Let yourself just be with Him-brought to us by Evan Wickham

We (my roomate, D, and I) have a new roomate, we’ll call her C. And C is wonderful, a total answer to prayer on so many levels!

So last night the three of us went to C’s church because Evan Wickham was leading worship and giving a short message. We figured it was a great time to see what her church is like and I’d heard that Evan was amazing. It must be genetic with that bunch, because he was wonderful.
It was so refreshing to be a part of a smaller, and totally spirit-filled worship time. Evan is definately a gifted worship leader and apparently a gifted speaker as well.

He spoke about being open to being distracted by Jesus. While being distracted generally has a negative connotation, in this case it is something to go with. We tend to get so caught up in our routines of day to day life that sometimes we forget to “stop and smell the flowers”, so to speak. I know this is true for me. I get so busy and have so many things I need to do, that I forget to just sit at His feet and enjoy His presence.

Evan gave 3 scriptures to back it up:
Luke 17-
The Leper who was on his way to fulfill a task asked of him by Jesus, but who stopped to be with Jesus and was then healed because of his faith.
John 4:23-30-
The woman at the well.
She is sent to fetch water for the men in her town…Jesus offers her a water that will leave her fulfilled and asks her to return and tell of this water. She gets distracted by Jesus and abandons her task to be with him, and to do as he asks.
She does this *in spite of the fear of man* (that statement probably strikes a chord with many of us!).
Romans 11:33-
Paul is in the middle of theological lessons and gets distracted by the power and glory and wisdom of God and switches speaking styles and focus…then He begs of his brothers to live as sacrifice to God.

They all get distracted FROM their task BY the reason why we live and have freedom, JESUS!

wow.
When was the last time I let myself just stop and get caught up in Jesus’ love for me. Just sit at His feet and be.

Evan made a good point, even if you are reading your bible and you are so into it and feeling His presence but you might be late to your job/appointment/whatever you are “supposed” to do, to just let yourself be with Jesus in that time. The example he gave hit me too… He was talking about reading the bible with his son, and saying to him, “you know what, you might be a little bit late to school…but I feel like we should read this next chapter too.” The picture of a father, putting the Lord first, and showing his son what that looks like…that’s how it should be!
So what if your routine has to shift a little, or a lot, this is GOD we’re talking about. The God that speaks things into being, the God that raises people from the dead, the God that sent His only Son to die so that we may live abundantly. Yet we think our TV show is more important than reading His word!?

What holds the most importance in your daily life?

Of course, this isn’t reason to become irresponsible in life, because we are also called to be good stewards of what we have been given. But let yourself be with Him.That’s what matters to Him most. That’s what should matter to us most.

It rocked my mental/spritual world. Hope you’re rocking too!

Oh, and the music…that was amazing! But that’s another story…but check him out and buy his CD….you can get it from his site or on Itunes, and there’s another one in the making so..get ready!