In the Resurrection

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Part of my call to raise up an army of artists
is a call to pray about everything,
and listen to God
and do what He tells me.
And then tell the story of what God can do
through prayer.

Being a disciple of Jesus
in the world of the arts
takes a lot of faith.
Those of us who know,
know we live in a war zone.

And a piece of this "listening to God
and praying about everything assignment"
is the direction to say "yes" to everything.

That's not a business strategy.
It's a correction to my tendency to be overcautious.
I almost never
have the resources to do the things that come up.
And so,
I bite my lip,
take a breath,
and say "yes."
Knowing full well
I am going to have to trust God again
for a plane ticket, or whatever.
And I have learned to trust God, mostly.

Many people never experience the care of a loving God,
because they refuse to trust the loving God
and surrender.

So again,
last January,
I was invited to attend the Commonwealth Prayer Gathering
in London,
and I said "yes," even though I didn't want to.
And God provided plane tickets,
decent clothes to wear,
and favor with everyone I met.

A lot of prayer gatherings are backward looking.
Back in the day people repented for the sins of the past.
And a lot of prayer people haven't moved on.
And at the end of the meeting,
the Coptic Orthodox Archbishop stood up,
and he said:
"In the Resurrection
your sins are washed away,
and we are called
by the power of the Holy Spirit
to look forward,
and create in the Kingdom.
The Resurrection is looking forward,
not back."

In the Resurrection
we are called to create.
We are called to look forward
and not back.

There are fifty days between Easter
and Pentecost.
And those days are meant to build
from the Resurrection
to the Release of the Holy Spirit.
We are called to create in the Kingdom.
And so over the next few weeks,
I am going to tell more stories of how
God is calling us to create and to build.

God wants us to show the world
all that artists and creative people can do
when they listen,
pray,
obey,
and move in the power of the Holy Spirit.

Alleluia,
Christ is Risen.
He is risen indeed.
Alleluia.

He Never Fails,
Christ

Belonging House International is a community of artists and creative people called to build Jesus a throne in the earth. In other words, we make disciples who will disciple the nations in the world of creativity.

Christ John Otto writes long form essays at https://christjohnotto.substack.com

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