Bob Hamp

The following post is from a good friend of mine Named Josiah Solis, and re-printed with his permission.  He is part of the Tribe which will be changing the world…..go find him on my Facebook page and tell him your responses.

God scared me recently. I liked it.

I’ve never been into scary movies. I just don’t like being scared. I don’t find it enjoyable at all. But the other day God scared me. I didn’t realize it, but he has been trying to scare me for quite some time. There have been four different statements I have heard since this past January and they have all stuck with me. They have stuck with me to the point where they consumed my thoughts. When I heard the last one I got scared. It started at Gateway Church…

“God is not asking you to do something for Him. He is offering to do life through you.” -Bob Hamp

“I will never let my public passion exceed my private devotion” – Francis Chan

“I became a full time pastor, and a part time follower of Christ.” – Craig Groeschel (giving his testimony)

Through three men God was preparing to scare me. He first invited me to live through him and not for him. From that point he challenged me to know him more. After than he used a pastor’s testimony to warn me about what could happen. And then HE spoke…

“These people come near to me with their mouth and honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me” – God

As I heard God speak I became frightened. The voice was too loud to be audible, but quite enough to give me chills. The idea that it is possible to honor God with my lips, but still have my heart far from him scares me to death. I don’t want my heart to be far from Gods. In fact, I want my heart to be HIS. But I was scared that my heart had traveled far from the heart of the Fathers.

I was scared. I liked it.

Not because of what has just happened, but because of what he spoke next.

“Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.” –Jesus

The God of the universe is inviting me to come and rest. He is inviting me to a place of freedom. Jesus himself wants me to rest in his lap. He just had to scare it out of me first.

Will you let God scare you? You just might find that you like it.