It's an image that I've thought about in throne room worship a few times. God turning around on His throne to look at me. Maybe I'll be behind him. I don't know what that implies, other than the mystery of it is about as mysterious as the dark side of the moon. He's not like one of the angels with eyes all around, He has two. A fun sidetrack but not what this post will be about.
Obviously, the "turning around" in the title is colloquial for "flipping the question we just asked Him on its head and asking us in return what He would like for us to know." Since we've been thinking about joining the staff here in Amsterdam, I've been pondering this a bit wanting to make sure that the prayers we send up are first in submission and preferring God and His will. Then since I haven't really heard anything about this subject come up I let it bubble up inside me imagining what my preferences might say based on the experiences that I've had at YWAM bases and what I've learned so far about this base.
The biggest thing I've been wondering about is whether we'll get to get into our own apartment sometime soon, and what that will look like, but since we're wanting to commit to this land more ferociously than worrying about how we'll land there, I suppose there are some things that I'd like to find here to make it easiest for us to be life-givers and builders of the kingdom.
One of the exciting things about the prayer house is that it seems to interface with heaven quite well when concentrated on it, God's presence is complete there, and the logistics of being on staff are also very flexible with the activities that we would want to involve ourselves in. Like I'm free to spend a lot of time composing, producing, and working in the studio, as well as in the prayer house and with the churches in the city. I'm also free to get involved with other ministries I think as I see fit, and join staff on a school or two later on. Also since Evelinn is interested in staffing schools as Elizah grows up a bit, it's encouraging to see that we have a lot of freedom and that the communication of such space is up to us as far as getting it across to the leaders.
Some things that I would really like to find in this city are those spots of open heaven and places where God wants to meet with me that aren't so public maybe, or bogged down by loads of spiritual grime. Either that or that He takes us out to be refreshed in a land where heaven is close frequently.
It's a particular spot to be in city-wise, though. There is unprecedented influence and culture that comes out of this city, and the strategy that God has for this place, in the greater vision of the world, and of Europe, could be immense. Since we believe in living out our faith through action, and the opportunities to do that here are quite bottomless, we are settling in quite well to the idea that we're going to be here for some time.