I come in the Volume of the Books.

While growing up, one of the encounters I remember having was seeing a book with my name on it. I picked it up to read, and although I forgot most of what I read, certain things still resonate with me occasionally. This morning, as I put the song Volume of the Book by Moses Akoh on repeat, I felt an atmosphere around me. A picture formed in my mind. Imagine that you are on a mission to discover a treasure, and this treasure is a book that contains your story—everything about you. It holds details from the day you were born and your journey, and though you can see the end, the book doesn't reveal the process or how you’ll get there. Let this image form in your mind.

Psalm 40:7-8 (KJV): "Then said I, Lo, I come: in the volume of the book, it is written of me."
"I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart."

What is written about you? What have you discovered that the Lord wants to do with your life? Our existence alone is older than the world itself. Just think about how old the world is, and imagine what the Bible says in...

  Ephesians 1:4 (NIV):
"For he chose us in him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in his sight."
This means that your spirit existed before the creation of the world. Life is in the spirit, and the spirit freely relates with the Lord. We exercise this relationship through prayer. As we begin to exercise our spirit, who we were before the existence of the world is gradually awakened.

Jeremiah 1:5 (NIV):
"Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born, I set you apart."

It’s time to awaken to our assignment. We must not be tired; we must not grow weary; Awake.

Imagine everything you’ve always desired being handed to you. No, it won’t be easy at first, but there is no David without Goliath. Victory is ahead, but this can only be discovered when we come to the Lord with a hunger to know Him. As He begins to reveal who we are, our lives are transformed into the people we are meant to be in Christ.

I have a saying that I always hold to: “I won’t take what the Lord hasn’t given me. I’ll awaken and take my place.” Remember, God has anointed all His children for different circles. Discover yours, and then you will be able to say, “I have come in the volume of the book. It is written about me to do His will alone.”

Stay revived!