During one of the prayer meetings that we had as a freshman class towards the end of the semester, Holy Spirit inspired the worship leader with a song that encapsulates my heart's desire and everything that God has been teaching my heart this first semester at IHOP. The song goes:
"What do we want for Christmas?
We want more presence
We want more presence (repeat)
So I'll look underneath the tree that You died on for me for more presence" (repeat)
All that I desire to have and become was made available to me at the foot of the cross, through the spilt blood of my Jesus. "Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places" (Eph. 1:3)
God is my Father who wants to give me good gifts, gifts of His love, peace, joy, revelation, wisdom, and grace. Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights who does not change like shifting shadows." (James 1:17)
When I, as His daughter, ask for bread, He will not give me a stone. When I ask for fish, He will not give me a scorpion. He delights to give me the desire of my heart, which is to be just like Him.
Each gift is an attribute of God's character. Each is placed before me, ready for me to discover with delight the treasure hidden inside! And this is eternal life that they know you, the only true God and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent" (John 17:3)
Father, give me a revelation of my inheritance through the finished work of Jesus on the cross this Christmas season and throughout the New Year. May every day be Christmas in 2013!
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