Man on the Moon

Dreams, goals, and vision. How big can they be? How far can they take us? The other night I was pondering these questions when God spoke to me. After some serious worship and prayer with our Uprising team, I was standing outside in the cool air staring at the moon. It came to me. Several years ago there was a man who stood on the same earth that I was standing on. He was staring and admiring the same moon I was. When suddenly an overwhelming sensation came over him. He looked at the moon with a different vision. He looked at the moon as more than a beautiful sight. More than a navigational beacon. He saw the moon as an adventure to have. His heart skipped a beat as he thought of the possibilities. He said to himself, “I would love to walk on the moon”. From this, a vision was born. A dream was set in motion. With no rockets, no NASA, not even electricity. This visionary sparked a movement. Several generations later men accomplished this dream by walking on the moon. Through many trials, many failed attempts, many lives lost, and many doubts and nay sayers. This vision became a reality.

So why does this speak to me so much? I realized that maybe we will not be the ones that walk on the moon. We may not be able to see our vision come to a reality, but maybe, just maybe, we will spark the movement that completely flips the world upside down as we know it!!! If we can change the scope of our vision, and align it with the vision of God, the possibilities are endless. All we have to do is eliminate the idea of impossible.

Impossible is an idea that the devil created to keep us from reaching our full potential. I believe that God is beginning a reformation in the Church as we know it. I believe that God is searching the earth for those men and women who are ready and willing to say, “God, here I am, use me for whatever Your Will may be!!” Every great movement begins with a person who is not afraid to be called crazy. Not afraid of what the world will think. Imagine what the other people said when that man many years ago said, ” I want to walk on the moon!” Imagine what people said when Noah began to build a boat when it had never rained before. Imagine what people will say when we no longer buy into the American Myth, and we begin to not only read the Word of God. Not only study the Word of God, but we actually LIVE IT OUT!! What will they say when we love, serve, give, and worship with reckless abandonment!!! I do not know what they will say, and to be perfectly honest, I do not care! I believe that when we do have the courage to live out this faith, God will smile, lives will be changed, and the world as we know it will no longer be the same.

I know that you are willing. I know that you are able. What barrier is in the way of you jumping into the river of God and becoming completely submerged in Him? I pray that we find it. It is not a personal flaw, or a charter trait that you do not have. It is simply the devil keeping you chained by deception. I say simply because I know that he is a defeated foe. The chains that he has on us are chains that we willingly hold onto. So today, this day. Lets throw down our chains and walk on the moon!!