Day Four: Open The Eyes of My Heart Lord - I Want To See You

"Exodus: Gods & Kings" 13 "Do not be afraid. Stand firm and you will see the deliverance the Lord will bring you today. The Egyptians you see today you will never see again. 14 The Lord will fight for you; you need only to be still." Exodus 14:13-14

Jesus shares personally with us in Communion at His Table by the Holy Spirit, just as He did in public with the multitudes when He was here physically. Only now its more intimate. Being in His presence is bliss! 

Jesus Presence in Communion is More Real Than Watching an Epic Movie
The Movie is Temporary but The Presence of Jesus is Eternal 

You know who you are. All I can say is that if you're ready to come to the Table of the Lord empty handed, hungry and needy - He will feed you and fill you with more goodness, life, love, forgiveness, peace and joy than you have ever known! I feel like my whole life is being consumed by Jesus as I consume the Bread of His Body and the Wine of His Blood. He wraps me up in His glory and He fills me with His love and life. It's no longer I that lives but Christ that lives in me! It is Christ in me the hope of glory filled with grace and truth! 

I am on fire for the Lord because I know His love for me first hand, personally - every day, every time I meet with Him! I don't have this love because of anything I merited. By spending time with Jesus at His Table I encounter His love everyday. He always is loving us. He loves us first. His love gives birth to our love. He opens our eyes to recognize! He opens our ears to hear His voice. Then our cup overflows with His grace and mercy. Then we understand. Then we are transformed. Then we are healed - made more complete - we become more the person He made us to be; set free more and more from the influence of others in previous years. 

He demonstrates His love just by being there - waiting for you - wanting to share all He has with you! 

Sometimes I meet Him on a beach and sometimes near a mountain but I never know until I get there. When I see Jesus sometimes He is nearby and sometimes at a distance, but always real. Always kind. Always friendly and always caring and joy filled. 

Usually the visual part of Jesus' 'show n' tell' happens when I am eating the bread of His Body. It is gentle and quick but always produces an amazing sense of the reality of His presence. This has been happening for two years now virtually every day. 

Then when I drink the wine of His Blood the emphasis shifts to the hearing part. This morning it was "Look up Exodus 14:13". Do you know what Exodus 14:13 says? I didn't but He said to look it up! By the end of the day We were in a theater watching the new Moses Movie "Exodus: Gods & Kings" and when they got to the Red Sea - I wept because that is the verse that Jesus gave me in communion this morning. 

Exodus 14:13-14 "Moses answered the people, “Do not be afraid. Stand firm and you will see the deliverance the LORD will bring you today. The Egyptians you see today you will never see again. The LORD will fight for you; you need only to be still." (We found out later that evening that Camille lost her job because the business had closed without notice.) The Lord had said to "Do not be afraid and to stand firm and you will see!" All we need to do is to be still and we will see His salvation!

You can't make this stuff up! The Lord want you to come to His Table with thanks and prayer. You eat a small piece of bread in faith as His Body and then be still - pay attention to Him...  and then have a sip of wine in faith as His Blood and be still... then listen for the whisper of the Holy Spirit. What you see may only for for a second or two and what you hear may just be a few words or one sentence. Write down a sentence or two about what you experienced. Keep a journal if you haven't already started to. Journal what Jesus shares with you - it may be the most important writing you ever do!   

We pray that when you gives thanks and ask the Lord to bless the bread to be His Body that as you close your natural eyelids, He will open the eyes of your spirit to recognize Jesus. When you drink the wine, that you will drink in the river of life in His blood so that you can hear what the Spirit is saying to you.

Enjoy Your Communion and the CommunionFire of Jesus' Glory!
Also - When you have time, enjoy the Song "Open the Eyes of My Heart Lord" and the Book "The Holy Spirit in CommunionFire" (Both are just below)