Evey time I've watched this video I've gotten the chills.
I'll never forget the first time I saw it at camp. I was at the edge of my seat and I had chills running down my spine. I was a changed person...and then, I did not understand the true meaning of this video.
The Lord told me to watch it yesterday, and this time, I was in tears.
Have you guys ever seen the Life House Everything Skit?
Yup. It's an incredibly moving, powerful, never-failling to move skit.
Now, You have to understand.
My emotions have been running around crazy the last couple of weeks. The Lord has been teaching me something beyond incredible.
What I've learned from the Lord is, when He wants you to learn something and pull you closer to Him, He will break you and re-form you/adjust you, and through that adjustment, you will have a new and adjusted mindset to draw closer to Him. He constantly will adjust you to be more like Him.
The Lord has been teaching me about being His daughter. He has been giving me a vision of the relationship between a father and his daughter. The Lord is my dad.
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Dad.
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It sounds so personal and beautiful to be able to call our Definition of Love; our Creator, Dad.
He's been showing me that He is my Super Dad. He's all I need. He's my dad.
So back to the video. When I watched it yesterday, I expected the chills down my spine. But something more happened. Tears rolled down my cheeks, smearing my make-up.
I broke.
I have not cried-I have not broken sense the Lord started this process.
The Lord showed me the meaning of this video. For the first time, I understood.
For the last few weeks, I have been torn apart, and last night, I started the healing process.
The video starts with this girl. She's wearing a black shirt. Jesus awakens her, and together Jesus teaches her how to walk, talk, feeds her, etc.
And then a boyfriend comes in the picture. The boyfriend pushes Jesus aside.
After a few seconds, the boyfriend stands in front of Jesus.
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The Boyfriend stands in front of Jesus.
The boyfriend stands between Jesus and the girl.
Just like in our daily lives, where we let things get in between us and Jesus.
Between us and our Father.
Between us and our Dad.
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Then someone with money comes along. She is chasing the money; can't get her eyes off it.
I believe this symbolizing money and worldly things.
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We let worldly things become our idols; become our fathers.
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The money person stands in front of the boyfriend, and they start a synchronized movement.
Not only do you have boyfriends and money/worldly things standing between you and Jesus,
but they are doing a synchronized movement, which to me shows that the worldly things are going through the motions. They are worldly things that rip you from your faith.
----->Which the worst part is, they stand between you and your Dad.
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The next person to come along is a girl who has a bear bottle. The way she walks and her balance symbolizing that she got in with the wrong group of friends. The heavy parties and drinkers symbolize that the character is struggling with her identity. This character once again stands in front of the money person and joins the movement adding just one more thing/person that is standing between her and Jesus.
The next person to come along is a tall, and thin person. She is in a dress, which she is playing the roll of a fashion model. Girls nationwide are really struggling with being thin and having "the image." It's another worldly thing that with Christ, we don't need to worry about. The super model stands in front of the friend (the alcoholic) and once again, it's just one more worldly thing that separates us from Jesus, and the same synchronized movement continues, symbolizing the motions.
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I just need to say,
YOU are the Lord's child.
He created you PERFECT in His image.
With Christ, you don't need to worry about that stuff.
Your inner beauty and your heart is what matters,
Seriously. God is good.
Our Dad, is perfect.
And that perfection, created YOU!
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Lastly, a person with all black comes to the girl. He shows her how to cut her arms, and hands her a gun for her to commit suicide. Then this character goes to join the rest of the group that stands between her and Jesus. As she holds the gun to her head, the song builds.
It goes to "Your all I want" and she throws the gun and starts to fight to be with Jesus.
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Please remember, that during this entire process, Jesus is standing there jumping up and down, waving, trying to get her attention. When you drift from the Lord, He never forgets you. He is always fighting for you, trying to get your attention. He never fails to have you cross His mind.
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The rest of this video is her running toward Jesus. The people that were standing in between are fighting and pushing her back. They don't want her to go back to Jesus. The sin is tempting and fighting. Meanwhile, she keeps fighting to be with Jesus.Her black shirt rips off and her white shirt is now visible. Jesus is motioning like a rope, pulling her in. He is pulling her toward Him, and NEVER stops fighting. The "sin" pushes her down and starts surrounding her. Jesus steps in and stands between her and the sin. Jesus keeps them back and they can NO LONGER TOUCH HER! Jesus then pushes them back and they fall to the floor! She is able to worship Jesus and Jesus helps her up! They they hug (and seriously guys, just got the chills) and Jesus walks her off stage, "guiding her."
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The lyrics always stand out to me.
"How can I stand here with You, and not be moved by You?"
Think about those lyrics for a second.
What do they mean to you?
"Dad. Thanks for Your love and Your grace.
Thanks for defining Love.
Thanks for being my everything. Thanks for breaking me to bring me to You.
I love you Dad."
Amen
P.S. If you would like to see this video:
Prepare your heart. It's so powerful.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cyheJ480LYA
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