//Divine Wound

Hello Everybody, first I want to apologize for the lack of blog post but it's totally for a legit reason. God has been doing some cool stuff and has opened some huge doors. I just started an internship here at IHOP and we've been in orientation the last couple weeks and things have been crazy.

But I just kind of want to share whats been on my heart the last week or two. One thing that was put in perspective when arriving to IHOP was my level of hunger. I thought I was hungry....pssshhhhh. One thing I've realized it the fact that no one is desperatly hungry because we feed all the other appetites in our lives. My mom always told me not to eat junk food before dinner because I wouldn't be hungry. I'm sick of spiritual junk food. I want the real thing.

I use to wonder what in the world would drive people to sit in a prayer room and pray for 8 hours. Then I encountered the lord deeper and it hit me. For no other reason that the fact that....He's worth it. His greatness is UNSEARCHABLE. It's the beauty of Jesus that drives those angels to worship him non stop. It's the same with us.Why do we offer up prayer and worship 24/7? Because he deserves unceasing adoration.

I've just been so tender and sensitive the last couple weeks. My heart is addicted to his presence and the pain of wanting more. I have this dream. That I would be an old man and still be moved by his affections to the point where I just weep in his presence. So I want to share with you the prayer of my heart for the last couple days. It's a prayer to position my heart to burn. A prayer to ignite my heart with the flame of his love...that many water cannot put out. I totally recommend you prayer it too but I have to warn you. It's dangerous. We pray stuff all the time and then opposition comes up in our lives and we don't realize that in the opposition is the key to get that burning heart your asking for.

We want our Goliath moment but complain when lions and bears come in our lives. When it's our lions and bears that produce the boldness to go against our Goliath's.

The lord spoke to me the other day and said, "Son, do you understand the degree of burning that had to be on that mans heart to go to that cross? You have to get a vision to burn...But realize that, that fire will lead you to a cross of your own...."

Here's my prayer:

• Awaken love.
• Would you be the dream of my heart?
• Would you come and be the longing of my soul?
• Would you fascinate my heart till my affections are reserved for one?
• Would you be the joy of my heart,…the prize of my life?
• Write Psalms 27:4 upon my heart.
• God, Give me doves eyes,..un-distracted devotion.
• Baptize me in the gift of hunger.
• O that you would wound my heart with love sickness.
• That I would have a heart aching for the fullness of your presence.
• Let me love you more, this is all that I desire.
• Let me miss you, mourn for you, be jealous for where you are.
• O that my heart would be wholly yours.
• O that my heart would crumble under the weight of your Glory.
• Pierce me with an arrow of your unfailing love.
• Overcome me with your zealous affections.
• Leave me undone at one glance at your face.
• Ravish my heart, & never let me go, I want to be desperate.
• Promise to satisfy me, & leave me unsatisfied.
• Catch the little foxes.
• Remove anything that hinders love. No matter the cost, put me through the fire, test me, try me, refine me in the fire like the Gold.