Whether we realize it or not, we yearn for perfect Father love. We may have experienced a deficit in this area in our growing up years, but even if we had an incredible dad, there's an innate thirst buried deep down within for God's unfailing paternal affirmation and blessing. This song by Jason Upton will meet you like few others.
See how great a love the Father has bestowed on us, that we would be called children of God; and such we are. For this reason the world does not know us, because it did not know Him. 1 John 3:1
What inconceivable love is this? Not that we would merely be tolerated or endured, but be adopted as God the Father's children. I am a son of God, my faultless Father. You are His beloved daughter. Think of it ... you and I are full-fledged family members.
Look at the words of this astonishing prophetic song:
I wanna know Your heart
like a child knows his father
I wanna know You voice
like my little boy knows my voice
And hear You at a distance
when the world can't make it out
I can hear it coming
Your voice, oh Father
Your voice, oh Father
a still small voice
And I wanna hear Your voice, oh Father
when it seems at a distance
when people think I'm crazy
for thinking I can gear You
I wanna hear Your voice, oh Father
I wanna hear it coming
I wanna be the first around the corner
to take Your hand and walk with You
to the chair that You have
and sit down on Your lap and hold on
Sometimes that's all we do as children
is just hear Your voice come running around the corner
and hold on
Sometimes that's what it feels like to be a child of God
It's just holding on
And I declare over you the enemy's camp tonight
is not fearful of a generation puffed up with Christian pride
But a childlike generation
that all it knows how to do is hold on
I wanna hold on to You, Father
more than I run and play or dance around
I wanna hold on to You, Father
sit on Your lap and hear Your voice whisper over me
In the mist of the storm ...
Peace
Oh I give You peace
The strength of a generation ... is peace
Jesus said, I wanna give you peace, oh children
Oh, the peace that comes beyond the understanding
Oh, the peace that comes from knowing the whisper of the Father
I give you peace
in the midst of your brokenness
I give you peace
in the midst of your emptiness
I give you peace
in the moments when you feel so dry
I give you peace
I will
I give you peace
when you feel you can't go on
I give you peace
when rejection's far too much
I give you peace
when the shame, the shame's too unbearable
and the world seems so cruel
I give you, I give you peace
The times it take's it all
I give you peace
I wanna see the cloud
The cloud a coming
when no one else sees the cloud
I want to see when it's coming
Gimme eyes, oh Father, faith like a child
and the ability to feel the same and know it
I see it coming now
I wanna see You coming
Before the world
I wanna see You coming
I wanna know You're coming
Over the armies, over the warriors
I know You're coming
You're coming to rescue me
I know You're coming
In the midst of the trial
I know You're coming
In the midst of the circumstance
I know You're coming
So, I'll wait
And restlessness is only that of a child waiting for his dad
shaking on the inside
Can't wait till You come home
Can't wait till You come home
Can't wait till You come home
Can't wait till You come home
Gimme the faith of a child
with a restlessness inside
Just waiting to see you, Father
before anyone else sees You
Waiting to hear You, Father
When your voice is still off in the distance
I hear You coming
Guidelines for Listening Prayer
1. Still and quiet yourself ∼ Psalm 46:10
2. Take authority over the enemy ∼ James 4:7 Acts 16:18
3. Invoke God's presence ∼ Psalm 70:1
4. Ask Jesus to search you ∼ Psalm 139:23-24 NASB
5. Ask Him to communicate with you ∼ John 16:12-14
6. Wait on God in silence ∼ Psalm 62:1
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7. Write down impressions ∼ Jeremiah 30:2
∼ The song "Peace" by Jason Upton ∼
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