**This is a life movement that I hope you will join me and other young adult women in RISING UP! and making Jesus famous in our life — in 2012. Here is the string of posts on this topic.
I find myself in daily need of preparation to RISE UP! as it is not my true nature to make Jesus famous in my life. So often I default to the thinking of making myself and my agenda stand out. Because of this fleshly side of my heart and mind, my prep work needed to RISE UP! every day is to GO LOW before Him.
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This takes on a physical posture as I kneel in prayer.
If I’m really ego heavy, I must come face down to the floor.
He doesn’t really need us to GO LOW before Him, though He requires it. God doesn’t need us to say, LORD, I come before you in with a humble heart. Jesus is already almighty, not needing our affirmation. Heck, tens of thousands of angles spend every moment in praise and worship of His greatness.
The key is that we set our heart in the right place. We tell our mind that He is higher and that we must remain LOW before Him before we RISE UP! and make Jesus famous.
John the Baptist said it beautifully:
He must increase, but I must decrease. {John 3:30}
He must increase in my heart as my King and ultimate authority.
~I must decrease and relent my stubborn ways of running my own life.
He must increase in my mind as I praise Him in every situation.
~I must decrease in my spoiled complaining and whining through out my day.
He must increase in my LIFE as I look to please Him alone in everything I do.
~I must decrease as I evaluate the ways I spend my time and look for happiness.
So for us to prepare for this life movement, to RISE UP! I encourage you to DECREASE.
It will be uncomfortable.
Let’s get on our knees.
Let’s get on our face before the Lord.
Let’s set our heart in a place that makes us ready to allow Him to work through us as we RISE UP!
What are your thoughts on GOING LOW before Him so you can RISE UP! and make Jesus known in the world around you? Is this weird and uncomfortable? How about we have an honest convo…
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Hi Sarah!
I am a brand new blogger and I love it! I have been looking for other Christian Women blogs all day and just came across yours! I love it! Thanks for the insight. I believe that as we discover that life isn’t about us (but God) we get pretty comfortable to kneeling down before Him!
Amy
I like this post (and challenge). Really like it.
I can honestly say that even though I know I’m supposed to “get low” before God, I always struggle with the uncomfortableness of it. Sure, I can pray and surrender things in my life to Him, but get on my knees? I’ve always thought that it was just one of those theoretical phrases. Your post makes me think, though. When I’m in complete and total worship of Him, I have a desire to get on my knees. I have that desire to get low before God and show my reverence of Him.
It makes sense in worship, so why shouldn’t it make sense in daily life? You’re right. If we are going to RISE UP before this generation, we have got to get low before God. To keep our perspective. To keep our reverence. To remind ourselves of who this really is about.
Getting low before God is an uncomfortable concept in this day and age, but it shouldn’t be. It should be the norm. Thanks for challenging me to get low, even though it’s not what I’m used to. It makes sense :)
I love how you said that getting low before God helps to keep reverence and perspective. Good stuff! Thanks for sharing, Alexis!
Goodness I’m with Alexis ^^ on this one! I pray often, but rarely do I actually think of getting down low to the floor before God on my knees. I guess I’ve always thought of the whole getting down on your knees thing more as an if you want to (theoretical) type of thing. I’ve been down on my knees before the Lord a few times, but ashamedly it was only out of desperation and not so much out of just every day praise.
This post has definitely given me a LOT to think about, Sarah! I think I really do need to GET LOW before the Lord, and not just when times are rough, but when they are wonderful and praiseworthy too!
So glad you are encouraged to get low before the Lord in situations other than desperation. Can’t wait to see how God speaks to you when you take this humble posture.
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