On Thursday and Friday last week I took part in our church’s annual women’s conference, called Colour Your World.

It’s held at the Royal Albert Hall in London, this beautifully ornate building, such a perfect setting for His princesses to gather and dedicate our hearts to Him again.

I am in awe of the vision and talent and prayerfulness and hard work that goes into these conferences and could spend ages singing its praises, but the one thing I have taken with me more than anything is the way that God’s Spirit was felt, really powerfully present and at work.

I’ve already mentioned here that I’m in an ongoing place with God which I don’t find easy. He’s doing a work in me deep down and I’ve found it messy and painful and hard, and it’s made me want to walk away more than once and choose something ‘easier.’ But He will never allow me to be snatched from His hand (Jn.10:28), and He stirred something in me again at Colour.

It was through something I wouldn’t have expected – not the brilliant teaching, or beautiful worship but through one image that was part of a multimedia presentation – the image of a dove, God’s Spirit.

As we looked to the screen, this beautiful creature extended its wings, hovered, and moved towards us with grace and strength and power, the only sound was its wings swooshing with every movement.

It was really powerful, a symbol of God’s Spirit manifest, and He used it to really provoke something in me.

That He is real. God Himself present, here, with us.

That He is active and at work. That as Jesus was about the business of His Father (Luke 2:49), so is His Spirit. His Kingdom come, His will be done, on earth as it is in heaven (Matt.6:10). It was the sense of choice, will I get onboard and follow where the Spirit leads, or will I shrink back in fear, in disillusion, in complacency, in rebellion?

That I belong to Him. I carry Him inside of me, and as His daughter, I have been set apart to Him (1 Cor.6:11), the Bible says. That is special. We are not of this world (Jn.17:14) We are of Him, and we carry Him into the world, ambassadors of His love and grace, bearers of His light in the dark places, seekers of the lost and hurting with His great compassion and redemptive power.

It was a powerful image for me, His Spirit as the dove, and it has really helped to renew my vision.

P.S. Here is another little ad/presentation thing about this year’s Colour which I think is really lovely -  http://www4.hillsong.com/colour/

~ by Birgit on May 4, 2009.

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