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Today’s Most Important Challenge is…

• Lifting up Christ
• On His cross (and mine)
• To draw all people
• To Him

Immanuel Approach Memo

Continued from 5/20 IAM: Unequal

I am… diving.

Jesus had been flying me
To where my alienated selves
Had destroyed a stronghold
On my darkened heart

Because it was not built on Him
Because it was built on sand
And lies
And cruelty and corruption

Even though it was beautiful
And necessary
And for Him

We plunge through
The masses of soldiers
Pouring in
To exploit the breakthrough

We plunge through
The exposed foundations
Of the destroyed citadel

We plunge through
The surface beauty
Of my heart
Into the deep darkness
I had forgotten existed

I can’t bear to see it

I look to Jesus.

His face is grim
But His eyes are alive
With a fierce joy

We plunge through the darkness
Into an underground cavern
Filled with water
A lake
An ocean

We land
I taste the water
Fresh, not salty
With no sun to evaporate it

He tells me to wait on the shore
While He walks out on the water

He calls out in a loud voice

“Father, into thy hands
I commend my spirit”

The water
Lifts Him up
In a mighty column
Punching through the darkness
Rising to the surface

Emptying the cavern
Leaving me alone
Bereft
Stranded

To be continued

Reflection

I feel…

• Shaken
• Confused
• Left behind
• Awe

Scripture

Lift up your eyes to the sky and see for yourself. Who do you think created the cosmos? He lit every shining star and formed every glowing galaxy, and stationed them all where they belong.
‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭40‬:‭26‬a TPT‬‬