I've been overflowing with tears from dwelling in the presence of God through every hour of travel! The voice of God has been nearly audible and His Presence nearly tangible! He's been imparting a theme I feel is dangerously relevant to the calling He has upon my life. The emotional theme entails what it looks like for one to lay down his life for another... the greatest form of love. We all say we'd take a bullet for another, but why do we hesitate to lay our opinions aside in the mundane decisions of life? We hope for the best to emerge when the discombobulation of life's circumstances storm around us, but what is our response when a few drops fall and a gust blows by? Why seek the highest benefit of others? Am ''I not worthy of preference? Why others?
These questions bounce around in my head and heart as I doze into the limbo of jet-lag through various forms of travel. Why others? Millions of Asian faces flash before my eyes. God reveals his heart for them. Compassion imparts. I sob. "Why others?" My mind reasons an answer from these Words of God: "Because 'others' are infinitely valuable eternal beings created in the very image God! of the God we say we Love. Love prefers others...always...even when it's all coming down. Love is selfless. And the most challenging yet: Love is a daily Choice! Yet the most encouraging thought reveals that God IS Love. We Love because He first Loved us. Destiny is birthed from Identity." Everything simply adds to that which God spoke to me last year amidst the painstakingly long travels: "Your Identity & Destiny is to Experience the Perfection & Righteousness of Jesus Christ, so that you may Receive, Return, and Share the Fullness of God's Love for Eternity!"
Life truly is a discombobulation of circumstances: nearly every soul on this earth will agree with that statement. Unfortunately, the majority of us simply react to the discombobulation and find ourselves screaming stress or sorrow. True Liberty is choosing to respond in love amidst those circumstances! Liberty is simply choosing to do what's right according to your nature. Liberty is following your heart, the very law that God has written upon your heart. The Sprit of that law written upon your heart is Love. When you're asked to go above and beyond, perform the extraordinary, and lay down your life to save another, what will your response be? Will you exert all of your engery preserving your own life or will you face the circumstance to preserve the life and liberty of others? God has captivated my heart to unleash Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness for the lost millions of Asia! Partner with me in prayer! Partner with the Kingdom of God by your support to a hurting world in bondage to poverty. God is King over this Continent!
~Zach Hooley
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