Na and Beyond

I attended the New Attitude Conference in Louisville, Kentucky over Memorial Day weekend a couple of weeks ago, and it was such a spiritual highlight for me. Every time I go (this was my 3rd Na), God exceeds my expectations. I was so busy finishing up the semester, that I really had no idea how God desired to speak to me. As I thrust myself into 4 crazy days of worship, teachings, fellowship, and late-nights, it soon became clear that He was after His glory, and my good. The theme for the conference was Discernment, and included very insightful messages by brilliant pastors and theologians. Go to http://www.newattitude.org/2007-liveblog/ for more details, free sermon downloads, music playlists, great quotes, helpful application questions, etc.

Charles Spurgeon, in his Morning & Evening meditations, said on May 31, "We trust Him, and sin dies; we love Him, and grace lives; we wait for Him, and grace is strengthened; we see Him as He is, and grace is perfected for ever." (Psalm 103, Evening)

This sums up my experience with the Lord at Na 07. As a church-kid, I know the truth, I can quote the truth, I believe the truth. But, have I applied the truth? I love Spurgeon's pro-active pull in this quote. They are verbs. Trust, Love, Wait, See. My prayer in the coming days is that the Lord will graciously help me to no longer be like the person who looks in the mirror, walks away, and forgets what He has seen (James 1:22-25). Rather, being humbled by the truth of God's word in regards to my sanctification process, I hope that the grace of Christ will strengthen me to say NO to the idols that lie within my heart(http://sgm.edgeboss.net/download/sgm/na/2007messages/a2270-04-51.mp3) and worship God for who He has revealed Himself to be--the one true, holy, perfect, righteous, loving, faithful, generous, and omniscient God.