A Spiritual Coffee Buzz

Here’s another revelation from my old journals, this one is from an entry on June 20th, 2008, with a little editing and added revelation as I wrote it out. Cultivating the presence of the Lord is similar to our constant search for energy. We can drink an energy drink or caffeinated beverage, such as coffee, that gives us a little buzz in the moment but wears off after a short time leaving you more tired than before.  Or we can cultivate more energy by sleeping, exercising, being in the sun, and eating healthy foods.  Being disciplined with our bodies produces a more constant supply of energy that lasts longer and is more natural.  There’s also a cost factor, both of time and money which are the two other things that we are constantly searching for more of.  A quick coffee will cost less in time and money than eating organic salads for lunch every day.   Both types of energy can be used together to produce even more powerful results, however, being in the practice of the second option makes the first one more effective. Spiritually the coffee option is what it looks like to experience a “conference high” or go to a meeting and get pumped up about the Lord, but when you try to take it home often times the experience wears off within days or even hours.  If we are willing to cultivate the presence of the Lord, the cost largely being our time, waiting on Him, worshiping, praying, being in the word…then we will step into the reality that we carry that level of Presence with us everywhere we go and we won’t have to look to anyone to “take us there” because we will already know the way.  With that in mind attending a conference or event will give us an increase of something we already have and allow us to use those things to propel us even further on the journey we are already engaged in rather than looking to a conference/event/speaker/worship leader to engage us into the journey. There has been an idea that we are dependent on the church for our relationship with the Lord.   The church is not a vending machine where we come and get our spiritual Red Bull once a week to keep going.  We are all supposed to be coming with pslams, hymns, spiritual songs, teachings, lessons, and revelations that we have gleaned from the Lord during our week.  The church is the place where we can join our hearts, that are already connected to the Lord, with each other in worship and see the heavens opened.  I confess that all too often I come empty looking to be filled, and there is an element of filling that will occur, but I must live in the reality that I have direct access to the Fountainhead Himself and come ready to overflow.  We are coming to the place where when we gather together we will all bring the “energy” that we have been cultivating in our intimacy with the Lord and together we will take leaps and bounds forward that send all of us into deeper and higher places in the journey we’re on with Him both corporately and individually.  Further up and further in! Thoughts?

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