How is it going?

“As the father has loved me, so have I loved you. Abide in my love.” – John 15:9

One of my favorite books in the Bible is the Book of John. He describes in chapters 14 & 15 how to abide in Jesus. Going through this DTS, there have been so many revelations and moments of breakthrough, probably more than I could count. However, I always return to this verse: as God loved Jesus, so does Jesus love us. Then he goes on to say, “Abide.” I would like to answer the question, “How has it been going?” I would say all I have tried to do is abide in him. Trust that what he says is good and will work it out for his good.

Honestly, over the past three months, I've learned that abiding in him partners with Fear of God. Proverbs 1:7 says, “The Fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge; fools despise wisdom and instruction.” I made the commitment to put my fear in the Lord because he is the author of all creation. Why wouldn’t he know how to work everything out?

We’ve been going on evangelism outreaches almost every day during our tour and lecture phase. I’ve learned that the more I focus on the number of salvations and the number of healings, the more I take away the basis of what we are called to do as Christ's followers, which is to share God’s love. The more I abide in him and fear him, the more I want to share the gospel. So, the challenge becomes whether I have been abiding by him or functioning out of performance. Do I genuinely function from a place of my identity, walking in the approval of God?

We will be in Atlanta this week and head off to Europe the following week. I keep thinking about what an honor it is to love and be loved by him. The update right now is that God loves me. I love God. Therefore, I humbly submit to him what he wants to do the rest of the time on this DTS.