Waiting for Something Beautiful...

As I was driving to work this morning, a song came on WDJC that I absolutely love. I have found myself not wanting to listen to any other stations but that one lately. I never listen to much radio to begin with, but when I do, it has mainly been this station. (As a side note, I should say, I was saved when I was 12-13 years old and have always known that Jesus lived inside of me. Growing up as a christian was difficult, because I have MANY times let the world and the devil influence me, and have fallen into temptation...MANY times. But here recently I have reconnected with God on a different level and now KNOW what it is supposed to be like to have a relationship with him.) Ok, so back to the point. As I was listening to the song Something Beautiful, I began to kind of have a conversation with God. This amazes me because even though I have been a christian since the age of 12, I have NEVER conversed with God the way I did this morning. The thoughts that were coming into my head and heart, I knew without a doubt were God speaking to me...and thankfully he gave me enough sense to comprehend. I can't repeat the conversation word for word, but here's what it was about. So I am listening to this song and began to cry (if you have ever worshiped with me, you know this is my way of praising him, to sing and cry...when I am crying during worship it is because I am so HAPPY, not because I am sad). So I began to cry. Some of the lyrics are: ...this is my desire, consume me like a fire, cause I just want something beautiful, to touch me, I know that I'm in reach cause I am down on my knees, waiting for something beautiful... So as I began to think about this as I was singing along with the song, God said...I HAVE given you something beautiful...Jesus. This made me cry even more and was SO thankful. As I listened a little longer he started giving me some other examples of Beautiful gifts he has given me. One in particular is much more significant at this point in my life. He gave me a child. So as I was thanking him in my own way for all the beautiful gifts, he showed me something else. It's probably not much to others, but it meant a lot to me...to know that God is such a great God that he would take the time to share something with me...on this morning. So I began to think about our baby and taking care of him while he is inside my tummy. Then I began to think about how I should do the same with Jesus. I say began to think...but I know these were thoughts from God...it was literally like he was telling me all this...like I was sitting down with him while he was talking to me! So then I started thinking about the ways I try to take care of my baby while he is inside my tummy. There are things that I wouldn't do to protect him as much as possible like, staying away from smoking/smoky atmospheres, not consuming harmful medications, not drinking alcohol, trying to watch my language (this may seem silly, but I often wonder if the baby can hear me...of course he doesn't know what things mean, but to know that he can hear me makes me question the use of it), etc... Then I started thinking...if Jesus lives on the inside of us...shouldn't we want to protect him while he is inside us? You hear this all the time, but we should not want to put Jesus at risk in the wrong atmosphere's, or by consuming the wrong things, or by talking the wrong way, etc... When I say put at risk, I mean by associating something so holy with something that is unholy, wouldn't you think that's a little dangerous? If we do these things while our baby is still inside, then we risk delivering an unhealthy baby. With that said, if we do these things while our saviour lives on the inside of us (while we are here on this earth) then do we not also risk delivering an "unhealthy" believer to Chirst when he returns? So God showed me that having a baby is a lot like having Christ on the inside of you. Why would I not want to protect myself and Jesus from the same things I would while being pregnant? So, from the conversation I had with God this morning, I got, while he has already given us something beautiful, we are always waiting for something more beautiful with Christs return. While we wait for that something more beautiful we should protect ourselves and Jesus as if we were protecting a baby so that when that something more beautiful does appear, we will be healthy believers who can go before a holy righteous king who has been awaiting their return to him. Just as anxious parents are awaiting the healthy delivery of their baby.