Rhythym : That's the Word from the Lord this morning on my drive to work . I remember as a teenager hearing the lyrics " Listen to the rythym of the rain ". This morning I was because again it was raining . The rain was pretty heavy as I was leaving but not far it started to lighten up . My car has a sitting that when rain hits my windshield they turn on . And depending on how hard it rains is how it controls the rhythm of the wipers . The more I thought of the word rhythm the more I realized that it is a very important part of our existence . We walk with a rhytym , we maybe dance with rhythym ( have witnessed some that thought they had it but uh naw). I remember yesterday during Worship , Tristan hit a rhythym that really caught my attention . It was at about that point that was what Pastor calls "THE SHIFT" a change in the atmosphere . Ryhthym in music can be very addicting . Like different beats or rythyms are recognized in different ways . Tribal rhytyms are like war drums . Trumpet blasts are done so in the military to symbolize different things . But really the rhytym we should concentrate on , is the rhythym of the HEART BEAT OF GOD . Longing for the rhythym of the Fathers Heart is being in connection to Him . His Heart is beating like a war drum in a rhythym like the wipers in a heavy rain . Can you hear it ? Are you in His rhthym ?
Matthew 16:18 Jesus says, '... I will build My church'. As the church prays, serves, gives, unites, agrees and believes together the power of God dwells amongst us. Isaiah 60:1-4 shows us the heartbeat of God for the church.
DWAYNE SHORT
Yes! And I have felt the Shift in God’s heartbeat over the years. Maybe because I’m getting older, but I believe it’s because we are getting closer and closer to God winding this world up. To me it was always a warm , comforting … come rest in me type of beat; now there seems to be more of a urgency, a faster beat. One that says now get up and get ready. The time is near, the enemy draws close and is threatening My flock.
Thank you for this word, it makes me look inward and ask God what He wants from me.