Out of the Mouths

This song was birthed out of the scripture Psalm 8:2 where it says "out of the mouths of babes and infants you've ordained praise, to silence the foe and the avenger"
It also has a witness to it related to a prophetic word I shared today. (the contents of that word were not just working at becoming joyful people, but encountering the joyful heart of God)
At the bottom of a well of joy is deep mercy and love. God himself is the pursuer here, going above and beyond to give us joy and love. What a mystery!

Out of the Mouths

Copyright Nathan Sinclair 2014. Feel free to use the song and share it with anyone you want. Let me know if you use it.

Thoughts about John 15:4

"Abide in me, and I in you" (John 15:4, paraphrased)

And so it comes full circle. I have had some thoughts regarding (John 15:4) that it's about making a home for Him. and He being a home to us. Then we don't ask "what pleases God?" for he has already given us Himself. In saying that, I am saying we don't generally give God what He is asking for. We give him everything but that. Remember what it says "I am in you, and you are in me" the secret is that when we continually come to Him, that is the place that we are preparing for Him (alone) And so we "forsake all and think upon Him" this is abandonment.

This is the key to making the way possible for God to give you everything of himself. Understand the analogy. Making a home for Him. He being a home to us. What has he done? He's given us Himself. If we don't want to spend time with Him, what's that to Him? O but He loves it, he loves you spending time with Him. He wants to unveil all His glory to you. He wants to show you the Father's love. He wants to give you access to joy and love in the midst of sorrow, He wants to console you when you mourn, and give you a blessing when people have cursed you, he has given you the secret to eternal life.

The answer is give your heart to Him, the thing that the disciples have that we do not, is that they had a revelation of who this man is. They walked with Him, talked with Him, listened to Him speaking, It was out of this knowledge that they ultimately gave their lives to spreading this good news. You see they had been brought upto it, this whole-hearted and abandonment, because they were waiting for Him, they were waiting patiently and expecting Him.

I think that we have lost sight of the purity of love. How can you imagine a world without God existing? the evidence is out there. In another word, "it is the simple devotion that you give to Him" give your heart to Him. Don't just say it, mean it, base your life around it. this is the secret to making a place for Him to dwell. This means that you will forsake everything else and cling to Him, but I trust that when you authentically experience God, you will see that He is better than anything else.

You see, God is a good God, He is a good good Father. He doesn't give you something that you don't already have. Ask him for it, open your heart to Him, this is the simplest thing on earth to do, you give your heart to Him. There are many things in this life that have taught us about what Fathers are like, but He is not like any Father. He has done this for you. He delights in You. He makes the way possible for you to know Him. this is the secret. Make your decision today, I'm going to live for love. I'm going to make a place for Him to dwell (in all of His glory)

As it happens, I think that he made the way possible for us to know the Father. That's where the treasure lies, esteemed as true sons and daughters of God.

A heart after israel: Knowing God's heart and ways

I have been given some time to think over what I want to say and to share with those closest to me what way God has lead and guided me in the past year. After thinking about it on some length what I want to share is my journey in prayer – because you will come to see that it is the basis for which all this has happened.

I remember sharing with someone once, that “If you want to know how to find God’s will for your life go into the prayer room. While there make it your goal to seek His face. Do this every day. It will be mundane, but the truth of it is that You will find out that God has a big heart – He knows your insecurities and faults and will more than readily prepare you. Then when you come up one day all of a sudden it will click and you will be wooshed off who knows where. Then you will realize that it is love that motivates God to share the things of his heart with You”

This is what happened for me in regards to Israel. I want to say something first. This journey that I’m on makes me realize that I do have a heart for Israel. The more that I read, discover and find out about it the more that it is part of me. I do not owe the love in my heart for Israel apart from the grace that I have found in God. For those that believe God has finished with the Jews, this is that one predicament that I cannot understand. If God is unchanging, eternally loving, and keeping His promises, How can one say these things? It has to be said that I have encountered God’s heart for his people simply by being in relationship with Him.

The second thing is this: All I had was a destination I remember having a conversation with the missions committee at my church. After the conversation I went up to the prayer room and started worshipping. While worshipping I realized that I needed to relinquish my right concerning Israel. The reason I believe God wanted me to do this was two-fold. The first is this: that my heart is in His hands. The second is that God had a plan that involved my friends and family to find the revenue that I needed to make the trip over there. It happened this way, after all – when I realized that I was bouncing off the walls, my plan to goto Israel was in God’s hands!

While I was in Israel something happened for me that in a way I was expecting but in other ways surprised me. I am talking about being in a place that I wanted to give God everything. This whole-hearted desire was part of giving my heart to Him at the first - allowing God to shape my heart through prayer. Because I am decidedly someone who wants to find God and give Him my heart for one reason and one reason only I have found the worth of Him and I will never be the same.

I want to go back to something I have already briefly written on. I’ll put it in a new way. God is in covenant relationship with Israel. This is the why behind the world today – Just like He loves us, He loves Israel. This love motivates Him to do anything He possibly can to get them back. While they are in rebellion to Him they will be the jealous desire of the God of Gods (Zech 8:2) It’s not about Israel! It’s about God keeping covenant – which is a mystery! (Romans 11:25)

This is why he wanted me to come to Israel. To see it with my very own eyes! If you have been following this story you know it’s not about me, but about Him. In a way this shows the why of being in contact with God’s heart – he wants to share it with us. This is to his glory. This is why I bring my heart to the table whenever I talk or teach about Israel – I want you to encounter the God who keeps us close to His heart. I have briefly written about all of this, but my agenda has not finished, I feel I am only just getting started.

You see there are some people that I look upto immensely. The first is Daniel, where He has the boldness to ask God to do the best possible thing for His people, this is to His glory, because He would have the hearts of His people. The second is John the Baptist. We receive a blazing commendation by the LORD Jesus in the fifth chapter of John, calling John, “a burning and shining lamp” this is none other than givine God the glory. All these people Give glory to God be being the best possible that they can be, and this is the outcome of all my prayers, that I would give to God the glory through my own enjoyment of Him – He designed me to be created in His image. This is the way that I have come, to experience who God is, it is through not doing a thing, but by being what he created me to be. It is only when someone like the LORD Jesus, comes and gives a commendation of our life, that our life will mean something. He actually gave voice to the cry of the Prophet that has been seen in generations gone by.

This is what I want to leave with you.

My greatest desire would be that you would adopt God’s glory for yourself, by living connected to His heart.

We can only learn to live this way by experience. In 2 Cor 3:18 it says that those who have the new covenant are being changed from glory to glory, by beholding His face, this face is available to us simply by coming to God in the scriptures with a desire to find Jesus. This is the way in which our spirits are connected with His, seeing things that eyes do not see, hearing things that ears do not hear, and understanding things that hearts do not understand – for the Spirit gives us of himself to us.

In closing, I would ask you to pray for Israel.

Make your heart set on finding Jesus in the Word

Seek to understand the covenant relationship that God has with Israel, including his judgments.

Pray daily, and understand scripture by the Spirit of God.

Make your life successful by being a person like John the Baptist, who understands God’s glory.

He will surely bless you in this pursuit, as you give of your heart to Him, and be a cheerful giver.