I am blessed at Second Baptist to be surrounded by amazing pastors of the Lord. The messages that God sends through them are unbelievable. This past Sunday evening, the topic of discussion was resentment. Resentment is not an easy topic for me and I went into the evening thinking I knew who I resented. I believed it was my father. I thought through all the pain and abuse he had done and put me through that the answer was I needed to forgive him. Once again, God had someone else in mind. I recently saw my most recent ex with another girl for the first time since the break-up. Now even though my romantic feelings are no longer there for him, it was still like a knife in the stomach (girls, you know what I am talking about). On that Sunday night I had that feeling place in my stomach once again, but this time he wasn't around. I realized I had still not forgiven him for the pain and misleading words that had been spoken during our relationship. When the pastor asked for anyone who needed prayer in this area to stand up, I stood. I knew I needed more prayer than just the words I could say. When I opened my eyes to see who was going to be praying with me, I was shocked by who God put in front of me. The person praying with me happen to be one of my ex's best friends. After prayer, I thought about my ex. Instead of my thoughts going to the pain and hurt that I had gone through, they were thoughts of peace. I'm telling you... only God could give me that kind of peace. No human could have put that amount of peace in my heart. Now, how does this relate back to "Hosanna"? I had cried so many times for Christ to save me. For Him to come down. For this to be the time when He returns and there will be no more heartache and suffering. No more pain or turmoil. No more tears. I have cried out "Hosanna... Save me now!" I thought the whole time He was not with me. I thought He was not hearing my cries. But, now come to think of it, He was there the whole time. I am saved through my Lord and Savior. I will see Christ face to face one day. He saves me everyday. He comforts me when I cry out to Him. When I cry for Him to "Save me now!", he has been saving me. Saving me from what is not in His plan. Laura Story has put out a new song called "Blessings". Here are the lyrics:
We pray for blessings
We pray for peace
Comfort for family, protection while we sleep
We pray for healing, for prosperity
We pray for Your mighty hand to ease our suffering
All the while, You hear each spoken need
Yet love is way too much to give us lesser things‘
Cause what if your blessings come through raindrops
What if Your healing comes through tears
What if a thousand sleepless nights are what it takes to know You’re near
What if trials of this life are Your mercies in disguise
We pray for wisdom
Your voice to hear
We cry in anger when we cannot feel You near
We doubt your goodness, we doubt your love
As if every promise from Your Word is not enough
All the while, You hear each desperate plea
As long as we have faith to believe
When friends betray us
When darkness seems to win
We know that pain reminds this heart
That this is not our home
What if my greatest disappointments
Or the aching of this life
Is the revealing of a greater thirst this world can’t satisfy
What if trials of this life
The rain, the storms, the hardest nights
Are your mercies in disguise
(I'll post a link to the song)
This song makes me think. What is all the pain we go through is God protecting us from what was to come if we kept going down that path? What if God taking something out of our lives is to only put it back in later down the road and will be something stronger then what we could have ever imagined? Every time I hear this song, I have tears streaming down my face. I think of the trials in my life. I think of God's purpose behind them and what He is trying to show me through my tears and sleepless nights. What am I needing to learn?
My question to you is this: Why are you crying out "Hosanna!"? What are you needing to learn? What is God trying to teach you? I know it can be a scary thing, but ask God. Ask Him what He is trying to teach you. Ask Him to align your desires with His desires. Pray Psalm 37:4 "Delight yourself in the Lord and He will give you the desires of your heart." Praying for your journey sweet friends.
In Him and For His Glory!
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