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Over the last 8-10 months I have been more and more attracted to the animated movie “Moana”. When I first watched it I really liked it and wanted to watch it again. As I watched it a second time I invited God to join me and He revealed to me something new in the movie. As I continue to watch this movie over and over He keeps revealing more and more. He uses what He shows me to encourage me, expand my boundaries, increase my understanding, and to reveal Himself more.
Since falling in love with this movie, I have downloaded the films entire soundtrack on my phone. There were a couple of songs that I deleted out of it, but most of the songs really speak to me and really encourages me, as God works thru them, to pray and believe. Several songs on that soundtrack album are an outtake and is not actually in the movie. One of them particular I will be talking about today.
Below is what I listened to, wrote, and read last night in a meaningful and powerful time with God. Please listen to the songs and read the words in the order that they appear below.
LYRICS:
She showed me day after day
How to find my way
She taught me how to rely
On the wind and sky
She named me after the sea
She believed in me
MY NOTES:
“She showed me day after day”
God, my Father, my Dad, shows me day after day
“How to find my way”
He shows me the way and how to find the way - to seek Him
“She taught me how to rely”
Abba Father shows me, He teaches me, gently, how to rely
“On the wind and sky”
He shows me how to rely on Him and His Word; how to rely, on full trust, on His Spirit in me: How to depend on what I cannot see (Wind / Him - the Holy Spirit) and trust what I cannot touch or fathom the expanse of (Sky / Him - His work - His understanding; His will)
“She named me after the sea”
Daddy gave me a name on purpose, The God, Lord of all, named me!!!
“She believed in me”
My Father believes in me; He has called me to a purpose and has entrusted me with His empowerment; He believed in me, He believes in me!
LYRICS:
I know we use to be bold
From the tales she told
I know she left me prepared
From the things she shared
The was more she wanted to see
MY NOTES:
“I know we use to be bold”
From what we read in the Word, the early church was bold and courageous;
“From the tales she told”
We see this in both the Word and History
“I know she left me prepared”
‘God does not call the equipped, He equips the called.’ God has called me and has equipped me: I know that God is in me and I in Him (John 14:20, John 15:4); I know that God is for me and will never fail; I know that God will never leave me nor forsake me (Deuteronomy 31:6, Hebrews 13:5): I am prepared by God!
“From the things she shared”
I know this by the experiences He has shared with me; by the words He has spoken to me; and by His Word: the Bible
“There was more she wanted to see”
God has so much more for me; He has so much more He wants to show me.
LYRICS:
Staring at the barrier together on the shore
We practiced all the names of everyone who came before me
Voyagers, warriors, ancestors in our line
Their blood runs in mine
MY NOTES:
“Staring at the barrier together on the shore”
God is with me; He will stand with me as I face barriers in life
“We practiced all the names of everyone who came before me”
He encourages me to move forward. He encourages me by reminding me who He says I am and who He is
“Voyagers, warriors, ancestors in our line”
He reminds me of His faithfulness throughout the Bible; He reminds me of who He chose and worked through in the Bible
“Their blood runs in mine”
And that I am a member of the church, the body of Christ, today just as much as the members of the early church including the apostles themselves.
LYRICS:
She always knew more
She hungered for more
She taught me more
And somehow I know
She’d want me to go
MY NOTES:
“She always knew more
She hungered for more
She taught me more”
God is role modeling this for us to follow: that there is always more to know, He knows more; that we are to desire more of Him, His Word, will and way; and that we are to teach more of Him: to go out and make disciples (Matthew 28:19-20)
“And somehow I know
She’d want me to go”
He tells me not only in His Word but also in life, the still small voice, and others, that I am to know Him, to seek Him, and to magnify Him (to know, to hunger, to teach/live).
LYRICS:
To navigate, you have to keep your island in your mind
You’ll know what lies ahead if you remember what’s behind you
Want to know the answers to the questions you still don’t know
You just have to go, find more
MY NOTES:
“To navigate you have to keep your island in your mind”
To successfully navigate life with God, you need to remember and to learn and remember where you were
“You’ll know what lies ahead if you remember what’s behind you”
And if you know where you were, you can know where your going. You can’t go from point A to point B without point A, likewise how can you rejoice in what God has done in your life or will do, if you don’t remember where you were before God brought you to point B?
“Want to know the answers to the questions you still don’t know”
I have lots of questions. But to find answers to those questions
“You just have to go, find more”
I need to Just Go, with God. Go where? to Find More! find more of God,
LYRICS:
I wanna know more
There’s always more
How can I stay
She taught me the way
MY NOTES:
“I wanna know more
There’s always more”
I want to know more of God, there is always more of Him I can learn
“How can I stay
She taught me the way”
How can I stay where I was if I know where I can be? God has shown me that the way is thru Him.
LYRICS:
Every turn I take
Every trail I track
Every path I make
Every road leads back to the sea
I am sailing to the edge of the sea
MY NOTES:
“Every turn I take
Every trail I track
Every path I make”
Everywhere I go, no matter what I do, no matter what I decide,
“Every road leads back to the sea”
It All leads back to God. Really? Are you sure? If I am s child of God, then yes, I am positive. Because God’s Word says that He will work All things together for Good (and He is Good-Psalm 136:1- and everything good comes
From Him-James 1:17) for those who love Him and are called according to His purposes (Romans 8:28) - He takes care of His children. I believe that if I am His child and I wonder off; if I make a bad decision; if I mess up, He will correct me, re direct me, and work it for Good.
“I am sailing to the edge of the sea”
I am going to dig into God ; Know, Seek, and Magnify Him, as much and as long as I can.
“And it calls me-“
And better yet, God Himself has called me!
LYRICS:
Moana go now
Moana don’t stall
Don’t worry about how
Just answer the call of the sea
There’s nothing there holding me
MY NOTES:
“Moana go now”
Joshua (your name) Go Now
“Moana don’t stall”
Joshua (your name) do not delay any more
“Don’t worry about how”
Trust. Do not worry about anything, instead pray about everything (Philippians 4:6-7). Do not lean on my own understanding. Trust God with my whole heart (Proverbs 3:5). I cant understand it, I won’t understand it now, and I don’t have to. I am called , therefore/thus/because I am called, I do not have to worry about how
“Just answer the call of the sea”
I Just have to follow God when He takes a step. My job is to Go (the action), God’s job is the how (the process). My Job is NOT THE HOW! Leave to God what is God’s, Don’t worry about tomorrow (Matthew 6:34), just, only trust God and Go
“There nothing there holding me”
With God no one, no circumstance, no situation, not even Satan Himself can hold me. God is greater and God is with me.
LYRICS:
If I had time
I’d say good bye
I will cross the divide, I will ride
I will see what’s on the other side
With the ocean as my guide, on the tide
I will go where no one’s ever been before
There always more
MY NOTES:
“If I had time
I’d say good bye”
I have not been given all the time in the world/ all my life to sit in my comfort and resist God. I have been given my life to know, seek, and teach (to magnify/live) Him - to make disciples.
“I will cross the divide, I will ride”
I will take a deep breath, remember that God is with me, and cross the divide from my comfort to His call for me
“I will see what’s on the other side”
I can only see what God has for me after I have crossed the divide
“With the ocean as my guide, on the tide”
With God as my guide, on the foundation of His Word
“I will go where no one’s ever been before”
God will take me to unimaginable places
“There’s always more”
There is always more with God
There is always more to God
There is always more of God
I love this!!
ReplyDeleteWhen I see the 'She' I think of how proverbs describes wisdom as a 'she'. And wisdom = God. God is both 'He' and 'She'.
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Yes! I related personally to alot of what you wrote! The ocean calling Moana (in spite of all the good advice she's received from others to be careful) reminds me of the Lord's strong call on my life, to know Him, to trust Him, to follow Him into uncharted territory (even when it goes against what "makes sense" from a human perspective.) It reminds me of the times I've followed His call (even though it didn't make complete sense to others or even to me) and was so thankful later that I'd listened to Him! If you're sure it's Him calling, it's always safe to go. :-)
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing your heart.