Tales of a Secret Rockstar

Sometimes I like to post two blogs at the same time.

So I've been thinking about the way we (the church) think about God. Whoa, weird sentence. I just notice that all through our worship services and ministry times we're always asking God to come to us. I guess it makes sense to a degree, but maybe we take it too far. What I mean is this: I think we have an impoverished view of what it means to have God in us. We approach Him as if we are poor orphans, we have nothing but rags, and we're asking for some kind of scrap from his table. We forget the concept of God in us. When we pray about the Holy Spirit, we always talk about him "flowing down" or "washing over." One of my favourite verses in the entire bible is the one where Jesus promises that those who believe in him would have "streams of living water" flowing out of them. Out of them. Maybe one of the more important elements of Christianity is not begging for God to come because I'm empty, but removing the blocks in my life so God can flow out from within me. Maybe that's what grace is about. Not about begging for mercy that's already given, but actually letting it impact me. Actually letting God change me from the inside.
I'm all about asking for more of God.
Sometimes maybe he's inside waiting to get out.