Weeping

Consuming Fire by Tim Hughes

Verse 1:
There must be more than this
oh breath of God come breath within
There must be more than this
Spirit of God we wait for you
Fill us anew we pray
Fill us anew we pray

Chorus:
Consuming Fire
Fan into flame
a passion for your name
Spirit of God
fall in this place
Lord have your way
Lord have your way
with us

Verse 2:
Come like a rushing wind
Fill us with power from on high
Now set the captives free
leave us abandoned to your praise
Lord let your glory fall
Lord let your glory fall

Bridge:
Stir up in our hearts Lord, Stir up in our hearts Lord,
Stir up in our hearts Lord, a passion for your name

I was singing this song this morning and I literally started to weep. Here is why. I've been thinking a lot about my role as a pastor and what my calling is and through that I have felt this great sense of burden. I have felt very overwhelmed at the task and what God is asking of me.
I see the people of God and read about in the scriptures what is coming and I know that we aren't ready. I was weeping because I know that we really don't want God, we just say we do. But, let something bad happen to us. Let persecution come here. Let the tests and trials come and we're ready to jump ship.
I was weeping and crying out to God that he would "stir up in our hearts a passion for his name." As I was weeping and singing this song I just kept saying over and over again, "God you've gotta come. You just gotta come. You have to stir up in our hearts a passion for your name. If you don't we are finished and there won't be anymore of your people left to carry on your name. You just gotta do something. You have to pour out your spirit. You gotta do something here Lord."

That is my prayer for us as the people of God. I also pray that we would want God and what God wants. Because if we don't then we will perish. This will be prayer until God gives me something else or calls me home.
Get ready.