So it is in these places of our soul and body that we are crying out for the Perfect One to fill, heal, and restore. When we received Jesus as our Lord and Savior our spirit was changed and made new, totally perfected in Him when His Spirit became one with us however, our souls are still “being” transformed into His image (2 Corinthians 3:18), and our bodies have not yet been transfigured. We want the fullness of who He is, the fullness of His Spirit and glory, to occupy every place in our whole man (our body, soul, and spirit), so that we can fully manifest Him in the earth. This is because as we taste and see, the hunger grows deeper and deep begins to cry out to deep (Psalm 42:7).Īs we know, we’ve already received everything that pertains to life and godliness (2 Peter 1:3), so when we are crying out for more it’s not that we are crying out for more of what we don’t have (we already have everything in and through Jesus), but we are crying out for the knowledge and revelation of what we have, so that it can be made life in the places within us that are not currently consumed with His presence (i.e., those places that are not fully consumed with His fire). Not only that, but the responses are multiplied as they progress, creating a vacuum effect, so that the desires and the infillings only grow deeper and have greater impact. 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. 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. Until His return, this is the process and pattern that has been laid out and modeled. This unquenchable fire burns up all that does not belong and prepares His temple (us), so that more of His Spirit can come and “open us up” for yet even more! In reference to the song, this 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 so His consuming fire will come. We can’t even cry out for more of Him without His grace and nudging to do so. The song provides a beautiful picture and summary of what is currently happening in the body of Christ. These are the words that have been resounding in my heart. You provide the Spirit, and I will open up inside. You provide the fire, and I’ll provide the sacrifice. 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: God often speaks to me through music one of the songs that I’ve recently been hearing in the spirit is a song called “Fill Me Up.” It was originally written by United Pursuit and was birthed out of a week dedicated to 100 hours of prayer. He will fill the very places where we cry out for more of Him to reside and occupy. In fact, the Lord says, “Blessed are you who hunger NOW, for you shall be satisfied” (Luke 6:21). We are promised that He has filled the hungry with good things (Luke 1:53), and when we hunger and thirst for righteousness we will be satisfied (Matthew 5:6). The good news is that God has not left us as orphans, and our Daddy will give us what we ask for. It’s a yearning to know God and to know who we are in Him, and it’s bringing about the manifestation of the sons of God who are arising into the fullness of their destiny through the asking of more. This holy hunger is a passion for Jesus and a desire for more of Him, and it’s coming upon believers and non-believers alike. It’s the wooing of our Bridegroom crying out for His beloved bride, and it’s the bride that is preparing herself and making herself ready. There is a fresh “hunger” that has recently been released in the body of Christ, a drawing of His Spirit that has been amplified to call us closer. Join with her in decreeing it into being. It’s time that we begin to pour our whole selves out as love offerings, giving ourselves in true worship – as living sacrifices, allowing every work that we have built that is not of Him to be tested through the fire. Andrea is passionate about Jesus and has a heart to see God’s justice and love released to the nations. July 2013 Andrea Aasen is a missionary serving on-ground with our Cambodia team.
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