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Fill Me Up God
Contributed by Charles Jones on Feb 24, 2018 (message contributor)
Summary: When we cry out to be filled and ask for more of Him, and as we give more of ourselves, it actually becomes as a “vortex” in the spirit. What I mean by that is that as we ask for more, at the same time God is asking for more of us.
Fill Me Up God
What do you expect to happen when you come to God’s house?
When was the last time you came to God’s house expecting something to happen?
When Your Expecting Something it means that you are looking forward to, anticipating something, to look forward to the occurrence of.
The Unexpected - is that which is/was not expected
In early 2015, Casey J released an album entitled, "The Truth" which has 11 songs and 1 bonus song. Its in my music catalog and on my i phone right now. Anyways there is one song that stands out that has reached out to churches to sing during their church service. The lyrics are: "If you provide the fire. I'll provide the sacrifice. If you pour out your spirit. Then I will open up inside, Fill me up God, Fill me up God. Fill me up God. Fill me up God." Yes I am talking the song entitled, "Fill Me Up God." Thats what we want.... we want to ask God to fill us up. I don't know about you but I want more of God and less of me.
I am told that It was originally written by a group called United Pursuit and was birthed out of a week dedicated to 100 hours of prayer. In that secret place, the songwriters began to cry out with what is now the song’s chorus, asking God to “fill them up." The song’s chorus reads like this:
You provide the fire, and I’ll provide the sacrifice.
You provide the Spirit, and I will open up inside.
Fill me up, God. Fill me up.
These are the words that have been resounding in my heart.
In reference to the song, it is “His Spirit that will open us up inside,” but I love what the first part of the song says, which is that when we “provide the sacrifice” He will “provide the fire.” It is in that place of laying down our lives, in that place of total surrender, when we offer our whole selves as a burnt offering to His consuming fire that He will come. This unquenchable fire burns up all that does not belong inside and prepares His temple (us), so that more of His Spirit can come and “open us up” for yet even more!
Until Jesus comes back this is the process and pattern that has been laid out and modeled.
When we cry out to be filled and ask for more of Him, and as we give more of ourselves, it actually becomes as a “vortex” in the spirit. What I mean by that is that as we ask for more, at the same time God is asking for more of us, and it becomes a back and forth cry where the response is the same as the initial call. Not only that, but the responses are multiplied as they progress, creating a vacuum effect, so that the desires and the infilling only grow deeper and have greater impact. This is because as we taste and see that the Lord is good, the hunger that we develop only grows deeper and deeper and it begins to cry out to Deep!
To experience a deeper dimension of God’s presence, your soul must hunger and thirst for God in the same way a deer pants for the safety and sustenance of water.
Psalm 42:1-2 declares....“As the hart [male red deer] panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God. My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God?”
In the natural, the panting of the deer is an audible agonizing for the safety the waters provide when pursued by a predator. When the deer runs into the water, the predator can no longer detect its scent. In addition to finding safety from its enemies, the deer finds relief from thirst in the waters. “Intimacy with God is found only in the realm of the spirit.”Spiritually, your process of discovering a deeper dimension of God’s presence involves longing, thirsting, and seeking.
David wrote...."O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is; To see thy power and thy glory, so as I have seen thee in the sanctuary” (Psalm 63:1-2).
Intimacy with God is found only in the realm of the spirit.
There is a place of deep anointing, deep presence, and deep intimacy with God Almighty where “deep calleth unto deep” or spirit calls unto spirit. It is a place that is so pure that every part of your being is consumed by the presence of Almighty God; a deep place where there is perfect communion between your spirit and every dimension of God’s presence.
