this last sunday i was asked to go out for a beer and some food after our worship night. my friends told me that there was going to be this awesome cover band there that they thought i would love. long story short…i did. a lot.
MAN! it was like a worship night in itself. the band consisted of three individuals: an electric bass player, an electric guitar player, and a drummer…all of whom could sing and harmonize. they set up like it was no big deal. each one of them MAYBE checked their sound levels once….MAYBE. 10 o’clock hit and so did their music without a blip. full steam ahead. if you would have walked in a half a second after they started you may have assumed that they had been going for quit some time and that you may have even been wicked late.
the night was a party! the lead singer and the drummer (same person)never lost a beat, they moved from song to song like they had rehearsed for it to be one gigantic song (despite the fact that they even took requests while they were playing). the way this guy lead was like if someone had told him that he was a new daddy, that his boss just decided to promote him to CEO and that he just won the lottery just before stepping onto stage. incredible. i think my mouth hung open with a slight grin to it the entire time i watched him. my heart couldn’t help but intricately studying this environment but more specifically, the leader of the environment.
then…just as the drummer began to hit himself in the head with his sticks while he played for the sheer enjoyment of just doing it, the Lord spoke to my heart. He told me that my heart needs to mimic that drummer more. He opened my eyes to the fact the people that i look to as people that are incredibly close to the Lord and intensely seeking His presence (people that i desire to be like in their closeness to Him) are people who are just plain different then me. their hearts intensely and passionately seek Him…differently. He told me to chill out…get that…God telling me to chill out? YEAH! just enjoy Me, He said. He told me that i was becoming too serious…which there is nothing wrong with that, but when it comes to who i was made to be…there is everything wrong with that. there are times to be serious, but the heart i have been given is one of a light Spirit…one that ENJOYS actin’ a foo in the presence of the Lord not because that is the “king david thing-to-do” but because that is naturally how my heart responds to His presence and His voice. He told me that my heart seeks Him intensely, but not how it looks on the outside (to the world) but through grownings of His Spirit inside of me and in ways i still have yet to learn.
He concluded with this: it is time to create the biggest party on earth. david, I have chosen the right man to do so. I ENJOY your heart for me…chill out, let loose, and begin to enjoy Mine. just watch what happens. you were made for it.
…hmm…ok… (said dvic)
Heck yes!!! Awesome brother!!!!!