The Reset Button

Yesterday I was listening to a teaching by Billy Humphrey, founder of the the International House of Prayer in Atlanta, Georgia. Billy came to our home church (Shady Grove Church) several times while we were pastoring, and we have always loved his fiery, prophetic spirit and passion for God. His opening text of the message I listened to yesterday was one verse in the book of Matthew, and it has gripped my heart. When you read it with natural eyes, there is nothing unusual about it. Actually it’s a verse that most of us have read many times. Billy described it as the “reset button” in his life. When it seems like life is getting too complicated or he’s having trouble focusing on what really matters, he meditates on this one verse in Matthew 22:2.

“The Kingdom of Heaven is like a king who prepared a wedding feast for his son.”

This is what it’s all about. Our highest purpose is to be a bride prepared for the Son of God.  It’s not what we do for Him. It’s who we are. This has been His purpose from the beginning of time.  We, as sons and daughters of the Most High, the Church, are being readied for the marriage supper of the Lamb, to be married to the One who will ride on a white horse of war rather than a donkey of peace. His robe ‘dipped in blood’ but not his own.  He is coming to make war against the enemy of our souls, throwing him in the eternal lake of fire, gathering His own unto Himself to live forever in His presence as His bride.

THIS is what it’s all about.  Don’t sweat the small stuff. Don’t get distracted with things that don’t matter. We live in this world, but we are not of this world. This life is just a minuscule dot on the time line of eternity. Whenever you are overcome by life, push the reset button!