Foreign Language

I am at a missions school. We have foreign languages offered here. They are a bit unusual, but languages we can all learn to speak. Such as . . .

Music
Art
Movies
Dreams
Dance

That which you focus on you make room for.
My teacher said that today. Think about it. I had to for a bit.

If I focus on the fact Jesus is alive and it is His desire for heaven to invade the earth, then I am making room for lives to be transformed, hope to be birthed, and dreams to be restored.

Even a bit deeper than that though, I am learning that if I have the ability to change an atmosphere (which we all do) then learning a language that those in darkness speak, can't change me. Because it's not my language and my focus is bringing heaven to earth.

So we are encouraged to listen to secular music. Watch movies. Read books by those who have opposing world views. Appreciate art that might or might not have been inspired by God.

Why?

Because this is the foreign language.

We are intended to bring heaven to earth. If we focus on the One we love, it doesn't matter where we are, who we are with, or what we are seeing. What matters is what we are doing to change the negative atmosphere those things have already created.

The earth groans in anticipation for the coming of Love. It welcomes the change I bring. When I can learn to change enough atmosphere, barren land will yield crops, droughts will be dispelled, and crime will diminish. Then, who can deny the One I love?

I must come from a place of intimacy with the Yahweh, Yeshua, and Ruach. That is and always will be my strength. Whatever my focus is I will make room for. After that, I am encouraged to learn the language of this world. To speak it well and boldly.

Only when you are fluent in the language of the people you are trying to reach, can you truly communicate the hope which they so desperately need.