Desert Fire
- Amy
- Oct 10, 2016
- 3 min read
Updated: May 10, 2020
A year ago I recorded a song called "Desert Fire" written by my son . Today I sat and listened to it again, unwrapped every phrase as if it were a song for me
(The rocks they crumble on me) -- When things get tough, misunderstood, pain sets in, buried in the deep
(your helping hand sets me free)---God you will rescue me, its a promise
(Your sun shines bright in your love and Holy light)--- buried in the dark but still miraculously i see a bright spark of hope, keeping Holy, pure and not stumble in sin through thought, word or deed. Flee from temptation.
(When I am not so strong, I just sing a song)-- Don't let such moments stop me from praising God, in fact, draw nearer to thee through worship, and be set free!
(I know my God is here, there is nothing to fear)--- the veil is torn, I am with the great I AM. I can and must depend on Him and Him alone. Look to God and focus on His plan
(in the desert fire when I'm weak and down your love fills my cup, I will trust you)----- As Jesus prayed and asked God to take away his cup (Matthew 26:39-44) it was not just the physical suffering he wanted to be removed. But he recognised the burden he had to carry for the sins of this world, and at that moment, unbearable. He had a choice. Eventually Jesus submitted to the will of God , he chose it, he "drank the filled cup" of the Father's will. An act of surrender unto the Father.
This phrase in the song stumped me as I sang and worshipped and began to wonder if I really could say and recognise the cup that God fills is full of love, despite the suffering we choose to bear as his disciples and children. LOVE was in Jesus' cup , the love of God that sets us free. Suffering was upon Christ, the filled cup was the sins and burdens of this world. So heavy and unbearable.
I began to ask myself what if I now begin to see the LOVE of Christ in every cup the Lord gives to me, instead of saying "Lord I can't bear it, take it away from me". What if I willingly choose to say I will submit and bear the "burdenless" burdens (afterall He has defeated it all:)) and go forth bravely for Christ and in Him, to endure and press on despite the trials, negative opinions or deep hurts that come our way and constantly declare in trust and faith that it IS HIS LOVE that fills our cup. A cup of LOVE more than suffering. A cup of KINDNESS and COMPASSION more than hatred. This love is not only for me, but for those God has entrusted in our care. This love is so deep that no one can comprehend how such bearing of suffering is wisdom, not folly. God's plans have never failed, His promises never broken. And today, i make a choice again to say that
"In the desert fire, when i am weak and down, your LOVE FILLS MY CUP and I will trust you"
Lust as Jesus eventually took the cup, I too can purify my heart, take every journey with Christ a journey that draws near to him, choose to take whatever cup of suffering God gives, blameless and without hatred, for love of self and others.
Come Lord, fill my cup.
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