One Night Stand Christians

I know it has been quite some time since I have blogged last. In fact, it as though I went on a hiatus, and truly that is what it felt like. The title of this blog will probably raise some eyebrows as well as the content. Yet again I got this phrase during a running session. My mind was so clear it was as if the thought smoothly dropped into my head, and I couldn’t really seem to get it to go away. In all reality this is how numerous appendages of the church are today. They live for the one night stand mentality.

                Basically what the definition of a one night stand is, is an intimate encounter that only lasts for one night. I began to dwell on this thought for the past few days thinking of all the numerous ways we treat God as a one night stand. From experience people that are involved in one night stands do not build a relationship together. They simply get together for one moment of pleasure and part ways. Many people do the same thing with God. They come to church one day a week just as if they have to go to check that off their list of things to do that week. People show up just to make themselves feel good, or so they can say, “I go to church, so that makes me a good person.” In essence that good person mentality has turned most of the Body of Christ into harlots. We go about our routine and show up for that one night or day just to get our fix to make ourselves feel good. This is an addiction to self, and not to God. The issue is most people do not realize that they have a problem, as is the case with people that are addicts. We are so busy trying to be good people we have missed the big picture. He wants to have a loving relationship with us.

                People have treated God almost like a booty call. When times get tough they call on God, but when times are good they neglect Him. They only call on Him when they need to get that feel good moment. He is sitting up in heaven longing, and burning to have an intimate relationship with us. With the one night stand reality there is zero intimacy. It is more of a thank you for stopping by, now go out there and be somebody.  Hosea, a prophet of God, married a harlot Gomer, because God told him to. He had to constantly have the feeling that God feels when we only use Him for that moment. At one point Gomer realized what she was doing and decided to return back to her first love. The church needs an awakening to realize that they are far from their first love (Christ). We think that we know Him, but we really do not know Him. We are more concerned about what others think of us, our TV shows, our new apps, the latest flick, the next model or singer, and if we seem like good people than we are with the knowledge of who God is.

What is the point of going to church if you do not leave any different? Why do we think that an hour or so hearing what another person says about God is enough? This man created us to having a loving relationship with us, and we only make the time once a week to spend with Him. This would not work in any other type of relationship, and it surely does not work with God.  In Psalms 53:2 it states that God is looking down from heaven to find somebody that understands, and that will seek Him. A few hours on one day will not cut it. What is going to happen when things in this world began to shake, and the governmental foundations begin to crumble around us? Who will we turn to in that time? We will turn to the thing or person that we have built a relationship with, and that is why relationship with God is so important. We need to know who He is so that when all hell breaks loose we do not panic, because we know that we can abide in the shadow of His wings (Psalms 91). As I have stated repeatedly there is no formula to this, it is simply all about relationship with Him. We need to turn away from our harlot ways, and began to become the Brides of Christ we were created to be. This reminds me of the parable of the 5 wise and the 5 foolish virgins. The wise virgins accrued oil, and when the Bridegroom came they were prepared to enter the feast while the foolish virgins had to go back and get oil. When they returned to the Bridegroom, He stated that He did not know them. God does not know the ones that are continually having one night stands with Him. These are the pleasure seekers, and are looked at as “good addicts” because they don’t have a bottle in their hand or a needle in their arm. We need to wake up to the reality that the end times are near. There is no need to panic, because we can dwell in the secret place with Him if we decide to build a relationship with Him. During the times upon us I want my Bridegroom to welcome me in, instead of saying that He does not know me.

My love, I pray that You awaken this nation from its slumber. Give to us a Spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of who You are.  Let us gaze upon Your beauty and mercies daily. My love, teach us how to accrue intimacy with You. I ask that Your heart becomes our heart, so that we may know what You long for. I pray that You bring a love revival to this generation. I pray that we become love warriors with You, and that we know You so intimately that we hear You clearly and obey You promptly. Shake this generation out of their old ways, and let us return to old ways as in the days of the prophets and disciples. Come and Awaken love, so that when we come out of the wilderness we are leaning upon Your heart. Your heart is what we want. Your heart is what we are after. Nothing else in this world matters except every moment in Your precious loving presence. Create in us a holy addiction for You my love. Amen.

Coursing Through Our Veins

               Many of you know I have been on the road for the past month at various youth camps. I have survived three weeks of camp with teenagers. Praise God for grace! I will not share most of what happened in the time with all of the kids, because quite frankly many of you would not want to read such a transcription. All I can say is that I have a greater purpose to live, a greater vision, and I know that time is precious since I will never get it back. There was one experience I had in Kansas City in the IHOP (International House of Prayer) prayer room. It was an experience of great magnitude. It was an experience I will never forget, and I have since longed to experience it daily. There was not only an intense tangible experience with God, but great vision was revealed as well.

                The following is what I wrote down that could hardly describe what I experienced or saw. It was a moment where His presence is so manifest that you can feel Him pumping through your very veins. It was as if the glory of God was flowing through the entire inside of my body. It was like a manifest liquid love being joined with my natural blood. I believe that this moment was a true covenant moment. It was a moment where you could feel Him in you. It was a moment where you could feel the very DNA of God Eternal coursing through your body. I felt so humble yet empowered all at the same time. All of my senses were heightened in this moment. I could hear Him more clearly, feel Him more tangibly, and smell His very fragrance. It was a moment where you are so lost in focus on Him that you actually feel yourself becoming Him and He you. It was a moment where you have His presence pulsating in you and outside of you. I felt as if my body was going to explode under the weight of His presence. My body felt as if it were pulsating or breathing itself, and not just me breathing through my lungs. It seems as though each exterior limb had its own heartbeat. I could feel God inside and out. These moments are attained by extreme focus, extreme desire, and extreme longing to be with Him. He is always focused on us with His eyes of fire in this way, and He is waiting for us to have His focus. I am not speaking of a meditation of the likes of Yoga and Buddhism.  I am talking about a focus on the only True Living God. I am speaking of a focus on the Man who is sitting at the Right Hand of God.  I am speaking of a focus on the God who shines like a jasper and sardius stone, and has an emerald rainbow around Him. We are to meditate on the Word not on our spirit, but the Holy Spirit. This new age stuff is absolute garbage compared to the true meditation on the King of Kings. This experience to feel Him coursing through your veins is for everyone, not just for me. God is not respecter of persons (1 Peter 1:17). This was one of the most addicting and transcendent experiences I have ever had in my life. This all happened in a prayer room with a few hundred people. I seemed to hit a focus beyond my understanding. Tears were continually pouring down my face with the feeling of His love consuming me. He tenderized and empowered my heart all in the same encounter. He told me this is your inheritance. To feel His DNA coursing through my veins was such an intense reality. All I could say after this experience was I want more repeatedly over and over again. I think He gave me a taste to push me in deeper. God tends to do that sort of thing. It is not as if He is teasing us, but it is to bring us to a place closer to Him. He uses experiences like this to entice us to Him in the secret place. He is worth it all.

                His love was so intensely thick. I could breathe His very breath. I could feel His blood pumping throughout my entire body. I just rested in Him, eyes closed, hands open, one focus, and I found Him (Matthew 7:7). My head was lying on the very chest of my beloved (John 13:23). His heartbeat was so audibly saying, “I love you and my desire is to be with you.” He told me that He had commissioned me to go. He is sending me and that all I have to do is meet Him in the secret place. It was a very residual presence I felt that night. I can, in fact, feel the very presence of God as I type this. He kept saying I am looking at you. I could feel His burning desire for me. I was so hot I began to sweat. It was as if the very fire from the altar of God had come down from heaven and rested upon me. He said He longed for me more deeply than a man longs for a wife. He said that the internal burning that I have in my heart is more magnified in His heart. What love He has for those who seek Him. Those that are hungry command His presence. To have revelation of this love is an amazing thing. We must understand that this experience I had is not just a one-time deal. This is something that we should be experiencing all the time. We just need to tap into the revelation of who He is.

                I just pray that those who read this get an experience greater than the one that I had. Lord I pray that you give a breakthrough for their hearts. That you impart in them a sense of intimacy so that they are filled with Your love, so that they can return that love to you. I pray that you give them a Spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of You. Enlighten the eyes of their understanding so that they will know the inheritance that they have in You. Lord give them a breakthrough for their minds, so that Your thoughts become their thoughts. Give to them wisdom and direction. Let them hear Your voice clearly so that they can obey You promptly. Lord give them the revelation that Your DNA courses through their very veins. I bless You Lord, and give You all the glory and honor. I want to thank You Lord for giving me such an experience with You. You are worth it all, and I would give up so much more just to be with You a bit more closely. You are my desire to live.