Imitator.....
Last night during prayer service at House of Triumph Ministries I witnessed the most beautiful exchange between father & son.
When I picked my son, Nazir, up from school, he insisted on bring Superman home with him. Superman is his sleeping bag that he has at school. So I brought it home. When we were leaving for church that evening, he yet again insisted on bringing Superman with him. I thought great, he plans on falling asleep at the church. We got to the church and my husband, Stephen, began setting up the sanctuary for prayer. He brought out the pillows from off the couch in the front and took his prayer shawl and draped it over himself. As I led off the prayer, Stephen knelt down against one of the chairs and began praying. Nazir was playing with his Leapster while we were setting up but as soon as he heard me praying he stopped playing it. He looked at his dad kneeling down and got in his sleeping bag and laid down on the chairs. As the prayer continued, Stephen got up and began walking around the sanctuary. Nazir did the same thing. But he unzipped his blanket and draped over his head, just like daddy. He began following Stephen and was walking foot for foot right behind him. As Stephen finished praying and just began worshiping, he got down on the floor, still with the shawl draped over him. He didn't lay prostrate but he was laying at the feet of Jesus. Nazir did the same thing. He even was saying "Thank You Jesus" & "Hallelujah".
As I stood there watching, I wondered.....why aren't we like this when it comes to God? Why aren't we our Father's shadow? we are supposed to be imitators of God...shoot we were made in His image.... I don't know that at his 4 years of age Nazir understood all that was going on or maybe he did. Either way, he probably thought, if Papi (that's what he calls him) is doing it then I'm going to do it too. How is it that we KNOW & UNDERSTAND but yet we aren't doing it? We aren't staying at the feet of our Lord. Why are we not laying on our faces in worship? We understand the benefits of these things but yet we find ourselves baffled by the turmoil going on in our lives. Get on your face and eat some carpet.....lay prostrate before the Lord. Walk around your Jericho & pray those walls down.
Be Blessed
HizRareJewl
When I picked my son, Nazir, up from school, he insisted on bring Superman home with him. Superman is his sleeping bag that he has at school. So I brought it home. When we were leaving for church that evening, he yet again insisted on bringing Superman with him. I thought great, he plans on falling asleep at the church. We got to the church and my husband, Stephen, began setting up the sanctuary for prayer. He brought out the pillows from off the couch in the front and took his prayer shawl and draped it over himself. As I led off the prayer, Stephen knelt down against one of the chairs and began praying. Nazir was playing with his Leapster while we were setting up but as soon as he heard me praying he stopped playing it. He looked at his dad kneeling down and got in his sleeping bag and laid down on the chairs. As the prayer continued, Stephen got up and began walking around the sanctuary. Nazir did the same thing. But he unzipped his blanket and draped over his head, just like daddy. He began following Stephen and was walking foot for foot right behind him. As Stephen finished praying and just began worshiping, he got down on the floor, still with the shawl draped over him. He didn't lay prostrate but he was laying at the feet of Jesus. Nazir did the same thing. He even was saying "Thank You Jesus" & "Hallelujah".
As I stood there watching, I wondered.....why aren't we like this when it comes to God? Why aren't we our Father's shadow? we are supposed to be imitators of God...shoot we were made in His image.... I don't know that at his 4 years of age Nazir understood all that was going on or maybe he did. Either way, he probably thought, if Papi (that's what he calls him) is doing it then I'm going to do it too. How is it that we KNOW & UNDERSTAND but yet we aren't doing it? We aren't staying at the feet of our Lord. Why are we not laying on our faces in worship? We understand the benefits of these things but yet we find ourselves baffled by the turmoil going on in our lives. Get on your face and eat some carpet.....lay prostrate before the Lord. Walk around your Jericho & pray those walls down.
Be Blessed
HizRareJewl
Wow...just beautiful!
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