More than anything God opened our eyes to some things in the Bible we've never learned about, or truthfully ever really heard. Specifically things like prophecy, healing, and operating in the spiritual realm. Now don't get all freaked out on me. We're not becoming crazies or jumping blindly and emotion-first into these things. We are, however, becoming (even more) crazy about God and wanting to be open if He's trying to crack open, break down, and shatter our safe, conservative "God" box.
So... we're callin' a big ol' "time out" on life and are taking this time to be super intentional about studying the Word and learning from Him the fullness of what He's called us to.
And yes, we know you can learn and work and do life at the same time.
And yes, in the back of my head when I'm listening to my third sermon of the day and just spent hours reading and listening, I hear mentors saying, "Don't become a fat Christian by always just intaking!"
Here's the thing... we really believe this "down" time is perfectly orchestrated and timed so we can dive into learning.
When a baby is learning something new, they focus on it and they take it all in so they can learn and apply it to life.
We feel we're at the same spot. Our understanding of living and operating in the Spirit is so enormously elementary (dare I say infantile?) that we crave diving deeper with God and growing in intimacy, understanding, and practice so our next step may be that much RICHER.
(Seriously, we're probably the blonde ones who didn't pick up on these things, but did you know there's an entire chapter in 1 Corinthians dedicated to prophecy and how how all believers should desire this gift (after love of course!)? Yet neither one of us have ever heard a sermon or been taught about this gift. And we read Jesus' words "Anyone who believes in me will do the same works I have done, and even greater works..." I can't help but wonder if we've put God in a box. A box of safety and comfort and North American "normal." Jesus was healing and prophesying and casting out demons and He says we will do the same works He has done. Do you think maybe, just maybe, we've put God in a box? Like I said, we're not jumping in gung-ho-go-crazy. We just want to be open and dive deeper with God if there are things He wants to open our eyes to and teach us.)
