joshua thompson

So i wanted to start this blog off with a very special brother to me... Joshua Thompson is a very dear brother not only to me but the youth of Calvary Chapel Moreno Valley... let us start at the beginning of this friendship...

i met Joshua with another dear friend, my pastor Sammy Martinez. we met on a lunch meeting at Portillos... needless to say... it was an opportunity of epic proportions... as he described his relationship with the Father, i sat there thinking... i should get away and seek the face of the Lord, and truly rely on Jesus for the renewal of my spiritual heart... a relationship with the Father was what his message was to me... to truly seek God... to actually desire God... and as simple as the decree was to me... the great depth it was to follow after Joshua was intense... I knew God but did i truly KNOW Him? hearing His voice... heeding His Spirit... was what i was doing for the Father enough? evangelizing for the kingdom... preaching every sermon like it was my last... was what i was doing for Jesus Jesus? was i ready to delve into deep waters, a life actually devoted to the Almighty, or was i still wading in water trying to see spectacular things in a fountain?

time and time again Joshua has challenged me to seek God... whenever our paths cross, there are times of enriching... momentary heart checks... periods of soul searching of immense importance in my walk... i attribute this understanding of the knowledge of knowing God to him... although i do know where i am now is a joint effort by many valuable brothers to my life, Joshua is one of those men of importance to me...

i think about the testimony of my brother Josh to me… how the Lord has used Him… and i desire that my life be as radically changed as his was… but my Christianity is not his… i know the Lord wants to use me in a completely different manner… but i wish… i desire that i can be as edifying… as loving… as sensitive to the Spirit… this is the desire i have… to seek the face of the Father… read my Word… and from the throne of the Father will i love… i will be edifying… i will overflow with the Spirit! give me the desire of my heart… for i know that this is Your will Father!