Stay In Your Lane

Each of us has different things we’re passionate about because God has placed them on our hearts. Some are more focused on praying heaven to earth, others on intimate worship, still others are drawn towards creativity or wise problem solving or caring for those in need—all of which represent our Father’s heart and nature. Each person reading this—YOU carry an aspect of God’s heart that is unique to you and incorporates your passions, your life experiences, your stage of life and your history of encounters with the Lord.  You are alive to make a difference and what you are fashioned to do will be uniquely suited to who God created you to be.   This past week I had a vision from the Lord. I saw my own life as a one lane highway winding through the countryside. That one lane represented the importance of me being true to what God has had me focusing on—what I’m passionate about in the stage of life I’m in. That one lane highway will wind through the countryside and impact many people along the way.   Then, God showed me an 8-lane mega-freeway and said, “If you will come along side of others who are faithfully in their lanes and you will honor what I’ve given them to do, even though it may not be exactly the same passion or focus as you, but you choose to value their place equally to your own in the one body of Christ on the earth, together you will all reach multitudes with my multi-faceted heart.”   Later that same evening, I went to a worship/prayer event that was the beginning of 50 days of prayer for the Bay Area (www.bridgethebay.org). The humility I witnessed that evening as people from many different streams or “lanes” was tangible. No one was boasting of their own ministry or passion—it was simply and profoundly all about Jesus! And when I saw that, I remembered the vision the Lord gave me that same morning. Friends, I believe that the body of Christ has been quietly, powerfully growing in maturity during these past two years of isolation and my heart is filled with great hope that we are embarking upon an awareness of the true heart of our Father that will draw multitudes to him unlike anything we’ve witnessed before.   I’m really not trying to oversell this, but to tell you there is something special and significant rising up and we’re all invited to continue drawing near to Jesus and giving God our heartfelt YES to all he is doing in the hearts of his children across the Bay Area and around the world. Don’t be timid about loving people and revealing the beautiful truth of Jesus—hearts are hungrier for him than they’ve ever been.   And if you ask me what exactly that should look like in your life, I would tell you…stay in your lane! Be unapologetically you and continue to shine forth the passion and focus of the Lord he’s placed within you! Your life is making a difference—keep going!!