I Am Yours, You Are Mine

One of Naya's favorite songs right now is "Oceans" by Hillsong.


A line that repeats at the end of each chorus is the basis on which we can stand confident in our God in spite of the turmoils that can and definitely do come about in life-

"...for I am Yours, and You are mine."

What a fantastic foundational truth to cling to. The song speaks to me a lot as we prepare to literally cross the ocean and step into 'new waters', 'the great unknown', "wherever You would call me". It reminds me that despite the mystery of it all (and how utterly crazy it is do be doing this?!), that this "relocating" is in actuality VERY INSIGNIFICANT! Why?

For I am His, and He is mine!

This core purpose of living and breathing is what is significant. Jesus said "I will build my church." He asks us to be obedient to His command to go and make disciples of all nations. So we are going to nations that have yet to hear, believe, and become disciples! But as we do that, we remember that we are only walking in obedience to Him, for it is not US building His church, but HE Himself who builds it!

Furthermore, any effort I/we put into this is FUTILE if we are not "His". (No, I'm not saying we can lose our salvation. I don't believe that.) His greatest purpose for me as His child is that I will become conformed to the image of Christ! Yes He wants me to "do", but never at the expense of "being". He wants me to be His completely. He bought me. He loves me. He owns me. And He adores me.

As I was doing homeschool with the girls this afternoon, I turned on that song (Oceans) for Naya as she finished up her math worksheet (oh sure, she must be becoming a multi-tasker like her mother hehe!). And as I sat there proud of her and adoring her, I heard that line over and over,

"For I am Yours, and You are mine."

And for a moment I thought, "And you, Naya, are mine!" ... "And I am yours." She is mine- she belongs to me. Meaning, the Lord has given her (and her sister) to me for this short life- to love, to care for,-- and above all to teach her who He is, why she is in desperate need of Him, what He has done for her, and that she can be His daughter! But not only is she mine, but I am hers. As a mother I have that opportunity to offer all of myself to her. Why? For the purpose above- to demonstrate for her who HE is. Our Source, our Giver of Love.

My husband and I are THRILLED to have such a platform (tribal church planting) from which to walk this life with Him with our daughters!! They will see happy times, they will see troubles- but above it all they will see HIM. How? If we show and teach them. This truthful concept is true anywhere. In the city, in the suburbs, in the desert, in the jungle. It's true whether we send our children to public/private school or homeschool them. The responsibility is always OURS, as parents. The details are just that- details. He calls us to be obedient to Him out of our LOVE for Him. And in this obedience to His heart of love, we mustn't get caught up in our 'doing', but we MUST be caught up in being His!

Oceans ~ Hillsong United