I was thinking about the Prayer Tour today and wondering how it sounds to people when we try to explain it. To some, it might sound like a silly idea. I even find myself saying, "Self, what in the world do you think you're doing? You're just a nobody. What difference will this make? You're weird and this is all absurd." Then, I was reminded of this verse - I think I like it in the Message verson:
1 Corinthians 1:25-27 (The Message)
While Jews clamor for miraculous demonstrations and Greeks go in for philosophical wisdom, we go right on proclaiming Christ, the Crucified. Jews treat this like an anti-miracle—and Greeks pass it off as absurd. But to us who are personally called by God himself—both Jews and Greeks—Christ is God's ultimate miracle and wisdom all wrapped up in one. Human wisdom is so tinny, so impotent, next to the seeming absurdity of God. Human strength can't begin to compete with God's "weakness." Take a good look, friends, at who you were when you got called into this life. I don't see many of "the brightest and the best" among you, not many influential, not many from high-society families. Isn't it obvious that God deliberately chose men and women that the culture overlooks and exploits and abuses, chose these "nobodies" to expose the hollow pretensions of the "somebodies"? That makes it quite clear that none of you can get by with blowing your own horn before God. Everything that we have—right thinking and right living, a clean slate and a fresh start—comes from God by way of Jesus Christ. That's why we have the saying, "If you're going to blow a horn, blow a trumpet for God."
Hmm, a verse like that makes me glad about my weaknesses. I have to believe that God is the only one who has the right to tell me who I am. It's simply my job to believe it and obey Him, and not let others steal my crown. (Revelation 3:11 Keep a tight grip on what you have so no one distracts you and steals your crown.)
Who am I to argue with God? So, give me God's foolishness any day...
Well, these are some of the words on my heart right now, no fixed address for them just clues in the hunt for treasure. Some things can't be understood by the mind.
Isaiah 57:14-15 (New Living Translation)
God says, “Rebuild the road! Clear away the rocks and stones so my people can return from captivity.” The high and lofty one who lives in eternity, the Holy One, says this: “I live in the high and holy place with those whose spirits are contrite and humble. I restore the crushed spirit of the humble and revive the courage of those with repentant hearts.
What do you say? Maybe its time to clear away the rubble. Looks like we've got work to do!
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