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The True Journey

The True Journey: what does it truly mean to walk with Jesus, all the way, with no compromise?

Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat: Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it. Matthew 7:13-14

"Do you continue to go with Jesus? The way lies through Gethsemane, through the city gate, outside the camp; the way lies alone, and the way lies until there is no trace of a footstep, only the voice, "Follow Me". ~ Oswald Chambers

My name is Melissa Morris, and my prayer is that through these writings, you will learn about Jesus. And follow Him on the True Journey.


Saturday, November 1, 2008

The Shadow of the Almighty


I know, two posts in one day…have had a lot on my heart.

Psalm 91 has been very special to me in recent months as I have tried to allow God to move everything out of my life that comes between me and Him - so that I am only dependent on Him for everything in my life. No more idols…

Last week, I had to get up early one morning to be at work for an in-service, so I got up at 5 a.m. (yes…five o’clock does come twice a day…) and went to read my Bible and pray. It was still completely dark outside…the stars were amazingly bright…everything was asleep…the silence was very heavy but a good heavy. I read my devotionals and then proceeded to pray, and I had an experience I don’t think I have ever had before.

As I prayed in the silence blanketed by darkness, I felt the Lord in a way I never had before. I felt like He was right there over my right shoulder, and I could feel Him breathe on my attempt to be in His presence. I was afraid to move for fear that He would go away, but I also had a fear of Him being that close…not a bad fear, but one that reminded me that He knows my heart all of the time. It was such an experience that as I sit here and write about it and as I told my friend Dana last night, words cheapen it because there are no words to adequately describe it. It was like His Shadow covered me completely.

Last night at the concert, Bart Millard, lead singer of Mercy Me, said something that brought me right back to this experience. He said that in moments like that, you are afraid to move and afraid to breathe because He is so close…my heart went back to that moment and I could feel it again.

My prayer life suffers…I don’t pray enough and I don’t spend enough time with Him. I do things with the ministry and I do things with my church, but I don’t spend enough one on one time with Him. Keith Green once said, “Don’t get so caught up in the work of the Lord that you forget the Lord of the work”.
I need to remember that.

“He that dwelleth in the secret place of the Most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty” Psalm 91:1
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