Walking in Faith

As I was chatting with a friend tonight, I mentioned that I would pray for his work that night.  He was accepting and also reminded me to pray for his mother.  I began to pray, immediately, for his mom and for God to help her fulfill her purpose here on earth.  For whatever reason, I tuned in the music in the background and listened to the song for a minute.  The lyrics I heard were:

So I pray
Bring me joy, bring me peace
Bring the chance to be free
Bring me anything that brings You glory
And I know there’ll be days
When this life brings me pain
But if that’s what it takes to praise You
Jesus, bring the rain

It was then that I have a very emotional experience and God revealed Himself to me more clearly.  I had to take the time to send him a quick email to let him know how it touched me and how I felt compelled to share this with him.  It is an amazing testimony to God’s greatness when He can use any situation to make us aware of Him. 

I have been struggling, personally, with obedience to some of the spiritual disciplines.  As such, I was stepping away from a relationship with God that He wants to have.  In my sin, I was stepping further and further away instead of drawing closer and allowing Jesus to rain down on me.  I sit here knowing that I want to experience the pain that God has in store for me if that is what it takes to get me to the place in my life that He wants me.  I want to be greatly used by Him for His will. 

I can count a million times
People asking me how I
Can praise You with all that I’ve gone through
The question just amazes me
Can circumstances possibly
Change who I forever am in You
Maybe since my life was changed
Long before these rainy days
It’s never really ever crossed my mind
To turn my back on you, oh Lord
My only shelter from the storm
But instead I draw closer through these times
So I pray

Bring me joy, bring me peace
Bring the chance to be free
Bring me anything that brings You glory
And I know there’ll be days
When this life brings me pain
But if that’s what it takes to praise You
Jesus, bring the rain

I am Yours regardless of
The clouds that may loom above
Because You are much greater than my pain
You who made a way for me
By suffering Your destiny
So tell me what’s a little rain
So I pray

Holy, holy, holy