Mmmm, At His Right

A couple weeks ago during worship one Sunday I asked God to give me a picture of what perfect, true restoration looked like, and almost immediately I got a picture of myself standing next to God and of Him placing His right arm around me and pulling me tight into himself. Psalm 16:11 says, "You make known to me the path of life; in your presence there is fullness of joy; at your right hand are pleasures forevermore." And deep in God's presence there is not only fullness of joy, but restoration. His presence heals every wound, every broken heart, cleanses every sin.

If you'll let me hijack something I blogged a couple of years ago, I said, "Shika Baba. It's a Swahili term for 'hold onto the Father.' How do we see, experience, feel, live revival? We shika baba. We hold onto the goodness of the Father and we don't let go." So let me take this a step further and ask how do I/we receive personal transformation? I press into my Father, my Jesus, and my Holy Spirit. I become found in the cleft of God's arm. Living in a ceaseless hug from God(oh that's good).

Just as I was meditating on this verse this morning God asked me about His right hand and why pleasures forevermore were found there, and then it occurred to me that that's where Jesus is. This moment. Right now. Jesus is sitting at God's right hand, and he has been for an eternity, pouring all his goodness and pleasures onto us. I love simple truths and revelations like that. So simple, but so good.

There's always been this huge significance of God's right arm and me, sounds funny, but it's true. For the longest time, and still today, during worship my left hand would get really hot and tingle like crazy and inch all the way up my arm and eventually to the entire left side of my body, but it was only during worship or when spending personal time with Him. So one day I asked God why that happened and he told me it was because I'm on His right. You see, Jesus is King who reigns forever, and one day we will worship Him face to face. We are no equals. He is at the Father's right hand. But what God was showing me was that He has placed all His children in a position of favor. On his right.

God expand my love for you so that I am always found in the cleft of Your right arm. Your presence. Where true restoration, healing of wounds and brokenness, pleasures forevermore, and fullness of joy begins and ends.

Bless you,
Wes